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Cocoa Cherry Pecan Chocolate Chip Bites

Chewy, fudgy cocoa bites with bursts of tart-sweet fresh cherry, buttery pecans and little pockets of semisweet chocolate.

Cocoa Cherry Pecan Chocolate Chip Bites

Ingredients

  • ½ cup pitted80 gSweet cherriesfinely chopped and patted dry
  • ½ cup chopped60 gPecans
  • ⅔ cup50 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2½ tbsp40 gAlmond butter, no salt addedstirred well
  • 3 tbsp15 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp25 gMaple syrup
  • 3 tbsp30 gSemisweet chocolate chipsroughly chopped
  • ¾ tsp3 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt

Steps

  1. Prepare first: finely chop the cherries and pat them very dry on paper towels, and roughly chop the chocolate chips.
  2. Pulse the pecans and oats in a food processor until coarse and crumbly.
  3. Add the unsweetened cocoa powder and the salt to the processor and pulse a few times until the crumbs are evenly dark.
  4. Add the almond butter, maple syrup and vanilla and pulse until the mixture clumps when pinched.
  5. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and fold in the cherries and chocolate chips by hand so the fruit stays in small pieces.
  6. Roll the mixture into 12 bites, about 3 bites per serving, pressing firmly so they hold together.
  7. Chill the bites on a plate in the fridge for 30 minutes until firm, then keep refrigerated and eat within 3 days.

Check labels: Vegan when you buy semisweet chocolate chips labeled vegan.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Check labels: Dairy-free when you buy semisweet chocolate chips made without milk.

Contains: Tree nuts. Some brands contain milk, gluten, soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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