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GOOD INGREDIENTS. INSTRUCTIONS LACKING. The flavors\/ingredients are delicious. But as others have noted the instructions are easier read than done.\u00a0 I mixed all ingredients together (except for last two and doubled lime juice, adding half to recipe and half when coating) and then made into balls by hand, refrigerated 1-2 hours or overnight. While cold, squeezed the other half of lime juice into shallow bowl, quickly dipping balls in juice to help bind the pepitas (I crushed in hand emulsifier\/foodprocessor for more even look). The pretzel stick handles worked great but do this step at the very very very very last! Best cold rather than room temperature (pretzel can fall off if balls are too warm). <\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2018-12-25","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"KennethSawka"},"reviewBody":"This recipe was a spectacular failure. What am I missing here? Good concept but impossible to get the cheese mixture around the avocado. I ended up turning it into a dip out of frustration and desperation. Could you please post a video of someone making this?","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":1,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2019-12-21","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Guest8215"},"reviewBody":"This recipe must be a joke. It is impossible to accomplish but if you\u2019re going to try, use hard avocados, double the cheese mixture amount, DONT put the cheese mixture in the fridge(it makes it too hard to work with) and don\u2019t expect to get 4 dozen. That\u2019s downright ridiculous. I made 16 before running out of cheese mixture and that was after I made all the changes listed above to try to make this recipe usable. On a positive note, the taste is really good!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":1,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2019-10-25","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"KatherineGomez Hernandez","givenName":"KatherineGomez","familyName":"Hernandez"},"reviewBody":"This recipe was so yummy! 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