These are great for a snack. Filled with protein sweetened with dates. Feel free to mix up your ads ins! Throw in some pumpkin seeds or extra chocolate chips.
Ingredients:
•1/4 cup dried fruit chopped (I used dried cherries chopped )
•1/3 cup chocolate chips (you can also use mini chocolate chips)
• pinch of sea salt
•8-10 medjool dates pitted
• 2-3 heaping tablespoons of peanut butter or your choice of nut butter
•1 cup of oats (ground up), or you can use 1 cup of instant oats
•3 tablespoons of chia seeds, hemp hearts or flax seeds (optional)
Instructions:
Blend oats - If you have instant oats you don’t need to blend as much. Place the oats in a bowl with dried fruit and chocolate chips.
Pit the dates and place them in water just covering them. Microwave for 1 minute. Remove dates from the water along with 3 tablespoons of the “date water” and blend them. I used a mini food processor- the same thing I used to blend the oats. Add in your PB and blend again creating a sticky paste, fully blended. You may need to scrape down the sides and blend more.
Mix date/PB paste with oats and dried fruit/chocolate/chia seeds. Create small balls and roll in some shredded coconut or hemp hearts.
You can store it in the fridge.
