Protein Blobs

Originally posted by: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/no-bake-energy-bites/

INGREDIENTS

1 cup old-fashioned oats

2/3 cup toasted shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup ground flaxseed

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or vegan chocolate chips)

1/3 cup honey

1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Stir everything together. Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.

Chill. Cover the mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture is chilled. (This will help the mixture stick together more easily.)

Roll into balls. Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.

Serve. Then enjoy immediately! Or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.

Comments from web page:

Coconut: Which I highly recommend toasting — either briefly in the oven or in a sauté pan — before adding to the energy bites.  (Just be sure that they have cooled before adding in the chocolate chips, or the chocolate may heat and turn a bit melty.) 

Make energy bars: Press the mixture firmly into a parchment-lined 8×8-inch baking pan, chill, and then slice into energy bars (instead of rolling the mixture into energy balls).

Use a different nut or seed butter: Use crunch peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, or any other nut/seed butters that you prefer in place of peanut butter.

Omit the coconut: I’ve heard from many of you over the years who don’t love coconut. If that’s the case, no prob, just omit the coconut and add in an extra shake of oats instead.

Add spices: If you would like to give these energy bites some extra flavor, feel free to add in a few pinches of ground cinnamon or some pumpkin pie spice.

Hot Mama Grade: B

Hot Mama Notes: I don't like this recipe near as much as the other protein ball recipe. I like coconut, but I think there was far too much coconut in this recipe. I had trouble with it not binding together. Thus they were really protein blobs instead of balls. For the nut butter, I used half TJ multi-nut butter and half jif peanut butter. I used a multi-seed mixture, so I used that in place of ground flax. I then omitted the additional chia as it was in the mixture. I used sweetened coconut and milk chocolate chips. I do not think I will make this recipe again.

Update: My kids prefer these protein balls to the other recipe because they like the coconut. This time, I used 1/4c almond butter and 1/4c sunflower seed butter. I used a bit more oats, and I used ground flax which I think made a big different in adhesion. Plus, this time I used the cookie baller which made a huge difference.