Apricot Bliss Balls
Apricot Bliss Balls are the perfect 10-minute treat. They are naturally sweet, delicious, and a great snack, breakfast, or dessert! You don’t even have to turn on your oven to make them! If you need a quick and healthy snack that you can just grab and go, this is it!
I’m all about these apricot energy balls. They’re perfectly sweetened with an excellent chew – and the kids actually like them as well! What more could you want out of a simple and easy snack?
All you need is a food processor and simple ingredients to make these beauties. The shredded coconut adds a great texture to pair with the softness and chewiness of the rest of the treat. While you can make these to snack on at home, they’re also great for the kids to pack in their school lunch or to have waiting for them as an afterschool snack. They are also vegan and gluten-free.
Be sure to check out my Keto Protein Balls and Peanut Butter Bliss Balls for other great healthy recipes.
Ingredients
- Dried apricots – These are great to have around the house as a quick snack because they are packed with fiber and natural sweetness. Just make sure to find dried apricots that don’t have sugar added.
- Hemp hearts or oats – Use whatever you’d like. I like the texture of hemp hearts as it tends to give a chewier texture with lower carbs. Almond flour will also work.
- Shredded coconut – I like to use unshredded shredded coconut because it doesn’t have any added sugar in them, but sweetened coconut would be fine if you aren’t concerned about added sugar.
- Almond butter – You can use peanut butter if you’d like or any nut butter. Macadamia nut butter is especially delicious.
- Sweetener – Just a little bit of sweetener is all you need, as the apricots add quite a bit of natural sweetener.
- Coconut oil – You could also use avocado oil as well.
See quantites in the recipe card.
How to Make Apricot Bliss Balls
Step One: Add all the ingredients into the food processor and blend until mixed well. It will be sticky at this point. That’s good!
Step Two: Form the mixture into balls and place them on parchment paper. I use a two tablespoon sized cookie scoop.
Step Three: Serve and enjoy!
The great thing about making these apricot balls is that they’re literally ready to eat once you make them! It’s easiest to form balls if you chill the mixture a bit first but you don’t have to.
Variations
- Homemade almond butter – You can make your own almond butter by processing whole almonds, almond meal, or ground almonds until it turns into nut butter. Then just add the rest of the ingredients to the food processor.
- Crush up raw cashews – For a bit more texture, you can toss a handful of cashews into the food processor. I would add them at the end so that they don’t get blended up all the way and become a paste.
- Add maple syrup – For some natural sweetness, adding maple syrup is delicious. It will make sticky dough though, so just be prepared. You can reduce the amount of almond butter in the apricot bliss bars to account for the added liquid.
- Pour in a splash of vanilla extract – For a hint of vanilla flavoring, add a little bit of vanilla. This is a great substitute because it easily adds great taste.
- Chia seeds – Add in some chia seeds for extra protein.
- Protein powder – Protein powder can make the bliss bars dry so make sure to add a little extra nut butter if they are too crumbly to form into balls.
- Chocolate – Craving chocolate? Try this Chocolate Bliss Balls recipe.
Storage
Store them in an airtight container. You don’t have to store them in the fridge, although I think that they have a bit better texture when they’re chilled. They will last 2-3 days at room temperature or 1-2 weeks in the refrigerator.
You can also freeze them. My trick to keeping them fresh is to wrap them in plastic wrap and then store them in a plastic bag in the freezer.
To thaw them quickly, just set them out at room temperature for about 10 minutes or move them to the fridge to start the thawing process. It should only take a few minutes for them to be soft and chewy.
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Apricot Bliss Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 1 cup hemp hearts or oats
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
Instructions
- Process the ingredients in a food processor until the apricots are very finely chopped and the dough comes together into a ball.
- Chill the dough for an hour or two. Form small balls. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
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Originally Published August 23, 2022. Revised and Republished January 7, 2026.
I’d like to try this but I have fresh/frozen apricots. Do you suppose that would work the same?
No, sorry. This needs dried fruit.
A quick and easy recipe, so very tasty, great as a snack any time of day, especially when you need to have something on the go.
a quick and easy recipe, great as a substitute when they need to have something on the go.
I made these with peanut butter as I am allergic to almonds. It was a great way to use up a batch of dried apricots that I had on hand. There are delicious. To pass myself they have to be stored in the freezer. The servings that I put in the fridge were too easy to access and quickly eat.
As a chocoholic – Chocolate Bliss Balls are next.
These are so much better than eating store bought treats – I know what is in them. 🙂
Where do you find apricots without added sugar?
Online or a well stocked health food store.
I really enjoyed these apricot bliss balls. They were super tasty. Definitely found myself snacking on them throughout the day! I will be making again!
I made these for my mom’s birthday this year and she absolutely loved them. Thanks for the great recipe!
These sound terrific, but I didn’t see anywhere if these are THM S or E or crossover or ? Could you please clarify?
The nutrition facts are in the S range. I think using dried fruit has been debated quite a bit. I don’t recall what the official determination is. Personally, I would have 2 as an S snack.
Thank you so much….I tend to agree with you on the fruit….I think everything in moderation is the key, at least for me….just made a batch with a little less than a cup of apricots (because that is all had) and a mix of the hemp hearts and oats…and your sweetner (BTW, I love that sweetener recipe) and these are so awesome and a great way to use dried fruit….also so healthy for the kiddos….my grandkids are gonna demolish these! Thank you for all your hard work!
I’m so glad you like them!
Would love to rte, but can’t. Taryn, why do you frequently list ingredients that are not available in every part of the country? How about posting possible substitutes. Also be mindful of allergies……especially since nuts are a very common allergy. Thanks
Hi Jane, which ingredient is not readily available? I always offer variations and substitutions within the blog post.
Also, I do offer a substitution for nuts within the blog post. Did you read the entire post? I think your questions were addressed.