I've been trying to find a way to get moringa into something my grandkids will actually eat without arguing about it, and this is the one that worked. You truly can't taste it in here. It just tastes like a peanut butter date ball, and that's the whole point.

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted Medjool dates
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free)
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 tsp moringa powder
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips (optional)
• 2 tbsp shredded coconut, for rolling (optional)

How I make them

If the dates are firm, soak them in warm water for 10 minutes, then drain well. In a food processor, combine the dates, peanut butter, and honey until mostly smooth. Add the oats and moringa powder and pulse until it comes together into a thick, sticky dough. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand so they stay whole instead of getting pulverized. Scoop about a tablespoon of dough, roll into a ball, and roll in coconut if you're using it. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes before serving.

A few notes from making a lot of these. The size is really up to you and who's eating them. I go smaller, about half a teaspoon of dough, for toddlers, and closer to a tablespoon for older kids or adults. I like to freeze mine on a baking sheet first, then keep them in a tin so I've got one ready whenever I want something sweet with my afternoon coffee. If you're giving these to a toddler or a really young child, let the ball come up to room temperature before they eat it.

Quick, no baking involved, and it's the one moringa recipe in this house nobody's ever turned their nose up at.