These no-bake high-protein baklava balls are the summer snack you’ve been looking for — bring them to a picnic, BBQ or pack them on the go for your next road trip. Inspired by the classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dessert baklava (delicious layers of phyllo dough, honey and nuts), we’ve combined some of its main ingredients into a nutritious power ball. We loved a recipe for baklava balls that we tried from holistic nutritionist Mira Shir of Nutriholist so much that we had to create our own version: our no-bake high-protein baklava balls recipe!
Pistachios and walnuts will fuel you with nourishing fats and protein. Different regions of the world have variations of baklava, so we’ve included cinnamon, which is often found in the Greek version, and rose water, which is often found in the Turkish version of the recipe. You’ll love these honey-sweetened and refined-sugar-free baklava balls as a healthy dessert or pick-me-up snack!
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ingredients
Coating:
directions
Add all of the ingredients to a food processor. You can use only cinnamon as the spice if you don’t have cardamom on hand. Both lemon juice and orange juice taste delicious in this recipe, so you can choose whichever one you prefer.
Pulse the ingredients a few times in the food processor.
Then blend on high until all the ingredients are finely chopped and the mixture sticks together when pressed with your fingers.
Scoop out around 1 tablespoon of the mixture at a time into your hands. Roll the mixture in your palms to form a ball and place it onto a plate. You’ll make 12 balls total.
Finely chop the pistachios by hand with a knife on a cutting board.
Spread the chopped pistachios on a plate and roll each ball in the pistachios to coat the outside. You can store the balls in the refrigerator