I’ve seen variations of these “babies” all over the blogosphere… but mainly on Chocolate Covered Katie. Last night I got a wild hair and decided to throw some stuff into my mini food processor… and by “stuff,” I mean 3 ingredients haha. Unfortunately, I did no measuring (as usual), so I hesitated to post this…. buttttt of course I’m going to. I’ll do my best to estimate what I used in these!
Almond Babies
Next time I’ll measure, promise 
Approx 1 cup whole almonds
Approx 12-15 whole, pitted dates
Squirt of maple syrup
- Grind up the almonds first, then remove and set aside
- Grind up the dates (this totally almost burned up my food processor… maybe because the dates were cold and hard??)
- Pour the almonds back in and grind together until you get a fine-ish consistency. Mine was a little dry, so I added a squirt of maple syrup, too.
- Roll into balls… you really have to smoosh them together to hold. Ooooor just use more dates and/or syrup to make them more moist.
- Store in fridge. DELICIOUS… and pretty much a homemade Larabar! Of course the combinations are endless… check out Chocolate Covered Katie for a tonnn of ideas (and actual recipes!)
Just for fun…. my dinner tonight… pretty good with barely any groceries!
Black bean burger on whole wheat tortilla half w/Laughing Cow, cukes, BBQ; bistro mushroom mac and cheese (from a box, sshhh); the last of my beloved TJ's french green beans
Ooooh those almond balls look yummy!!!
LOL- I read your comment on my post: It was Senor Don Gato! I remember when it said “He broke his solar plexus” or whatever, you would always say “He broke his solar penis” and it was hilarious to us.