Sound yummy? They are!
When you crave something sweet but don’t care to ingest crappy ingredients, these energy balls are packed with sweet goodness with their satisfying combo of cacao, peanut butter and coconut.
This simple, guilt-free recipe could be called a triple-crown delight just made that up because of being 1) easy to assemble 2) delicious and, best of all 3) they’re healthy! The only down side is that it can get messy…but in a finger lickin good way.
I bought a package recently at a health food store when I was feeling low energy and craving something sweet. You wouldn’t believe how many things I wanted to have but ended up putting back before I bought these. Because when you start reading labels in the dessert isle, you’ll probably end up being turned off of eating that piece of cake or pie you just put into your food basket. I tell you, reading about the ingredients spoils all the fun. But choosing wisely will end up making you feel better, literally. When I got home and looked at the ingredients on the packaging again, I thought “I can make these.” So I looked up recipes and used *cacao instead of chocolate chips (although you can decide to use those if you prefer).
The recipe I followed with a few tweaks:
My tweaks:
Instead of using only rolled oats, I used a combo of organic, old-fashioned whole grain rolled oats & Trader Joe’s organic rolled oats with ancient grains (amaranth flakes, quinoa flakes, chia seeds, and ground flax seeds) for a chewier consistency.
Instead of using only peanut butter, I mixed organic creamy peanut butter with “Artisana Organics” Cashew Cacao Spread (has organic coconut MCT oil). Even this alone on a piece of toast is scrumptious.
*The difference between “Cacao” and “Cocoa“
“Cacao” refers to the raw, unprocessed beans from the cacao tree, while “cocoa” is the result of processing those beans, typically involving roasting and grinding them into a powder, meaning cocoa is a more processed form of cacao; essentially, cacao is the starting material and cocoa is the finished product after processing.
Photos (including header): d. king
Enjoy and send feedback if you make them.
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