Date energy candy with pumpkin

These date and pumpkin candies are a great way to recharge before exercise, snack between meals, or replace unhealthy sweets.

• Recipe author: Daria Polukarova
• After preparation, you will receive 4 servings
• Cooking time: 45 minutes
• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Total recipe preparation time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

• Dates 1½ cups
• 2 cups water
• Pumpkin puree ¼ cup
• Cinnamon 1 tsp the spoon
• Peanut butter 1 cup
• Bran 2-3 tbsp. spoons
• Cocoa powder to taste
• Coconut flakes to taste
• Chia seeds to taste
• Flax seeds to taste

Cooking method

• Pour boiling water over the dates so that they are covered with water and let sit for 5 minutes.

  

• Remove the seeds and whisk the dates into a paste with a blender, or swirl the fruits through a meat grinder.

  

• Add the rest of the ingredients: pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and peanut butter.

  

• Pour in the bran last and let the mixture stand in the freezer for 20 minutes.

  

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• Roll the portions of the mixture into balls with moistened hands and roll in cocoa, coconut shavings, flax seeds, chia seeds, of your choice.

• Leave the finished candy in the freezer for another 20 minutes before storing it in the refrigerator.

  

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