date and chocolate bites

Serves: 4

Ingredients:
½ x 80 g slab dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1 tablespoon extra dark cocoa
3 tablespoons low-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup pitted dates, finely chopped
¼ cup desiccated coconut
¼ cup walnuts (chopped and toasted)
extra coconut and cocoa to decorate with

Method:
place chocolate in a glass bowl and melt over gently simmering water. make sure that the bowl does not touch the water.
mix cocoa with some of the milk to form a paste and mix with remaining milk and vanilla. stir some of the melted chocolate into the milk mixture until smooth. mix into the warm chocolate.
stir in dates, coconut and walnuts. place spoonfuls of the mixture onto baking paper and sprinkle with coconut or cocoa and allow to set.
alternatively allow to cool slightly and then roll into balls. roll balls into extra coconut or cocoa, if preferred. allow to cool in the fridge.
serve as a treat 1-2 balls as a treat.