on Sep 13, 2024 Looking for more healthy-ish, yummy recipes the kids will love? Check out all my kid-friendly recipes here! I’m all about making healthy homemade snacks for my kids and these Peanut Butter Energy Balls With Dates are their favourite! Seriously, you’ll always find these oatmeal power balls in my fridge. These are perfect to snack on in between meals. And it helps that you can name every single ingredient that goes into them. If you’ve been looking to cut down processed food, then these healthy energy balls are a great place to start.
Healthy, delicious and packed with protein! No-bake recipe. All you need to do is combine the ingredients and roll into balls and let set in the fridge. You can involve the kids to help make these for a fun bonding activity
Peanut Butter Energy Balls Ingredients
Peanut Butter – You want to use a creamy natural peanut butter for this recipe as it’ll hold the energy balls together well. You can also try this with any other nut butter of your choice – almond butter could be a great sub! Rolled Oats – Old fashioned rolled oats to help with binding and make these energy balls wholesome and filling. Dates – I have used medjool dates since they add a nice natural sweetness to the energy balls Chocolate Chips – a little yummy addition Honey – For sweetening. You can sub with maple syrup too. Skip this if you are usingsweetened peanut butter! Coconut – Shredded desiccated coconut for flavour. A little goes a long way! Flax Meal – This is roasted flax seed powder that adds more fibre to these energy balls. Helps to keep you full for longer. Vanilla Extract – for flavour. I also like to coat the energy balls in some melted chocolate and top with desiccated coconut, but this is optional. These turn out delicious either way!
Variations
The best part about these energy balls is that you can customise them however you like. Add in some ground flaxseed powder or chia seeds for an extra bit of nutrition or make these nutty with some chopped nuts or dry fruit of your choice. You can also add protein powder if you’re looking to up the protein count even more! Mid-day munching just got better with these Peanut Butter Oats Energy Balls! I can guarantee that you guys will love them. If you’re looking for more such healthy homemade snacks, check out my Air Fryer Roasted Makhana and Nuts. Craving peanut butter? Also check out my Eggless Banana Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake! Send me your recreations over on my Instagram @my_foodstory and I’ll see you guys with the next recipe :’)
