How To Make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Energy Balls
Packed with oats and chocolate chips, these energy balls make a delicious, no-bake treat! Plus, they’re coated with almonds for extra crunch.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Energy Balls:
- 1½cupold fashioned rolled oats,gluten-free, if needed
- ½cupcreamy peanut butter
- ¼cuphoney
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ¼cupmini chocolate chips
For Coating:
- ¼cupwhole roasted almonds,or substitute peanuts, pecans, or walnuts
- 1tbsppowdered sugar
- ⅛tspground cinnamon
- pinch of salt,if almonds are unsalted
Instructions
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In the bowl of a food processor, pulse the oats for 10 seconds to break them down a little. Some pieces should look small like sand. others should remain almost whole.
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In a small bowl, stir together the peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract. Add oats and chocolate chips to the peanut butter and stir well with a wooden spoon to combine. The mixture will be thick and pliable like playdough.
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In the bowl of the food processor (no need to clean it out), add the almonds, powdered sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
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Pulse until the mixture looks like sandy gravel. It should be a very fine powder with almond bits that are smaller than the mini chocolate chips.
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Scoop out about 1 teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball between the palms of hands. It may be a bit crumbly but should hold together when pressed firmly (if not, mix another tablespoon of peanut butter into the mixture).
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Continue until all the dough is used up, placing the balls on a sheet pan or platter lined with wax paper.
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When finished shaping, roll the balls in the almond mixture to coat. Once all the balls have been coated, go back and roll them all once more.
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The first coating is often absorbed into the ball. The second coating will adhere, but not absorb, which makes it easier to eat the energy balls.
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Store in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. To freeze, place them in a single later on a platter or baking sheet until solid. Transfer to a zip-top bag for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
- Calories: 83.57kcal
- Fat: 4.40g
- Saturated Fat: 1.01g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.98g
- Carbohydrates: 9.78g
- Fiber: 0.97g
- Sugar: 5.41g
- Protein: 2.30g
- Cholesterol: 0.35mg
- Sodium: 42.32mg
- Calcium: 11.93mg
- Potassium: 60.31mg
- Iron: 0.42mg
- Vitamin A: 0.00µg
- Vitamin C: 0.03mg
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