No-bake energy balls
Easy to prepare,
Ingredients
Apricot Bites
- 1/2 cup Dried Apricots
- 1/4 cup dessicated coconut
- 1/3 cup cashew nut
- 1 tbsp hemp seeds
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Cacao Bites
- 10 dates pitted
- 1/3 cup walnuts
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp Cacao powder or cocoa nibs
- 1/4 tsp chocolate extract
Pitaya Bites
- 1/4 cup cacao butter
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp acai powder optional
- 1 tbsp protein powder
- 1 tbsp pitaya powder
Instructions
Apricot Bites
- In a processor, add apricot, coconut, cashew nut, hemp seeds, salt, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and blend coarsely. Transfer them to a bowl and shape them into small balls.
Cacao Bites
- In a processor, add dates, walnut, almonds, pumpkin seeds, cacao powder, chocolate extract, and blend coarsely. Transfer them to a bowl and shape them into small balls.
Pitaya Bites
- On a double boiler melt cacao butter and coconut oil. Once melted keep aside.
- In a processor, add rolled oats, chia seeds, acai powder, protein powder, pitaya powder, and blend coarsely.
- Combine cacao butter and the nut mixture well and shape them into balls.
Notes
- If you don’t have cacao butter then use dates or apricots to blend them.
- I like roasting oats, nuts, and seeds before blending them.