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Chocolate & Nuts Ladoo | Nutty Energy Balls

Mar 11, 2021 · Modified: Apr 26, 2025 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Chocolate and nuts ladoo, energy balls made with nuts and chocolate, sweetened with organic jaggery. A quick and easy ladoo, that takes just minutes to make.

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Chocolate & Nuts ladoo

Table of contents

  • Ladoo | Laddu - Versatile Dessert
  • 🔖 Nuts Ladoo - Vegan & Gluten-Free
  • 📋 The Ingredients
  • 💭 Step-by-Step Instructions
  • More Snack Varieites
  • 📖 Recipe
  • More Ladoo Varieties
  • 📌 Do you like the recipe? PIN IT

Ladoo | Laddu - Versatile Dessert

Ladoo or Laddu, a sphere-shaped sweet from the Indian subcontinent. They are usually made from flour, fat (ghee/butter/oil) and sugar.

I have a love for ladoos, first they are pretty easy to make. Roast, mix and shape.  Secondly, if you are calorie conscious or  have a specific dietary requirements, it is easy to modify a laddu recipe to fit that need. And not to forget, they are small, bite-sized and so portion-controlled. Contrary to the belief that all Indian sweets are calorie-laden, ladoo’s made with jaggery, nuts with or without ghee are real healthy. 

Check these Sunnundalu/Urad dal ladoos, a protein packed sweet balls. These colorful Carrot & Coconut ladoos, are a delight to both eyes and the taste-buds. These sesame seeds & mawa ladoos are a rich and royal treat. The brilliance in black, Sesame seeds ladoo, is a simple vegan treat.

Vegan chocolate ladoo

So, planning for a rich and royal treat for a festive occasion or a simple snack for self, ladoos fit the bill.

🔖 Nuts Ladoo - Vegan & Gluten-Free

Coming to today's recipe Chocolate & Nuts ladoo, a ladoo that is intended to attract kids. Anything chocolate make their eyes go big and wide. These ladoos were a big hit with my boys.

Vegan Nuts ladoo

They have a beautiful brown color of the cocoa powder and with organic jaggery tastes just the right amount of sweetness. The nuts and coconut add necessary richness to the ladoo, so I haven't used any extra fat in the recipe. Apart from the drop of coconut oil to roast the nuts, so they are vegan and gluten-free.

📋 The Ingredients

  • Nuts, i have used almonds, cashews, walnuts and pumpkin seeds. You can use any combination of nuts.
  • Sweetener, I have used organic jaggery in this recipe. You can use white/brown sugar, coconut sugar, palm sugar etc. There might be a slight difference in the sweetness of these different sugars, so use accordingly.
chocolate & nuts ladoo ingredients
  • Chocolate, i have used cocoa powder in the recipe.
  • Desiccated coconut, though optional, I would recommend using, as it adds nice flavor.
  • Cinnamon powder is used to flavor the ladoos. You can also add a pinch of clove powder and nutmeg to enhance the flavors.

💭 Step-by-Step Instructions

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • In heavy bottom pan, add a drop of coconut oil and roast the nuts. Adding coconut oil is purely optional.
nuts ladoo  making
  • Towards the end of roasting the nuts, add the desiccated coconut to the pan, switch off the heat. Keep roasting, as the coconut turns golden brown in the pan heat.
  • Transfer the roasted contents to another plate, let it cool completely.
chocolate ladoo making
  • Take the cooled ingredients along with jaggery powder and cocoa powder in a mixer.
  • Pulse grind the ingredients until they come together. Do not grind continuously, you will end up with nut butter. Pulse grind so the nuts grind and mix with rest of ingredients.
shaping nut ladoos
  • Transfer the ground contents to a flat plate, and shape them into round balls. You can optionally roll the shaped ladoos with desiccated coconut.
Vegan and gluten-free Nut ladoo
  • Store the chocolate & nut ladoo's in an air-tight container.

