Blueberry Cookie Balls

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24 responses to “Blueberry Cookie Balls”

1. 

   Viviana

   September 23, 2023

   
   Holy moly!!! These things are amazing!! My 7 year old daughter was so excited to make this, she did everything except the tamper parts. She felt so good about cooking herself. Thank you!!! We will also be doubling or tripling the recipe next time because between my 3 kids they leave any for the week, they ate them all in a day ☺️

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      Shalva Gale

      October 2, 2023

      
      We almost always have to double the recipe too, they just get eaten up so fast!

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   jennifer

   May 15, 2022

   
   I’ve made these about 3 times and I think I must forget about the amount of time this really takes between trying to get ingredients to blend and the clean up. My husband likes these alot, but might be the last time. i doubled the recipe, but the tamper is no assistance as it just doesn’t reach the ingredients enough to push anything down into the blade, so i have to keep stopping and using a spatula to push things down, took forever to get the almonds chopped up in there. Then cleaning the blender after to get the nut butter under the blade, just ughhhh. FYI – unrelated, your choc chip banana bread is the best I had in my life and sooo easy.

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      Shalva Gale

      September 6, 2022

      
      These are definitely more high maintenance than most of our recipes. Perhaps soaking your dates and cashews would help ease the ingredients down? We find that leaving the container in the sink with hot soapy water for a bit helps break down the gunk and then the cleaning cycle should take care of the rest.

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   Terri

   September 6, 2020

   
   I just made them yesterday! Terrific recipe. The taste reminds me of my moms date cookies. Thank you so much!

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      Shalva Gale

      October 1, 2020

      
      Date cookies, yum!

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   Kal

   August 17, 2020

   Amazing! Loved the texture and taste, plus grab-and-go convenience. Our Vitamix did overheat while making it, but that was probably because I pulsed 20 or 25 times instead of 10, plus doubled the recipe for the 64-oz low profile container. Either way, definitely a go-to snack recipe!

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      Shalva Gale

      September 4, 2020

      
      Takes a little bit of practice to get these right. Our Vitamix shut down to protect itself from overheating the first time I doubled the batch too. Just make sure you’re really working the tamper from the corners into the blades.

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   Laura

   July 27, 2020

   
   Hello! How should these be stored and what’s their shelf life if i want to gift to others? Do they need to be refrigerated? Thank you!!

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      Sam Diamond

      July 27, 2020

      Yes refrigerated! They’ll be good for a few weeks in there 🙂

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   Pattie

   July 18, 2020

   
   Love your recipes! I look forward to making this recipe. When you use dated in a recipe could you say: use 5 whole dates/2ounces dates? I am a weigh in the scale sort of person.

   Thanks so much
   Pattie

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      Kal

      August 15, 2020

      If there isn’t an exact weight for the ingredients, usually it means it doesn’t matter exactly how much and it’s fine if it’s a bit off. If you want to be super exact though, you can just google how much one date weighs (7-10 grams).

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      Shalva Gale

      September 4, 2020

      
      Hi Pattie, Kal is right. This isn’t one of those recipes where you have to be exact at all. For this recipe about 40-50g should do the trick.

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   Kiran

   April 29, 2020

   
   Can I use any other nuts like walnuts instead of cashews?
   Thanks for the recipe!

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      Shalva Gale

      May 7, 2020

      
      If you soak them first and blend really well. The cashews are the glue holding these together so another nut should work as long as it can be blended into a nut butter consistency.

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      Kiran

      May 9, 2020

      
      Thank you! Will try and let you know:)

8. 

   Sue Jackson

   April 25, 2020

   I used my 32 oz container, which fit perfectly. The only problem is: I had no idea how GOOD these bites would be….now I wish I’d used my 64 oz container and quadrupled the recipe! Love these balls!

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      Shalva Gale

      May 7, 2020

      
      Haha! We went a few months without making them and made the same mistake. Now we always use the quadrupled recipe 🙂

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   Betsy

   January 7, 2020

   
   I’m just getting starting with my new Vitamix, so I have a couple of questions.

   Do you use cold, warm or hot water to soak cashew in?

   Do you drain the water from the cashews after soaking them for 30 minutes?

   Thanks.

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      Shalva Gale

      March 10, 2020

      
      We usually use warm water and then drain.

10. 

    Mommytx

    October 2, 2019

    
    I made these before heading off on a trip with my family and I must assume we had the best snack while on the plane and in the airport. Great with coffee and yes doubled it for larger size vitamix.

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       Lenny Gale

       October 4, 2019

       Love hearing this — thank you! And yeah, great for kids and adults on the plane!

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    Kyle

    August 2, 2018

    
    Really good but had to double recipe otherwise nuts were mostly just sitting under spinning blade and tamper was no help. Will make again in the 48 ounce container. Yum!

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       Lenny Gale

       August 20, 2018

       
       Nice! Yeah, double the recipe if you’re using the 64-ounce container. So good to have and grab and go. Also great with coffee. Thanks for making these and hopefully sharing with others! 🙂