Peanut Butter Energy Bites

Peanut Butter Energy Bites

Since going vegan a few months ago, I’ve been looking for something to replace my daily, lunchtime chocolate fix. OK, to replace *some* of my daily chocolate fix.

So I’m currently experimenting with all manner of different energy bars, cereal bars etc.

This recipe for Peanut Butter Energy Bites crossed my path so I decided to give it a try:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of rolled oats
• 5 Medjool dates – soaked for about 5 min in hot water
• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon of chia seeds

 Method

• Put the oats in your food processor and blitz them until they turn into a powder.
• Add the soaked dates, peanut butter and chia seeds. Blend well.
• It turns into a giant lump of sticky mixture but don’t worry, it’s supposed to do that. This is the stickiest substance you’ll ever encounter. It’s the superglue of foods. You could probably use it to repair broken ornaments and fix punctured car tyres. It tastes good though, so just deal with it.
• Roll into balls about 2-3cm in size. You should get about 8 from this recipe.
• Refrigerate them for at least a couple of hours before eating.

Notes

They taste good as they are, but they could be even better. They could look better too. Once you’ve made the mixture into balls, roll them in one of the following for improved flavour and appearance:

1. Cocoa powder. Chocolate energy bites! Yay!
2. Desiccated coconut
3. Rolled oats (I used these – see picture above). Toast the oats in a dry frying pan for a couple of minutes until they start to go brown. Let them cool before using.

Or I guess you could just melt some dark chocolate in a bowl and dip (or half dip) the balls in it. Leave them to set in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Enjoy    x

Love and thanks to The Friendly Fig blog for the inspiration.