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No-Bake Halva and Chocolate Balls
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No-Bake Halva and Chocolate Balls with homemade raw tahini

Halva and chocolate balls - an authentic Israeli no-bake dessert. Full of sesame, cocoa and cardamom flavors, simple to make and stunning.

⏱ 23 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cookies

  1. 1
    Grind the sesame seeds in a powerful blender about 3 minutes, until smooth paste forms.
    Blender
    💡At first the sesame looks like dry crumbs: keep grinding, scraping down the sides, and after a few minutes it releases its oil and turns liquid.
    💡In a food processor, grind in short pulses and check between pulses: it's easy to go from coarse to paste. (Sesame for tahini, on the other hand, is ground continuously.)
  2. 2
    Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  3. 3
    In a bowl, mix the chocolate, tahini, halva, cocoa, honey, cinnamon and cardamom well, until the mixture is moist and holds together when pressed.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    Put the mixture in the fridge for 20 minutes, until it is easy to shape into balls.
    Refrigerator
  5. 5
    With damp hands, shape balls the size of a marble and coat half of them in Sesame.
    💡Damp hands don't stick to the mixture, and the balls come out smooth and round.
  6. 6
    Coat the rest of the balls in Cocoa powder.
  7. 7
    Return the balls to the fridge for a few hours, until they firm up.
    Refrigerator
  8. 8
    Keep in a closed container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
    Storage container
333calories
8 gprotein
26 gcarbs
22 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 31%● fat 60%

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🔧 Tools needed (3)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Storage container · Also works: Jar (None) · Zip-top bag (None)

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