I came accross a refreshment stall during the Edinburgh Festival that sold Tahini bliss balls.

I bought one to see what they were like & put it ( carefully wrapped in a napkin ) in my pocket to eat on the train back home.

I was looking forward to it, and it was pretty good, but, a bit dry & not quite as good as my tastebuds were anticipating.

So I decided to try and make my own version ( without loading them to the hilt with guarana , as I had chronic insomnia the night I ate the one I bought ). But I will probably bake a batch of guarana loaded ones to take to Glastonbury next year. Also the one I bought uses rice crispies and I use oats in my version.

I would not usualy weigh out the ingredients for these, but, as a guideline I weighed  ingredients & timed the cooking tonight.

Tahini bliss balls:

Put 8oz oats into a bowl

add 1 handful of roasted pumkin seeds

1 handful of sunflower seeds

1 handful toasted sesame seeds

2 handfuls of dessicated coconut

4 heaped dessetspoons tahini

If the tahini you use is thick in consistency, rub the tahini into the rest of the ingredients at this stage to disperse it evenly.

Then add:

2 lg dessert spoons of honey   ( I use acacia as it is light and sweet )

2 lg dessert spoons of golden syrup ( this was not meant to be calorie free )

and then blend the mixure with a spoon pushing down whilst stiring to moisten all the dry ingredients.

Then add 4oz of melted butter & mix in well.

This mix will make 12 - 20 balls depending on the size of your hands and how hard you squeeze your balls!!

Pick up a handful and squeeze it into a ball so the mixture holds together.  You may want to scrape off the excess mix from your hands and wash every your hands every few balls, as it makes it easier to shape the next one.

Bake at 180 for about half an hour, and they should be a nice golden brown when ready.

There is no need to pre grease the tin but, do leave them on the tray intil cool. This way a sharp push undereath with a fish slice should get them off the tray without them breaking.

I think I will add some hemp seeds from now on as they are so good for you, and call them tahini hemp bliss balls.