Almond Butter Protein Balls (No Bake)

Almond butter protein balls style similar to cookie dough and really easy to make. Prepared in simply 10 minutes with 7 grams of protein every, these almond butter energy balls are the proper afternoon snack or naturally sweetened dessert!

Vitality balls with almond butter

Made with 6 components and all you want is a bowl and spoon make these excessive protein balls with almond butter. Retailer them within the fridge or freezer so that you simply at all times have a excessive protein snack readily available!

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Substances

• Almond butter– use pure almond butter (I’ve not examined this recipe with a no-stir almond butter). You too can use peanut butter or sunbutter.
• Maple syrup – you can too use honey or brown rice syrup.
• Vanilla plant primarily based protein – I like to recommend vegan plant primarily based protein to create the proper texture.
• Dairy free milk
• Mini chocolate chips
• Oat flour (if wanted) – I’ve discovered that generally sure almond butter has further oil, so the oat flour helps to create the perfect texture.

How you can make protein balls with almond butter

In a bowl mix the almond butter and maple syrup, stirring nicely.

Add the plant primarily based protein and dairy free milk to the bowl and stir nicely till all of the protein powder is nicely combined into the almond butter combination.

Add the chocolate chips and stir till nicely mixed. You might discover that a number of the chocolate chips don’t wish to combine in, that’s okay. Let the dough relaxation 1-2 minutes.

Use a cookie scoop, scoop out 1 tablespoon of the dough into your hand, then roll into a good shaped ball. Repeat till 12 balls are shaped.

Get pleasure from instantly or retailer within the fridge or freezer.

High ideas

• Use pure almond butter (the type it’s a must to stir the oil into whenever you first open the jar) for the perfect consistency.
• Use vegan protein powder or add oat flour to whey protein or collagen peptides.
• Use mini chocolate chips or chop up bigger chocolate chips or they may take over the balls they usually could disintegrate
• Use a tablespoon cookie scoop to make equal sized bites
• If the dough is simply too dry, let it sit for a minute earlier than doing the rest, the protein may have to hydrate. After 1-2 minutes, if it’s nonetheless dry, add 1-2 tablespoons dairy free milk or water. If it appears to be like too moist, add 1-2 tablespoons oat flour.

Different additions to almond butter vitality balls

• Spices: cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, floor cardamom, floor ginger
• Molasses
• Vanilla extract or almond extract
• Coconut flakes
• Finely chopped nuts: almond, pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds
• Freeze dried fruit: strawberry, blueberry
• Chopped dried fruit: raisins, cranberries, dates, cherries

Widespread questions

How you can add protein with out protein powder

If you happen to don’t have protein powder however nonetheless wish to make almond butter bites with protein, substitute the protein powder on this recipe with:

• 1 cup rolled oats (12 grams of protein) + 6 tablespoons hemp hearts (20 grams of protein) +1 tablespoon of chia seeds (4 grams of protein)

Observe: should you aren’t utilizing protein powder and are following this recipe as an alternative, omit the dairy free milk. Additionally let this combination relaxation within the fridge for 20 minutes earlier than scooping out into balls.

What protein powder is advisable

For this recipe, I used ProMix vanilla plant primarily based protein. I like utilizing vegan protein powder as a result of it acts like flour and can soak up liquids without having so as to add any flour or oats.

Use no matter vegan protein powder you’ve got readily available. I’ve not examined this with whey protein. If utilizing collagen peptides, add 1 cup rolled oats and omit the dairy free milk.

Are you able to freeze vitality bites

Sure! These almond butter vitality bites freeze fantastically and can hold within the freezer for as much as 3 months. They defrost rapidly or you possibly can eat them proper out of the freezer.

• Fridge: Retailer in a hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
• Freezer: Freeze in a freezer protected bag or container for as much as 3 months. Get pleasure from proper from the freezer or let sit out 5 minutes earlier than having fun with.

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