Chocolate Salami Bites

This is great for those that love bliss balls, but want something less fiddly to make!

1 cup packed with organic dates
1/2 cup boiling water

Chop dates with water in food processor or OmniBlender and let sit about a minute while you get the other ingredients together. (You could avoid using the boiling water by soaking overnight).

Blend until everything is mixed in your OmniBlender, using the PULSE function.  You should have a thick paste.
Do a taste check – it should be good, but wait there is more.

Mix in 1/2 cup of chia seeds.
Wait a couple of minutes and it should become a stiff paste.
Sprinkle dessicated coconut over a sheet of lunch wrap  and pour your mixture on top. Mould the mixture into a long sausage (about 3cm in diameter) rolling it in the coconut as you go. Neaten the ends! Roll up in the paper so that you have a sausage with a paper skin and place in the freezer for at least 15 minutes.

Remove from freezer. Unroll your paper and your “chocoate salami” should be pretty solid.  Use a sharp knife to cut into slices, about a centimetre thick.

It’s ready to eat.
Chocolate Salami_sliced
Store in a container in your fridge.
Recipe by Anne Nicholson