Milo Balls
These super simple milo balls are sure to be a hit with your kiddos! Five ingredients and around 15 minutes is all you will need to whip up these snack balls.
Why This Recipe Works
- Easy to make, no baking or heat required!
- A healthier take on traditional milo balls made with biscuits and condensed milk.
- 5 everyday ingredients, based on dried fruit, and seeds.
- Fun to eat, kids love these milo balls!
Ingredients you will need
To make my take on milo balls you will need 5 ingredients, dried fruit: raisins and dates, pumpkin seeds, coconut oil and of course milo.
These milo balls are based on my nut-free chocolate bliss balls, so if you are not a milo fan check them out as an alternative.
Substitutes
- Dates: If you don't have dates, up the quantity of raisins
- Raisins: If you don't have raisins, up the quantity of dates or substitute with sultanas.
- Pumpkin seeds: These can be subbed for sunflower seeds, or nuts such as almonds, cashews or walnuts.
- Coconut oil: You can actually skip the coconut oil, I just find you. get a better mouthfeel if you include it, but the milo balls are fine with out it.
- Milo: You can use any malted drinking chocolate such as Ovaltine, or plain unsweetened cocoa works just fine as well.
Step by step instructions
Below are illustrated step by step instructions with pictures, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the recipe card
Jump to RecipeStep one: Place all the ingredients into a food processor.
Step two: Blitz until the mix comes together into a mouldable 'dough'. Be patient, this will take around 5 minutes.
Step three: Use a tablespoon to scoop portions. A tip here is to use a damp tablespoon, this stops the mix from sticking to the spoon.
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Step four: Using your hands roll the milo ball dough into smooth balls. Damp hands will stop the mix from sticking to you.
Step five: This step is optional, roll the milo balls in a little extra milo. (I like the look of some rolled in milo and some not).
Step six: Refrigerate for 2 hrs or overnight before serving
Step seven: Enjoy!
Top Tips
Here is how you can make this milo ball recipe perfectly every time!
- Be patient, just when you think the mix will never come together in the food processor, it all of a sudden will.
- Damp hands and equipment. No matter what bliss ball, energy bite or protein ball you are making, the mix is usually quite sticky. Use damp hands and a damp spoon and the strawberry balls will be much easier to roll.
- Freeze them! These balls store really well in the freezer, if you freeze them they will defrost in the lunchbox and be the perfect snack.
FAQs
These milo balls do best stored in the refrigerator they will be fine for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.
No, Milo is not gluten free, all the versions of milo powder (Classic NZ Taste, Xtra, Plant Based Energy and 30% Less Sugar) contain some malted cereals as an ingredient, malted cereals are not gluten-free.
Most of the milo powders contain milk solids as an ingredients with the exception of the Plant-Based Energy version. The plant-based version however is still manufactured on equipment that is used for milk solids ingredients so cannot be guaranteed to not have any milk solid contamination
Milo Balls For Kids
I created this recipe as I know milo is a very popular product amongst Kiwis and Australians, heck I grew up on the stuff. Traditional milo balls are made with condensded milk and cookies. My recipes is based on fruit and seeds.
However we should be mindful as snacks are high in dried fruit are not always the best for little teeth.
That is one of the reasons I created these strawberry balls as they don’t contain dried fruit, I have a few other snack balls on my website that are also lower in sugar as well. Carrot Bliss Balls, Strawberry Balls, and my no-bake apple oat energy bites are both great recipes too.
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Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates 230g
- 1 cup raisins 160g
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds 140g
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ¼ cup milo 45g
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a food processor, blitz until the mix comes together into a mouldable 'dough'. Be patient, this will take around 5 minutes.
- Take tablespoon sized scoops and shape the mix into balls, if you wish you can roll the milo balls in a little extra milo, refrigerate.
- Eat and enjoy
Notes
Substitutions
- Dates: If you don't have dates, up the quantity of raisins
- Raisins: If you don't have raisins, up the quantity of dates or substitute with sultanas.
- Pumpkin seeds: These can be subbed for sunflower seeds, or nuts such as almonds, cashews or walnuts.
- Coconut oil: You can actually skip the coconut oil, I just find you. get a better mouthfeel if you include it, but the milo balls are fine with out it.
- Milo: You can use any malted drinking chocolate such as Ovaltine, or plain unsweetened cocoa works just fine as well.
Tips
- Be patient, just when you think the mix will never come together in the food processor, it all of a sudden will.
- Damp hands and equipment. No matter what bliss ball, energy bite or protein ball you are making, the mix is usually quite sticky. Use damp hands and a damp spoon and the strawberry balls will be much easier to roll.
Storage
These milo balls do best stored in the refrigerator they will be fine for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.Nutrition
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Will these balls hold together in school lunchbox?
If I was sending them in the lunchbox, I would store them in the freezer and pop them in the lunchbox frozen.
These are yum!! I didn’t have any raisins so just used dates. I’ll be trying more nut free recipes from here 🙂