Name: Apricot and Nut Ball Ornaments
Prep time: 10 min
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

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.

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