Low Sugar Almond Butter Energy Balls

I am not usually an energy ball kind of girl, but when mums ask me if I have any snack recipes outside of the usual banana and a handful of nuts; I suggest these! They are super versatile and easy to store as well as easy for little hands to hold if sharing is the order of the day!

The majority of recipes seem to have so much added sugar, that I wanted to create a version that would have a much better energy sustaining nutritional breakdown (I’m a bucket of fun I know)! Using half the amount of dates that are usually included in these kinds of snacks as well as no other additional sugars, the added water helps to loosen the mix. You have the added benefit of the oats for slow release energy as well as healthy fats from the nuts and seeds that will help to cure hunger pangs.

Tip: Milling the chia and flax seeds before adding them to the mix, will help to make them more easily digestible. In their whole form, they have a tendency to pass through the gut without being digested. 

Ingredients:

65g Oats

60g Dates

Water

2tbsp Chia seeds

2tsbp Flax seeds

70g Almond butter

Handful of Unsweetened Coconut flakes

Recipe:

Blend the dates and water together to form a paste and add to the dry ingredients; mix well. Dampen hands and roll into equal sized balls before rolling them in the coconut to coat the outside. Pop them in the fridge for 1 hour to set or alternatively, straight to the freezer in an airtight container where they can stay for 3 months and be taken out as and when desired. They will defrost in about an hour so helps to keep over consumption to a minimum too!

With the lower sugar content of these balls, they are great for providing a lift to those afternoon energy slumps, great for kids after school when they are starving but its not quite dinner time - they are also fab for a pre or post workout snack!