Kids will love digging up these carrots!
In this recipe, dried apricots and cashews combine to make these sweet, dense energy snacks. The carrots are buried in crumbled chocolate cookie dirt for a whole lot of Easter fun!
Ingredients
3/4 cup dried apricots
3/4 cup cashews, unsalted
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
Zest of 1 large orange
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon chia seeds, optional
Chocolate cookies, crumbled
Fresh mint leaves
Directions
Place dried apricots in food processor and pulse a few times to chop them up. Add cashews, orange zest, and salt and pulse a few more times. Add coconut and chia seeds, if desired, and pulse until mixture is quite finely chopped and starting to hold together. Add orange juice 1 tablespoon at a time until you can form mixture into balls. Place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes, or until mixture is firm.
Using about 2 tablespoons of apricot mixture, form into carrot shapes. Repeat until all the mixture used. Store formed carrots in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
To serve, top each carrot with a sprig of mint. Place crumbled chocolate cookies in a small 2-inch deep baking dish. Insert carrots. Enjoy!
