Coconut cacao bites

Recipe overview

These little pieces of heaven are a perfect pick me up mid afternoon snack or great to enjoy after a meal as a dessert. They taste very much like the British made bounty bars only they are much healthier! If you need the balls to be sweeter you could add a little more rice syrup.

Serves makes around 9 balls

Ingredients

· 2 cups of desiccated coconut

· 1 tablespoon of cacao

· 2 dessert spoons of rice syrup or 1 dessert

spoon of erythritol

· 1 tablespoon of coconut oil

· A dash of hot water from the kettle

To make

· Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix well

· Roll the mix into 50 pence size balls

· The mix should be sticky with the lemon juice and rice syrup however your hands will get

very sticky with the coconut.

· Pop the balls into a container and store in the fridge. They are delicious cool after around

20 mins. Keep in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

Enjoy with your favourite cuppa! :-)