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Peanut butter energy balls

Name: Peanut butter energy balls
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Modern
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups rolled oats rolled oats (porridge oats); 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp peanut butter; 8 soft dates pitted dates; 1 tbsp chia seeds; 1 tbsp ground flax seeds (linseed); 1/4 cup chopped or chips dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate); 1/2 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); a pinch salt

Five minutes, one bowl, no oven. The snack drawer's most valuable player.

15 minTime

7 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayOats, peanut butter, dates and seeds. The no bake bite.

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7 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

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Classic peanut butter energy balls.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rolled oats (porridge oats)1¼ cups rolled oats

Peanut butter⅓ cup plus 1 tbsp

Dates8 soft dates, pitted

Chia seeds1 tbsp

Flax seeds (linseed)1 tbsp ground

Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)¼ cup chopped or chips

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

4 steps

1Blitz the dates into a sticky paste. If they are dry, soak in hot water for 10 minutes first.
2Mix in the peanut butter, oats, seeds, chocolate, vanilla and salt until it holds when pressed.
3Chill for 15 minutes, then roll into 16 balls with damp hands.
4Store in the fridge for a week or freeze for a month.

Serve it like this

Pile into a jar or tiffin box, two or three per serving, with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee.

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Peanut butter energy balls

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