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It’s easy to skip breakfast when you’re busy commuting to school, waking up late, or are just not hungry in the morning. Peanut butter energy balls can be a great way to sneak in some protein to get you through the day, or give you an energy boost whenever you may need it. The peanut butter/oat/honey base is extremely versatile for changing the recipe to suit your tastes; you might enjoy adding protein powder, dried fruit, or even seeds.
Ready in: 10 minutes. Makes 12 balls
Ingredients
- 236 ml (1 cup) peanut butter
- 59 ml (1/4 cup) honey or brown rice syrup
- 10 ml (2 tsps) vanilla extract
- 355 g (1½ cups) rolled oats
- 118 g (1/2 cup) shredded coconut
- 79 g (1/3 cup) chocolate chips
- Pinch of salt
Tip: You may want to add less sweetener if your shredded coconut and peanut butter are sweetened already.
Instructions
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Mix the peanut butter with the honey in a medium-sized bowl.
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Add the rest of the ingredients and combine.
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Scoop up about a tablespoonful of the mix and roll it into a ball.
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Let the balls sit in the fridge to harden for half an hour or serve immediately. Enjoy!
This recipe is from the lovely Texanerin Baking blog.
Image: Chandy Dancey/The Cascade
Chandy is a biology major/chemistry minor who's been a staff writer, Arts editor, and Managing Editor at The Cascade. She began writing in elementary school when she produced Tamagotchi fanfiction to show her peers at school -- she now lives in fear that this may have been her creative peak.
