Hey everyone, as you already know, I’m trying to eat nothing but whole foods this month. As I result, I’ve been trying to come up with a few more snack ideas. As I’ve previously said, I can still eat Nakd bars, but I don’t want to get bored of them either. So, today I’m creating little energy balls. Nakd bar inspired (ish) but different enough to be a nice alternative.
I’ve used dates and almonds, so the recipe is naturally sweet. If this isn’t enough to give you your sweet fix, I’ve also thrown in a chocolate coated option. If you use chocolate with a high cocoa percentage, they’re still quite healthy as you’ll only be using a small amount.
I’ve included the nutritional information below for the recipe without the chocolate.
This recipe is vegan, gluten free, soy free and dairy free.
Serves 10
Prep time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- 200g pitted dates
- ½ cup gluten free oats
- ½ cup raw almonds
- A scoop chocolate flavour vegan protein
- 1tsp orange oil
- 1tbsp almond butter
- 1tbsp chia seeds
If you’re using chocolate you’ll need roughly 10g per energy ball
Method:
- Place all ingredients other than the chocolate into a food processor and pulse for 1 minute until ingredients are fully combined. They should be slightly sticky and easy to mould.
- Once combined, take a tbsp and mould into balls with your hands, they should be roughly the size of golf balls.
- If you’re making chocolate coated ones, melt the required amount of chocolate in a microwave for about a minute, checking every 20 seconds.
- When chocolate is melted, remove from microwave and leave to cool foe a couple of minutes. The chocolate shouldn’t be too runny when you coat the balls. As it’s starting to firm, roll balls in the melted chocolate, making sure they’re fully coated then leave on a plate/ baking tray in the fridge to set.
Enjoy!
Until next time,
Sophie
I am definitely gonna try these!!! I am addicted to the Nakd and the bounce balls but I really wanna make my own, can’t wait to try these!!!
R x
Oh my goodness I love the sound of these!!! I’m going to add these to my shopping list and give making them a go at the weekend! It’s hard to find df snacks and like you say, you don’t want to get bored of tasty nakd bars so these are a great alternative, thanks for the recipe!
PaleGirlRambling xo
Ooo these look and sound delicious. Deffo a guilt-free treat!
Think these will be on my next thing to make 🙂
Thanks for posting the recipe.
Aimsy xoxo
Oh I love energy balls and they have chocolate, yeh .
These sound great, never tried it made energy balls before! Will have to give it a go!
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Yumm! I don’t know how you always make the healthiest/yummiest snacks! I am definitely going to be trying this!
Wow wow wow these sound amaaaazing. I am on the diet to end all diets and need a good chocolate fix every so often so these would be perfect!
Oh my gosh these look delicious! I actually have all the ingredients, so might give them a go after dinner. Will let you know how I get on!
These look delicious, I’m definitely going to give them a try!
Wow these sounds amazing! Need to try some 🙂
Holly x
These look delicious Thanks for the recipie! I will definitely be trying these! X
These look so yummy! I love making energy balls, so will have to try your recipe 🙂
Perrine
These look so yummy! I love making energy balls, so will have to try your recipe soon 🙂
Perrine
Oh my god these look amazing!
These look soooooo good. I’m definitely going to be making these! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
YUM!
This is a great recipe… simple and functional but also tasteful.
Simple and delicious. My mouth is watering as I read this!
Oh my gosh I definitely need to try these! They sound so yummy.
Ooh these look perfectly indulgent but healthy too ☺️ Will give them a go at some point! x
Omg, my stomach actually made a noise while reading this. Not kidding. This looks epic
You have so many amazing recipes! I would love to try these too along with all the other recipes you have!!
Kelly
You have so many amazing recipes! I would love to try these too along with all the other recipes you have!!
Kelly
I LOVE dates and chia seeds so there’s really no way I wouldn’t find these DELISH! I’ll have to try this, thanks for the easy recipe!
Lovely recipe again Sophie! Love your recipe so they always make me so inspired xx
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oh my these look delicious and are making me so so hungry! i want! what a nice recipe! i can never say no to chocolate! xx corinne
These look absolutely DELICIOUS! I’ve been wanting to make energy balls for sometime now but it has become a sing song in my head so here’s hoping l get round to it soon. Thanks for the recipe lovely!
MJ x
These sound delicious and the perfect thing I should try out! Any chocolate treats are always the best!
Ok the word ‘chocolate’ sucked my right in haha!! These sound so delicious! Now I’m home from uni and have more time to actually make things instead of just eating everything pre-packaged, I’m going to give these a go – they sound like such a nice snack! x
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These look delicious and as always your photography is fantastic ❤️ Thanks for sharing this recipe
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These look incredible Sophie! Your photos make me feel like I could bite into one right now!
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this recipe looks and sounds so freaking delicious!!! Gonna need to try it so thank you for sharing
My mum and sister would absolutely love these! I’m not a fan of dates, but this is definitely a recipe I’ll have to pass on to my mum!
Aleeha xXx
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