snacksLauren FootMarch 04, 2020Comment

WIP THE PERFECT ENERGY BITES

snacksLauren FootMarch 04, 2020Comment

RECIPES

energy bites

I am obsessed with energy bites so I am going to be testing out some online recipes and eventually tweaking them to be exactly what I am looking for.

In the meantime, here are the recipes I’ve tried so far and what I thought of them:

COCONUT PROTEIN BALLS

ORIGINAL RECIPE

coconut protein balls

MY RECIPE

3 cups medjool dates, pitted

1 1/2 cups almonds

1/2 cup water

2 tbsp cacao powder

4 scoops chocolate whey protein powder

1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

1/2 cup coconut flakes, unsweetend

DIRECTIONS

Grind almonds to a powder in a good processor, add dates and water slowly. Stop when you need to and scrape the sides. Try to fluff up the mixture, don’t smooth it down.

Add in cacao powder and as much of the protein powder as you can. Once it stops mixing in the food processor, transfer to a large bowl and mix with your hands. Add chocolate chips.

In a medium sized bowl, add the coconut.

Roll balls into small-medium sized balls and toss in the coconut. Place them on a plate and place them in the fridge to cool over night.

Enjoy.

amount

This recipe made 18 medium-large sized bites but it’s meant to make 27 small-medium bites.

TASTE

They’re delicious.

CONSISTENCY

The consistency is condensed, chewy and soft (in my book perfect)

TIME

They took about 20 minutes, plus cooled over night.

EFFORT

they’re pretty low effort, I kept having to mix up the blend in the food processor because it was so thick the mixture would clump up quickly.

WHAT I ALTERED THE FIRST TIME

The recipe called for unsweetened protein powder but I used the chocolate protein powder which worked really nicely. I used the chocolate chips whole, I didn’t add them to the food processor.