Oat & Energy Bites
Oat & Nut Energy Bites
These energy balls are full of nutritious ingredients that will nourish you and your family. Recommended as a healthy dessert or part of a post exercise meal.
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw sprouted organic oats
- ½ cup pecans, chopped
- ½ cup walnuts or almonds chopped
- ½ cup dates, pitted (pureed)
- ⅔ cup organic peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut flakes
- 2 TB flaxseed meal (or flaxseeds ground in coffee grinder)
- 1 TB chia seeds
- 1 TB hemp seeds
- 2 TB raw cacao nibs (optional)
- 1 tsp organic ceylon cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp pink himalayan salt
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut flakes, flax seeds, sesame seeds, or sunflower seeds to roll on the outside (optional)
Instructions
- Add ½ cup of raw, dry oats into a food processor and pulse for a few seconds to make the oat pieces smaller. Then add to a large bowl.
- Add remaining ½ cup of dry oats (whole) into the large bowl.
- Add ½ cup of pecans and ½ cup of walnuts (or almonds) to a food processor and pulse for a few seconds until the nuts are chopped into smaller pieces. Then add into the large bowl.
- Add pitted dates into the food processor and blend until smooth. Then add to the large bowl.
- Add ground flaxseed, cinnamon, himalayan salt, peanut butter (or almond or cashew butter), ⅓ cup shredded coconut flakes, cacao nibs, chia seeds and hemp seeds to the large bowl.
- Mix all of the ingredients very well.
- Roll the oat mixture into tablespoon size balls and then (optionally) roll in shredded coconut, sesame seeds, flax seeds or sunflower seeds.
- Store the Oat & Nut Energy bites in a glass Pyrex storage container and separate layers with unbleached parchment paper. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week. Freezer Option: You can store the Oat & Nut Energy bites in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw to room temperature before serving.
Notes
This recipe was adapted from Once Upon a Chef No-Bake & Nut Energy Bites
Cheryl's Recommended Brands for This Recipe
One Degree Organics Sprouted Rolled Oats
Red Ape Organic Ceylon Cinnamon
MaraNatha Organic Creamy Peanut Butter
MaraNatha Organic Almond Butter
Artisana Organic Cashew Butter
Disclosure: Cheryl White Wellness has an Affiliate Partnership with The Health Ranger Store and will receive a small commission if you purchase any of the products for a limited time. Cheryl has been purchasing products from The Health Ranger store for more than 10 years and their products are excellent and tested for purity.
Health Ranger Organic Flax Seeds
Health Ranger Pink Himalayan Salt
Health Ranger Organic Raw Cacao Nibs
