Hello Friends, Happy Monday! I wanted to share a really quick and easy recipe my family has been enjoying this summer. These tasty and easy nutty energy bites are a healthful sweet treat that I’m sure will be making their way into my kiddos lunch boxes as they head back to school this week.
You know I love my chocolate and sweet treats, but I want to make them in the most healthful way possible–with wholesome ingredients that won’t sap my energy or derail my health and with sweetness that is balanced by protein and fiber to avoid a blood sugar spike or crash.
I love this recipe because its so flexible. This is one of my favorite combinations, but you can use any combo of nuts, seeds, oats, unsweetened coconut flakes, chocolate chips, raisins or other dried fruit for endless variations to suit everyone in the family.
And if you’re short on time or don’t feel like rolling out all of the bites, just grab a spoon and eat it right out of the bowl like you would cookie dough, its that good!
XO, Kristi
PS – Speaking of school, its that time again! Make sure to check out my blog post Real Food School Lunches in Under Ten Minutes a Day for my favorite healthy lunchbox options and tips for making packing healthy lunches a breeze. Well as much of a breeze as packing lunches every day can be!
Easy Nutty Energy Bites
Ingredients
Stir together:
- 1 scoop Vanilla Complete plant-based protein powder or your favorite plant based protein powder
- 1/3 c Raw Honey
- 1 c. Almond butter
Add in:
- 1/3 c chopped walnuts
- 1/3 c raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/3 c mini chocolate chips we use Enjoy Life brand allergen free chocolate
- OR 1 cup total of any combination of nuts seeds, oatmeal, unsweetened coconut flakes or dried fruit you prefer
Instructions
- Roll the "dough" into small bite sized balls. You may need to adjust the amount of almond butter, honey and protein powder slightly as there is a lot of variation in the thickness of different brands of almond butter and raw honey. If your dough is too sticky to roll out, add a bit more Complete or just put it in the fridge for an hour or so. If its too dry, add a bit more honey or a bit of nut, coconut or olive
- oil. Adjust as needed, you can't mess these up!
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator and enjoy! These freeze well if you want to save them longer.
