Food & recipes

Sweet Ginger Buzz Balls

Zingy bites full of flavour and health benefits

If you adore the hot, stimulating bite of ginger, then you’ll love these soft, gooey, rich confections infused with stamina and rejuvenating, libido-enhancing, stress-reducing and deeply nourishing herbs and bee pollen. They make great ‘kissing treats’ as they leave a lingering spicy-sweet taste in your mouth.

Makes approximately 28 balls

You’ll need:

1 ¼ cups of almonds
½ cup crystallized ginger pieces
1/3 cup raw honey
4 tbsp bee pollen
1 tbsp eleuthero root powder
1 tbsp fo-ti root powder
¼ tsp sea salt
½ cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut

Method:

Grind the almonds to the consistency of a medium-to-fine-grained meal in a food processor or nut and seed grinder.
Dice the crystallized ginger into ¼-inch cubes. Transfer the almond meal and ginger to a medium-sized bowl and add the honey, bee pollen, eleuthero, fo-ti and sea salt.
Use your hands to mash all the ingredients together until a semicohesive ball forms. The dough should be very sticky – if it’s too dry, add a little more honey, and if it’s too moist, grind and add a little more almond meal.
Grease your hands well with coconut oil. Pinch off pieces of dough, roll them into marble-sized balls about one inch in diameter and set them aside on waxed paper.
Re-oil your hands as necessary. Put the shredded coconut in a shallow bowl and roll each ball in it.
For the best flavour and consistency, let the balls chill in the fridge for 24 hours before eating. Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator and consume within two or three weeks, or store in the freezer for up to three months.