Chocolate Plant-Based Pop-Ems

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw nuts and seeds (any combination desired)
• 8 dates, pitted
• 2 tablespoons cacao powder
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut, shredded
• Dash of salt
• Additional seeds, coconut, spices for coating

Directions:

1. Place nuts/seeds, cacao, salt and shredded coconut into a food processor or mini-chop and pulse until blended fine.
2. Add dates and process until fully incorporated.
3. Roll 1 tablespoon at a time in your hands, forming a ball and roll through any coatings you desire.

Rawnola Plant-Based Pop-Ems

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• Dash of salt
• 8 (or more) dates, pitted (until the mixture sticks together)

Directions:

1. Place the oats, coconut and cinnamon in a food processor and pulse until combined.
2. Add in the dates and pulse until the dates are incorporated and chunky.
3. This mixture doubles as both a granola cereal to enjoy with milk, a topping for any other cereal, a coating for other pop-ems and as a mixture for making pop-ems by rolling the mixture together to form the balls.

Both types of Pop-Ems keep several days in a sealed container or even a Ziploc bag.