Ingredients:
Dry ingredients (1/3 cup):
1. 1 almond
2. 1 cashew nut
3. 1 pecan
4. 1 walnut
5. 1 Brazil nut
6. 1 tsp sunflower seeds
7. 1 tsp pumpkin seeds
8. 1 tsp pine nuts
9. 1 tsp chia seeds
10. 1 tsp goji berries (optional)
11. 1 tsp ground flax seeds
12. 1 tsp hemp seeds
13. 1 tsp wheat germ
14. 1 tsp wheat bran
15. 1 tsp rolled oats
16. 1 tsp carob powder
17. 1 tsp skimmed milk powder (optional)
18. 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
19. 1/4 vanilla powder
Wet ingredients (1/3 cup):
20. 1 dried date pitted or 1/2 banana
21. 1 TBS homemade hazelnut butter
Dusting ingredients:
22. 1 tsp cinnamon powder, carob powder or wheat germ
Directions:
1. Combine and mix well wet ingredients and dry ingredients into a dough and form into balls.
2. Dust with cinnamon powder, carob powder or wheat germ (optional).
3. Let it set in the fridge for 30 minutes. Enjoy or store in fridge for 5 days or freeze the balance.
Additional Information:
This is a slight tweet to the All Ingredients Energy Balls. I have replaced the Nutella with hazelnut butter and carob powder, which does not contain caffeine and is a perfect cacao substitute, and more suitable for kids. It is naturally sweet and gives it a more chocolaty and caramel like flavor that is all natural.
Don't worry if it looks like there isn't sufficient wet ingredients in the beginning. Once you start massage the dough, it gives out more oil, and it will form into sticky dough. If not, adjust with more nut butter or just a dab of water.
When I have the time, I form it into different shapes such as flower, heart-shape, star, etc. You can also let your kids play with it as an kind of edible play dough.
Sometimes I don't add goji berries, if I feel that my kids have consumed too much of them.
Add 1 teaspoon of wheat germ
Add 1 teaspoon of wheat bran
Add 1 teaspoon of hemp seeds
Add 1 teaspoon of ground flax seeds
Add 1 teaspoon of chia seeds
Add 1 teaspoon of carob powder
Add 1 pinch of vanilla powder
Add 1 pinch of cinnamon powder
Add 1 teaspoon of sunflower seeds
Add 1 teaspoon of pumpkin seeds
Add 1 teaspoon of goji berries
Add 1 teaspoon of pine nuts
Add 1 teaspoon of skimmed milk powder (optional)
Add 1 teaspoon of rolled oats
Add the nuts - 1 cashew nut, 1 Brazil nut, 1 walnut and 1 pecan, 1 almond.
Include separately the wet ingredients - 1 dried date pitted and 1 tablespoon of homemade hazelnut butter flavored with carob powder
Chop the nuts and seeds (I use my nut chopper or you can chop with a knife).
Mix all the dry ingredients together.
The dry ingredients will fill a 1/3 cup. Add 1 tablespoon of homemade or store-bought hazelnut butter and 1 dried date pitted.
Mix in the wet ingredients and wet ingredients together into a dough
Form into balls.
It is best to place in the fridge for 30 minutes and you are ready to enjoy :-)
15 June 2019:
15 June 2019 (3Y30D)
