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Apricot and Nut Ball Ornaments

December 30, 2022 by Autumn Leave a Comment

Try adding these delicious apricot and nut ball ornaments to your edible Christmas tree decor this year. Whether you eat them on Christmas eve, Christmas day or New Year’s Eve, they’re nutritious little balls of goodness that nearly everyone will enjoy.

An apricot ball wrapped in clear wrap and tied with red ribbon, hanging on the tree

Tools You’ll Need

  • kitchen blender
  • measuring cups
  • cling wrap
  • scissors
  • red string or ribbon

Ingredients

  • dried apricots
  • dried cranberries
  • cashews or walnuts
  • pumpkin seed
a round, freshly rolled ball of apricots, nuts and cranberries

How to Make Apricot and Nut Ball Ornaments

This recipe is fast and easy to make. A quality kitchen blender is the key to quickly whipping out a batch. Here’s how you make apricot and nut bites.

  1. Measure apricots, cranberries, cashews, pumpkin seeds and honey into your kitchen blender.
  2. Pulse and break everything up.
  3. If things stick to the upper part of your blender, push them down with spoon or shake with the lid on and continue pulsing.
  4. When everything has formed a gooey, sticky ball in the blender, stop.
  5. Empty the fruit and nuts into a bowl.
  6. Pull out an 8 inch piece of cling wrap and cut it in half.
  7. Take a small spoonful of the fruit and nut mixture and roll it into a ball that’s a bit smaller than golf ball.
  8. Place it in the center of a cling wrap square.
  9. Bring the 4 corners up and squeeze the wrap together just above the ball.
  10. Tie off with string and create a loop to hang the bites from.
  11. Decorate with a ribbon, if desired.
  12. Use in 4-6 days time.

a round, freshly rolled ball of apricots, nuts and cranberries

Apricot and Nut Ball Ornaments

Make these delicious apricot and nut bites for edible Christmas tree decor!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Course candy, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Equipment

  • kitchen blender
  • cutlery spoon
  • mixing bowl
  • cling wrap
  • string or ribbon

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup (190 grams) whole dried apricots
  • 1/2 cup dry cranberries
  • 3/4 cup cashews
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 3 tablespoons honey

Instructions
 

  • Measure apricots, cranberries, cashews, pumpkin seeds and honey into your kitchen blender.
  • Pulse the machine until everything has formed a large clump in the blender.
  • Dump the mixture into a mixing bowl.
  • Form the sticky fruit and nuts into balls that are 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
  • Pull out 8 inches of cling wrap and tear off. Cut the length in half.
  • Place a ball in the center of the wrap and pull the 4 corners up over the ball.
  • Cut a piece of string or ribbon and tightly tie off the cling wrap just above the apricot ball.
  • Make a loop with the string or ribbon so you can hang it from the Christmas tree.
  • Consume in 4-6 day's time. And enjoy!
Keyword apricot and cashew bites, apricot bites, protein ball

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