You know me.
You know I like recipes that are fast and easy. So these coconut cookie dough balls are pretty much a dream come true. First of all, they taste like coconut cookie dough. And secondly, they’re no-bake, with just two ingredients.
It can’t get any easier than that!
I also now have new recipe tab: 5 Minute Dessert Recipes.
(If you click on the above link, you’ll see all of my recipes that take 5 minutes or less to make! I’m working on a “no-bake” tab as well.)
I’m not even sure I can call this a “recipe.” It’s too simple!
Coconut Cookie Dough Balls
(no added sugar!)
- Scant 2/3 cup pitted dates (80 g) (I like Sunmaid brand, because they’re softer. See the nutritional info link, below, for substitution notes)
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp coconut butter or Homemade Coconut Butter
- Tiny pinch salt (can be omitted if desired)
- Optional: shredded coconut, chocolate chips, etc.
Blend everything together in a food processor. This makes a small batch, so I used my Magic Bullet. If you have a bigger processor, it might be best to double or triple the recipe so everything blends more smoothly. (The recipe can be done in a blender, but the results are stickier.) Smush into one big ball, then roll into little balls or bars or cookie-cuttered shapes. These will last in the refrigerator for a few weeks or frozen for a few months, or they can be frozen.
View Cookie Dough Balls Nutrition Facts
Note: the cookie dough balls in the photos contain nuts. But after taking photos I revamped the recipe to make it nut-free!
If you want balls without coconut butter, try one of these similar recipes:
Are you a fan of quick and simple recipes?
Or do you prefer the challenge of making fancier, more-complicated recipes? If you have any favorite quick recipe ideas, feel free to share them in the comment section.
I made them!!! 🙂 🙂
Is that a record for fastest time to make a recipe after it’s posted, I wonder?
Katie, they are awesome. Might just be my new favorite snack, because they’re so quick to make. I’ve done your other fudge babies before (the chocolate ones and the pb cookie dough ones), and I love them and make them all the time. But these are even easier!
LOVE!
Em beat me to making them already! 🙂 LOL way to go Em.
Anyway, I am looking forward to these. I make the peanut butter ones all the time and add coconut to those. I am also one of the ones that makes them with prunes so I will report how prunes and coconut butter get along. 🙂
I do really enjoy the quick and simple to squeeze in the day and try more things out. I also have no problem with a little more prep time and involvement for something I am going to enjoy. Especially for more meal type options that will be eaten over several days (like your polenta casserole!).
I will say when quick and simple fails I usually recover quicker!
I just made these with prunes (plus some shredded coconut) and I think they are great! Full disclosure however is that I have never eaten a larabar and I am not sure if I have ever had a date so I don’t know about the taste comparison. They were good to me though!
Add prunes, figs, and some ground almonds and you have Sugarplums!
What are the peanut butter ones?
Oh the peanut butter cookie dough ones are heavenly:
https://lett-trim.today/2011/08/24/peanut-butter-cookie-dough-cookies/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I stay true to recipe with the following substitutions (has more to do with what my kitchen is stocked with:
Prunes for raisins
Shredded coconut for peanuts
I LOVE them. Huge staple for me.
PS. Having on occasion left the salt out I can tell you I liked the salt in there.
Enjoy.
I just have to say that this coconut butter is seriously the best thing ever invented. I eat it by the spoonful! Sadly I am doing a candida diet right now- no sweetener/fruit….Otherwise I would be all over these!
I do too! It’s dangerous. When I first saw it at Whole Foods a few years ago, I wasn’t even going to try it. I thought it sounded boring! But then they sent me a free (mini) sample… life was never the same ;).
Oh my word. So yummy. Well, to answer the question, yesterday I made your volume ice cream and threw in pumpkin, pumpkin pie spices, and mini chocolate chips. It took literally 5 minutes and was DELISH!!
That sounds like Thanksgiving in a bowl. Yum!
These look so easy, and I LOVE easy! I freak out when an ingredients list goes above 5 or 6 things, especially things that I don’t already have!
Mmmm I still have to bite the bullet and buy some coconut butter! I have a hard time justifying $12 for a lil jar at the moment 😛 But these cookies look like a good reason…
I am a BIG fan of simple recipes!! On occasion, I like to put in a lot of effort {like for lasagna or a double layer cake} but the majority of my recipes are quick and easy because I don’t want to wait for my food, and I’m usually busy. It’s so easy to make delicious food in 5-20 mins 🙂
Do it!!!
If you think about it, a candy bar is a dollar. But it’s single-serving. This is $12 and you get more than 12 servings. Well, unless you’re me ;).
You should make your own! Bulk dried coconut isn’t too expensive. I made two easily jar-sized (or more) batches with about $4 worth of coconut. Katie has a recipe on here for it and it’s easy-peasy.
Great tip!
Yes, I love quick and simple recipes! Can’t wait to try this one 🙂
These look insanely good!!!!
I think most of my quick fix recipes I either got from you or are based off of something I got from you. I’m currently going through a pitcher of black forest smoothie/milkshake I made the other day. I feel like you have a recipe for that on here but I haven’t looked at it – I used two frozen bananas, 1c coconut milk, 1.5c soy milk, 1c frozen cherries, 1/2tsp vanilla extract, and liberal chocolate chips and blended. I make my smoothies in bulk because they are so filling that I have breakfast for four days afterwards! Perfect for me because I have to be up early every day and I rarely feel the drive to cook before 6am.
That sounds delicious! I am always looking for recipes with cherries. I can’t get enough!
Mmmm delish!!