My favorite healthy donut holes with a caramel center and a glazed coconut crackly melt in your mouth coating! No baking required.
ok friends, you need these! They are simple, healthy, yummy, great for snack or dessert and you probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen already so why wouldn’t you just toss them together really quick and treat yo’ self!
What are Caramel Coconut Donut Holes?
Yummy little snack or desserts that are sure to hit the sweet spot when that sweet tooth hits!
They are made with pretty clean ingredients oats, cashews, dates and maple syrup, no baking required, super quick and easy and the glaze coating is crackly melt in your mouth goodness!
How to make
First you want to blend the oats and cashews into a chunky flour consistency, after that you can add the sticky ingredients which are maple syrup and pitted dates, pulse the food processor until everything is a sticky mixture scraping the sides down as needed and then roll them into balls!
Placing the on a lined baking sheet and in the freezer to firm up!
Melt the “glaze” mixture in a small bowl and dip each one into the glaze and place back in the freezer to Harden, repeat this 2-3 times until you have nice coating on the outside of each caramel coconut glazed donut hole!
More no bake recipe you might enjoy:
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cups (you know you love some PB!)
Coconut Cookie Bites (ummm YES please!)
Chocolate Fudge Truffles (like seriously who says no to chocolate?)
I really hope you give these easy caramel coconut donut holes a try they are super sweet and chewy and are great to have on hand in the freezer, let me know what you think in the comments below!
Caramel Coconut Donut Holes
My favorite healthy donut holes with a caramel center and a glazed coconut crackly melt in your mouth coating! No baking required.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 40
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8
- Method: blending/freezing
Ingredients
For the balls:
½ old fashioned rolled oats
¾ cup raw cashews
½ cup pitted dates
Pinch of sea salt
¼ cup pure maple syrup
Optional GLAZE:
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
Instructions
- In a food processor add the oats and cashews and blend until all broken up into a chunky flour consistency. (about 30 seconds)
- Next add the pitted dates, sea salt and maple syrup and pulse until all combined and it forms a sticky but well incorporated consistency, push sides down as needed.
- Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper, remove blades from food processor, scoop out gold ball sized balls and roll them and place them on the lined baking sheet.
- Freeze for 5 minutes
- In a small bowl add the coconut oil and microwave it if it’s not already liquid consistency, add the maple syrup to it and stir it up.
- Remove balls from freezer and roll them in the glaze mixture and place back on the lined baking sheet, back in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Repeat 1-2 more times until you reach a glazed look on the outside of the balls!
Store in the fridge up to 1 week or freezer 1 month
Keywords: coconut, caramel, glazed, donut holes, no bake, vegan, gluten free, oats
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