28 healthy and nutritious bliss balls and bars to get you through the day
If you’re looking for some crunchy, gooey and tasty treats to give you the energy you need for the day, look no further than one of these bliss ball recipes.
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When you’re craving a sweet treat, it’s easy to fall for devilish temptations. But what if your go-to snacks could be healthy for you while stills satisfying your choc cravings?
From healthy paleo snicker bars to Ferrero Rocher protein balls, these recipes are sure to keep you energised and fuller for longer, while still being super delicious and sweet.
Here are 28 of the best bliss ball and bar recipes from delicious.com.au to make ASAP.
Make some room in the lunchbox for our healthy ‘salted caramel’ oat bars
These healthy bars are the perfect grab-and-go breakfast.
Just like their namesake, these gooey treats are packed with peanuts but use rice malt syrup for a healthier sweet hit.
Peanut butter, oat and jam bars
These sweet and salty snack bars by Danielle Alvarez are made from everyday pantry staples.
We’re dreaming of these healthy white Christmas balls
These little morsels featuring cranberries, pistachios and coconut will be a hit this Christmas.
Ditch the roses for our dark chocolate and cherry truffles
Cherries and chocolate... a match made in heaven. Begin this recipe at least 5 hours ahead.
Beat the 3pm slump with these coconut fudge bliss balls
“A small hit of salt tempers the sweetness in these energy-packed sweets. Store these moreish treats in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two weeks,” says Lucy Busuttil.
These might be the healthiest ANZAC biscuits of all time
Drizzled with carob and scattered with hazelnuts, these ANZAC biscuit-inspired bars are sugar-free and packed with protein and fibre, but still taste great.
Healthy cacao, coconut and date balls
A quick, healthy snack that you can make in advance and freeze. Start this recipe a day in advance.
Embrace bliss with these bite-sized baklava desserts.
These little round bites of pureed dried fruits, nuts and seeds, are great with coffee or as a high-energy snack.
These toasted buckwheat bites are the ultimate nostalgia hit, packed with flavours reminiscent of the sweet ol’ days.
These Snickers-inspired snacks use leftover biscuits and peanuts – keep them in the fridge for a wicked midnight treat.
Jamie Oliver’s tasty energy balls
These super-nutritious and flavour-packed balls will give you the perfect boost to get you through the day. This recipe is an extract from Everyday Super Food by Jamie Oliver.
No-bake protein banana bread bars
Put those overripe bananas, jar-ends of nut butter and winter’s porridge oats to work in this no-fuss coconutty treat.
Lusciously decadent bars of soft fruit and crunchy nuts to give you the energy you need to power through the day.
We used nuts and seeds to make our pantry mix, but the goal is to empty those packets, so feel free to experiment with dried fruit and cereal such as rice puffs.
Turn half-used packets of nuts into something special, with colour courtesy of beetroot offcuts.
Upcycle leftover dried fruit into these sweet bites for a kid-friendly snack with a chia protein hit.
Let your imagination colour your clinkers – we used leftover beetroot, pistachios, frozen berries and a nub of turmeric lurking in the fridge.
These raw Nutella bars are as delicious as they are healthy, making them the perfect mid-afternoon guilty-free treat.
Indulge yourself without guilt with Shannon Harley’s healthy sugar-free take on Ferrero Rocher chocolates which are packed full of protein.
Ginger and sesame bars with passionfruit tahini drizzle
These ginger and sesame bars have all the lovely spice of festive gingerbread, plus some. They’re also paleo, dairy- and gluten-free, and full of fibre.
Skip the cereal for Sonoma’s almond and cranberry granola bars
Jordan Miller of Sonoma shares this granola bar recipe which makes use of basic pantry staples. Begin this recipe at least 6 hours ahead.
This recipe makes a celebrated appearance on our holiday table every Christmas.
Add a citrus twist to your Christmas celebrations with this sweet treat.
These Nordic inspired smoky quinoa and cacao bars are refined sugar and gluten free so are the perfect guilt-free treat. This is an edited extract from Nordic Light by Simon Bajada.
Chocolate caramel bars with a salty sprinkle
“I’ve never been able to refuse these bars - that caramel filling floors me every time,” says Natalie Paull. This recipe is an extract from Beatrix Bakes by Natalie Paull.
The rum ball that we turned into a slice (that’s also vegan)
When it’s 30 degrees outside and the family want a light (healthy) dessert that won’t have you sinking to the bottom of the swimming pool, this is the dessert to turn to. Food editor Charlotte Binns-McDonald has your back with her rum ball turned slice recipe that’s also vegan. Who said Christmas had to come with a blow-out.
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