by Raspberry Coconut Breakfast Balls - Oats, ground almonds, coconut and raspberries mixed together to make a handheld breakfast or snack.
Reasons to Love This Recipe
- Quick and Easy: No cooking required, just add the ingredients to a food processor, pulse until combined and then roll into balls. So easy the kids can do it with little supervision.
- Nutritious: With no refined sugar, oats for energy, ground almonds for protein, raspberries and coconut; these little balls of goodness are a great way to start the day.
- Hand-Held: Perfect for baby-led weaning as an on-the-go breakfast option.
Ingredient Information (with Substitute Ideas)
- OATS - Used rolled oats or quick oats. Steel-cut oats will not work.
- ALMOND MEAL / FLOUR - For a nut-free version you can replace with more oats or desiccated coconut.
- DESICCATED COCONUT - Used to thicken the mixture and to coat. If you do not wish to use coconut you can replace with extra almond meal or nuts.
- FROZEN RASPBERRIES -Frozen raspberries give a beautiful pink colour. If you wish to use fresh raspberries you may need to adjust the amounts and the colour will not be as vibrant. This recipe also works well with frozen blueberries or frozen mixed berries. The ½ cup of raspberries, detailed in the recipe, is a half cup of raspberries once they are defrosted and crushed, not when they are still frozen. For best results, I recommend using the grams measurements.
- RAISINS / SULTANAS - Used to provide extra sweetness. Can be skipped or replaced with a different dried fruit, a touch of honey or maple syrup.
How to Make
These raspberry breakfast balls couldn't be easier. Simply...
- Add the ingredients to the food processor
- Blitz until the mixture combines
- Roll the mixture into balls
- Roll balls in coconut to coat
The great thing about this recipe is that it can easily be adapted to suit taste. If you are looking for something sweeter then you can just add extra raisins or a little honey / maple syrup to taste. If you watch the sugar levels in your kid's food then you can just omit the raisins.
Storage Instructions
Place the balls in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to two days or freeze for up to a month.
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Raspberry Coconut Breakfast Balls
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 95g (1 cup) Rolled oats
- 60g (½ cup) Almond flour
- 30g (⅓ cup) Unsweetened desiccated coconut
- 134g (1 cup) Frozen raspberries
- 35g (¼ cup) Raisins / sultanas
For Coating/ Rolling
- 30g (⅓ cup) Unsweetened desiccated Coconut
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients (apart from the coconut for rolling) into a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Roll into balls (I made 14) and coat in coconut.
Alexandra
Just made these. hopefully my fussy eater likes them. I did have to double the amount of oil and raspberries - was way too dry otherwise.
Amy
Hi ALexandra, thanks for the feedback. I hope they were a success with your little one x
Marthe
I just made these and they are great! Because I wanted a bit of a smoother ball, I blizzed up the oats into a meal first. I had a mixture of frozen rasberries and blueberries and made (beautiful light-purple) small, bite-sized balls. When I tasted them, I realised there is one thing (a little unhealthy) that would make these even better. So I melted around 20 grams of white chocolate (0.7 ounce) and drizzled it on top. It's such a small amount, but it makes them out of this world!
Amy
Hi Marthe, thank you for your feedback. I have had so many mixed reviews on these. (I think because they aren't sweet and people expect them to taste like bliss balls packed with dates.) I have actually made these with the oats blended and they were great. Thank you for the blueberry idea, you have inspired me to make a new version of these. I can see the white chocolate working really well!
Darlene
Hello! Thank you for sharing this recipe. Could you also share the nutritional facts? Thank you!
Amy
Hi Darlene, sorry I don't share nutritional facts. I'm sure there are many tools on line that you can punch the recipe into.
Karla
I just made this and was very excited about trying them but was very disappointed with the end result, they have no flavor whatsoever and the texture is not desirable at all. At least for my toddler and baby.
Amy
I'm sorry you and your kids didn't enjoy these. I don't give my kids a lot of sugary things so they thought this was a great treat! Perhaps if you added some raisins or other dried fruit or even some honey this may have been sweeter and had a little more flavour for you. It wouldn't have helped with the texture though.
Michelle
Doubled the recipe and because my husband has a sweet tooth, added 1 tsp. of raw honey, 1c. raisins, and then sprinkled the balls with cinnamon. Big hit! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Amy
Hi Michelle, thanks for your feedback. I often recommend to add honey/ maple syrup or dried fruit if you are looking for something sweeter. Glad you enjoyed x
Leah
Just made these with a cheeky taste of the mix before rolling into balls. Delish!! Cannot wait for my little one to try these. Fab idea many thanks!!
Amy
HI Leah, so glad you like it! Just a cheeky taste? I eat half the mixture before balls are formed. Some people have commented that they aren't sweet enough but we try to keep our sugar levels down so taste pretty sweet to us. Some raisins in the mixture sweetens it up and tastes so good.
Leah
Haha yes well that cheeky taste has turned into eating half of the balls now. I have been picking at them all day. I did add a tablespoon of maple syrup to them, I have a very sweet tooth and have been trying to find alternatives to refined sugar. Good suggestion with the raisins I might try them next time. Thanks Amy:)
Kate
Hi Amy,
Is the almond flour the same as ground almonds??
P.s. my little boy is called Finn too, great name!
Amy
Hi Kate, yes you can just use ground almonds. Good name choice!!
Diane
Hi Amy, you think think I could try replace Almond flour with Coconut flour?
Looking forward to trying your recipe!
thanks
Amy
Hi Diane, I've never tried them with coconut flour but if you look at the comments you will see that a reader tried it with a 1/4 cup of coconut flour and a little honey and said they worked well. Hope you enjoy 🙂
Larissa
I made these and they were not good at all! They tasted so grainy from the oats and flour - I threw them all out. I might try again but if I do I will first throw the oats in the blender to make them more fine. I have no idea why these didn't turn out, but gross.
Amy
Hi Larissa, sorry that you didn't enjoy these. My only thought is that the oats you used may have been different. I used rolled Scottish porridge oats. Where are you from? They may be called something different where you are from? I think blitzing them into a flour would work well, I have thought of doing that myself too. I only share recipes that both myself and my kids enjoy. These balls really aren't sweet but my kids still like them. My husband prefers them with a bit of honey. If you do decide to make them again perhaps you could add a sweetener of some sort?