Almond Date Energy Balls (Gluten Free & Grain Free)
Almond Date Energy Balls (Gluten Free & Grain Free)
These energy balls are a healthy and energizing dessert for you and your family. The rich, nutty and sweet taste comes from the nuts and the nut butter you choose (almond butter, cashew butter or peanut butter) and the dates.This recipe is quick and easy to make.Vegan, gluten free, free of refined sugar, grain free, soy free, and no bake.
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic raw almonds
- ½ cup raw cashews (or any other nuts you like)
- ½ cup pitted dates (packed down)
- 2 TB almond butter, cashew butter or peanut butter
- ½ tsp ceylon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp pink himalayan salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- 5 tsp water (or as needed)
Optional Toppings
- shredded coconut
- hemp seed hearts
- flax seeds or flax seed meal
- course ground nuts
- course ground sprouted pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- Add the almonds and cashews (or nuts of your choice) to a food processor and pulse into a course crumb mixture.
- Spoon the nut mixture into a bowl.
- Add the pitted dates into a food processor and pulse until the dates are finely chopped.
- Add the course nut mixture (already pulsed) + almond butter (or cashew butter or peanut butter) + ceylon cinnamon + pink himalayan salt + almond extract + 1 TB water to the dates in the food processor and pulse until the mixture makes a dough.
- Roll out 1 almond energy bar on a piece of unbleached parchment paper. It should easily roll into a ball without being crumbly or dry. If the ball is crumbly, add another 1-2 tsp of water and pulse again until it is moist enough to roll easily.
- Roll out 15 dough balls (a bit smaller than a golf ball). You can make them smaller or bigger depending on the size you prefer. The recipe will make 12 large or 15 medium almond energy balls.
- If you would like to have a topping on the balls, roll the balls in shredded coconut, hemp seed hearts, flax seeds, flax seed meal, course ground nuts, and/or course ground sprouted pumpkin seeds.
- Serve at room temperature or chill the almond energy bars for an hour on a baking sheet to make them more firm.
- Store in a glass, covered storage container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
This recipe was adapted from Oh She Glows Triple Almond Energy Balls
Cheryl's Recommended Brands for This Recipe
Red Ape Organic Ceylon Cinnamon
MaraNatha Organic Creamy Peanut Butter
MaraNatha Organic Almond Butter
Artisana Organic Cashew Butter
Go Raw Organic Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds
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
Chocolate and cacao powder can contain high levels of heavy metals. Cheryl chooses the Health Ranger brand of organic cacao nibs because they are tested for purity from heavy metals and glyphosate (round up).
Learn more about the risks of heavy metals in chocolate in this Consumer Reports article: Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate.
- Cheryl personally chooses Mast Organic Dark Chocolate Bars, because were the purest organic dark chocolate bars in the Consumer Reports heavy metals testing report.
