Chocolate Pistachio Date Balls

The girls used to love to eat LaraBars. The only problem was that I didn't like having to pay sometimes close to $1.50 per bar, especially when the girls would each want their own! We've played around a lot with different combinations but this one is one of our new favorites. Instead of making the date mixture into a "bar" shape we just roll into balls which makes them perfect for little hands to hold and eat up!

Everything you need:

Pistachios and chocolate chips:

Make sure you can form a ball out of the dates:

Chocolate Pitaschio Date Balls

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups of dates, pitted
1/2 cup of pistachios, with shells removed
1/4 cup of chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Put pistachios and chocolate chips in food processor and mixed about 30 seconds until crushed
2. Add dates to food processor and mix until crumbly and well mixed.  Test to be sure dates can be rolled into a ball before removing mix.
3. Roll into balls, we were able to make 18 total out of these measurements.
4. Store tightly covered in fridge.  The date balls will last longer if you wrap them individually in plastic wrap but if you plan on eating the bunch within 3 days a container will be fine.