Healthy Snacks Recipes. Energy Balls Etc - Levana Cooks

Ingredients

• 5 very ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
• 1/3 cup real maple syrup or date syrup
• 2/3 cup unsweetened or bittersweet chocolate chips, or cacao nibs
• variation: use 2/3 cup blueberries instead of chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (use seeds if you can’t have nuts)
• 2 1/3 cups almond milk (use coconut or other plant milk if you can’t have nuts)
• 1/4 cup room temperature coconut oil (melt it very briefly if it is too firm)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup flour (any flour, including gluten-free)
• 1 cup chunky almond butter at room temperature (use sunflower seed butter if you can’t have nuts)
• 1/3 cup room temperature coconut oil (melt it very briefly if it is too firm)
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup or date syrup
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs (vegan: substitute 3 tablespoons flax meal mixed with 2/3 cup warm water)
• 2 cups flour (any flour, including gluten-free)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened or bittersweet chocolate chips, or cacao nibs, plus a little more for topping
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups super chunky peanut butter, at room temperature (almond or seed butter OK too. In this case use 1 1/2 cups plus 1 cup chopped roasted almonds, hazelnuts or seeds)
• 1 1/2 cups mini dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs
• optional: 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 2/3 cup honey or date syrup, a drop more if needed to make the mixture stick