Thursday, January 30, 2025

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bites

Course: snacks
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
 
Prep Time: 25 
Total Time: 25 
 
Servings: 48 balls
 
Author: Missylvia Scarber

Ingredients

  • 2 - 1/2 c. Skippy Natural peanut butter
  • cup honey
  • 6 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 1/2 c. coconut oil
  • 1 c. Rolled oats, blended
  • 1 c. Flax seed, blended
  • 1 c. Hemp seed, blended
  • 1/2 c. Chia seeds, blended
  • 1 c. Coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp. fine sea salt, more to taste
  • 1/2 c. peanuts, finely chopped
  • 1/2 -1 c. mini chocolate chips
  • 1 c. shredded unsweetened coconut flakes, blended for top-coat


Instructions

  • Melt the peanut butter, honey, cacao powder, and coconut oil in the microwave in medium glass bowl. Just warm, not too hot.
  •  In blender, place oats, flax, hemp and chia. Blend well.
  • In the Bosch bowl with cookie paddle, combine the blended oats, flax, hemp, chia seeds with coconut flour, peanuts and salt.
  • Add the warm peanut butter honey mixture to the oat mixture.   Mix until oat mixture is fully incorporated.
  • Add mini chocolate chips. Stir.
  • Mixture should be the consistency of thick cookie dough. Taste test
  • Using about 2 Tbsp. of the mixture, roll into individual balls.
  • In empty dry blender, blend coconut flakes (optional)
  • Place blended coconut flakes in small bowl and roll each ball in the coconut flakes
  • Store in the refrigerator or freezer. Will stay good in the fridge covered for 2-3 weeks. Will stay good in a freezer bag in the freezer for 4-6 months.
  • Enjoy as part of a sack lunch for school, work, or home.