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📖 Recipe

Chocolate & Nuts Ladoo | Nutty Energy Balls

Chocolate dry fruit ladoo, energy balls made with nuts and chocolate, sweetened with organic jaggery. A quick and easy ladoo, that takes just minutes to make.
4.75 from 8 votes
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, Indian, South-Indian
Keyword: chocolate recipe, easy ladoo recipe, energy bites, gluten-free recipe, How to make energy balls, nuts ladoo recipe, Nuts recipe, Quick ladoo recipe, vegan ladoo recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
To shape the ladoos: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 10
Calories:

Equipment

  • Indian style mixie or any heavy blender
  • Measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Mixed nuts i have used almonds, cashews, walnuts and pumpkin seeds
  • ½ cup organic jaggery powder
  • ¼ cup desiccated coconut
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Instructions

  • In a heavy bottom pan, add a drop coconut oil and roast the nuts. Keep the flame low, do not burn the nuts.
  • Towards the end of roasting the nuts, add the coconut, turn off the stove. Roast the coconut in the residue heat of the pan.
  • Transfer the ingredients to a flat plate, let it cool completely.
  • Take the cooled down ingredients into a mixer along with jaggery powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon powder and grind it to a powder
  • Do not grind continuously, you will end up with nut butter. Pulse grind the nuts into a powder.
  • Transfer the ground contents to a flat plate, start shaping them into ladoos. You can optionally coat the ladoos with coconut.
  • Store the ladoos in an air-tight container. if you live in hot climate, refrigerate them.

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Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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These delicious chocolate & nut ladoo make a lovely treat anytime and a great gift for your friends.

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  1. Jagruti

    October 04, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    yummy..yummy and healthy ladoos...looks inviting !

    Reply
  2. Priya Suresh

    October 04, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    Nuts and chocolate in anything is my favourite definitely, cute looking laddoos Priya..

    Reply
  3. Krishnaveni

    October 04, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    looks yummy

    Reply
  4. Unknown

    October 05, 2010 at 3:48 am

    laddu looks so yummy Priya.

    Reply
  5. Jeyashris Kitchen

    October 05, 2010 at 5:27 am

    very yummy and kids friendly ladoos. will try for my kids

    Reply
  6. Sanjeeta kk

    October 05, 2010 at 11:00 am

    A real healthy nutri bombs!

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    October 06, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Lovely dry fruit and cocoa laddoo.
    YUM!

    Shobha

    Reply
  8. Raks

    October 07, 2010 at 6:23 am

    Laddoos looks sinfully delicious! Nice recipe Priya!

    Reply
  9. Srivalli

    November 17, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    Looks great priya..thanks for sending it across..

    Reply
  10. Srivalli Jetti

    March 12, 2021 at 4:44 am

    5 stars
    I love the new pictures Priya, looks so sinful. I would surely want to make these, hopefully, the ground nuts won't show it off for my boys..:)

    Reply
  11. Harini Rupanagudi

    March 14, 2021 at 2:45 am

    5 stars
    OMG These laddus look so sinful. I have never added pumpkin seeds but I am sure with chocolate and nuts will be appreciated by the kids for sure. I agree with you about the nutrient filled laddus are perfect for any occasion.

    Reply
  12. Radha

    March 14, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    5 stars
    These chocolate ladoos are fabulous. Kids would love it. This is simple to make and addictive ladoo.

    Reply
  13. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    March 15, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    5 stars
    Priya, your clicks are amazing and that is what brought me to the website! What a beautiful recipe this is to make a quick dessert. My husband is a chocolate lover and I want to make this for him.

    Reply
  14. sushma pinjala

    March 17, 2021 at 2:13 am

    5 stars
    Dry fruit ladoo with chocolate looks super delicious Priya. Such an easy recipe to make! Wonderful share.

    Reply
  15. Narmadha

    March 18, 2021 at 9:04 am

    5 stars
    Chocolate dry fruit ladoo looks so irresistible and delicious. so healthy and perfect snack for kids. I am going to try this for my kids this weekend. Thanks for the easy recipe.

    Reply

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