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I figured after yesterday’s not-so-green recipe, I would give you a double whammy today. Key limes and pistachios, boom boom POW. Sorry, I just pounded two cups of coffee before I started writing this #5recipesin5daysmaykillme.
Can we talk about key limes for a minute? They are officially the most adorable piece of fruit I have ever seen. My 5 year old self probably would have made one my newest inanimate friend. My 24-year old self felt bad making friends with them knowing that I would be sacrificing their peels and juices to the food processor. It hurt more than touching my eye with lime juice covered hands. Karma is a B. Don’t mess with miniature fruit.
Other thoughts that occurred while making this recipe:
1. Shelled pistachios are worth the money. Ain’t nobody got time for pistachio shelling.
2. Are they balls, or are they bites? Actually, I ask myself this everyday.
3. Why does St. Patrick’s Day require green food? Don’t answer this otherwise you’ll undermine the whole purpose of the link-up…
4. It is impossible to eat just one of these. I dare you to try.
Raw Key Lime Pistachio Bites
Prep Time: 15 mins
Keywords: no-bake blender snack dessert dairy-free gluten-free vegan pistachio key lime ball
Ingredients (18 bites)
- 2 cups shelled pistachios (reserve 1/2 cup for chopping)
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 6 key limes, zest and juice of each
Instructions
1. Add 1 1/2 cups of pistachios and dates to a food processor high-speed blender. Process until all comes together in a ball (about 3 minutes)
2. Break up ball and add zest and juice of all key limes. Process until well combined.
3. Meanwhile, chop up remaining 1/2 cup of pistachios into tiny pieces to be used at coating.
4. Roll pistachio-date mixture into 18 balls and then roll in chopped pistachios.
5. Store in refrigerator for up to 1 month or longer in freezer.
hehe…I always say bites. Somehow it sounds less offensive!
These look amazing and your pictures are terrific!
My inner twelve year old insists that they’re balls. 😛 And I don’t think I’m a big fan of key lime 🙁 I’ve only had key lime pie once and it was just meh to me…but it was also like grocery-store pie, so maybe I just need to try a real bakery or homemade one? Or you know…just make these balls :-p
These look wonderful! I love eating pistachios so much (too much!).
Balls hehe 😉
But these look so refreshing! I think key limes are adorable too! I had these key lime wedge erasers when I was little and I think they’re the best things ever. Next to my Hershey bar scented pencils of course!
I have an even more important question to ask – who gets to eat all of this food?
Umm…. these look AMAZEBALLS!
The word balls makes me uncomfortable when referring to my food so I call them bites. These are too cute. Serious respect to you for doing 5 recipes in 5 days. I would definitely have a meltdown. Prepping two green recipes for the link-up though!
Ball bites. That sounds like some creepy piercing. Ick. Let’s just stick with one at a time, but usually balls because it’s more fun to say you’re eating those. I need to get on the pistachio game, I sometimes forget they’re out there. I thought that limes and key limes were the same… are they not?
Dates and limes and pistachios – girrrl – these “bite-sized balls” (Meredith’s term) sound fabulous!
Whatever you want to call them, these sound amazing! I love pistachios but don’t buy them too often since they are usually so expensive. I really want to make your pistachio butter so I’ll have to make these too when I finally get the pistachios.