PeanutButter Coconut Balls
Ingredients
·
3/4 Cup (dry) oatmeal
(old-fashioned oats)
·
3/4 Cup toasted
coconut flakes
·
1/3 Cup chocolate
chips
·
3/4 Cup peanut butter
(no salt added)
·
1/4 cup ground flax
seed
·
1/3 cup honey
·
1 tsp. vanilla,
optional
Method:
Mix ingredients in a medium bowl in the
following order. 1. Honey 2. Coconut and Flax 3. Peanut Butter 4. Oatmeal and
Chocolate chips. Make sure to mix thoroughly. I rubbed a little oat flower on
my hands before rolling just to keep them from sticking to me too much.
Let chill in the refrigerator for half
an hour. Once chilled, roll into balls of whatever size you would like.
(Mine were about 3/4″ in diameter.) Store in an airtight container
and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.
Makes about 20 PBPB’s (peanut butter
protein balls).
Feel free to substitute in your
favorite nut butter (almond butter, sunflower seed butter, etc.) for the peanut
butter. And you could also add in some wheat germ in place of some or all
of the flax seed. In this recipe I would caution against substituting agave
nectar for the honey, it is due to the honey’s natural thickness that helps
hold things together.
The joy of these bites being “no bakes”
is that this recipe is super flexible. If you end up needing to omit one
of the dry ingredients (such as coconut or flax), just add in some extra of
whatever other dry ingredient is remaining (for example, the oats). If
you feel like your energy bites are too dry, just add in extra honey or peanut
butter.
Some other fun substitutions for the
chocolate chips (or an addition to them) could include:
·
chopped dried fruit
(apricots, dates, raisins, etc.)
·
dried berries
(cranberries, cherries, etc.)
·
chopped almonds,
pecans, or sunflower seeds
·
other chips
(butterscotch, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, etc.)
Nutrition Facts:
Total Calories (per
ball if 20 are made): 110kcal; 7g Fat;
2.5g Saturated Fat; 11g
Carbs; 2g Fiber; 6.5g Sugars;
35g Protein
