These Pumpkin Energy Balls are quick and easy to make, vegan, refined sugar free and gluten free! Packed with pumpkin, oats and almond butter making them the perfect on the go snack.
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Why you will love this recipe
- Texture and Flavor: These Pumpkin Energy Balls are soft, moist and just sweet enough to excite your taste buds and creates an amazing texture and taste mixed with the pumpkin, oats, almond butter and than it's naturally sweetened with the medjool dates and pure maple syrup and just a hint of cinnamon making these the perfect pumpkin oat balls.
- Easy Recipe: This quick easy pumpkin energy balls recipe comes together easily in a food processor, you pulse till it forms a dough to be rolled into balls, it all takes about 20 minutes with simple ingredients you may already have on hand and the clean ups quick and easy.
- No Bake Snack: Yes these no bake pumpkin oatmeal balls are a great snack, easy to grab and the taste is delicious and filling with only one or two of these balls. These are also a great option for kids to keep them off the junk food.
- Freezer Friendly: I love to make extras to keep in the freezer, simply pull some out and let thaw in the fridge or on the counter and you’ll have some delicious pumpkin spice energy balls to enjoy.
Check out some more pumpkin recipes and vegan snacks!
- Pumpkin Smoothie
- Healthy Pumpkin Banana Muffins
- Pumpkin Overnight Oats
- Vegan Pumpkin Bead
- Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
- Peanut Butter Energy Balls
- Pumpkin Chia Pudding
Ingredients
Be sure to take a look at the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and quantities to make these Pumpkin Energy Balls.
- Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: Be sure to use old fashioned and not quick oats or steel cut oats.
- Pumpkin Puree: Be sure to use plain pumpkin not pie filling.
- Almond Butter: Make sure it's natural creamy.
- Pure Maple Syrup: Be sure it's pure and not filled with added sugars or preservatives.
- Hemp Seeds, Cinnamon and Salt: The hemp seeds give a nutritional boost while the cinnamon and salt enhance the flavors of these pumpkin energy balls.
- Medjool Dates: Helps to hold everything together and gives extra nutrition.
Variations
- Nut Butter: I used almond butter to make these pumpkin oatmeal balls but feel free to use any nut or seed butter you like best.
- Chocolate Chips: You can add mini vegan chocolate chips to these pumpkin oatmeal energy balls, I love chocolate and it definitely adds the perfect chocolate richness.
- Shape Balls, Bars or Cookies: I used a 1 ounce cookie scoop to make balls, I feel this makes it the quickest and easiest way to grab and eat, but feel free to do bars or cookie shapes instead and in what ever size you’d like. (If making bars or cookie shapes you may need some more oats added so it's a little more dry and not so soft).
How to make Pumpkin energy Balls
Step 1: First start by putting all the wet ingredients into the food processor (pumpkin puree, dates, almond butter and maple syrup) and blend until smooth.
All blended up!
Step 2: Next add the oats, cinnamon, hemp seeds and salt and pulse until incorporated.
Nice chunky dough texture!
Step 3: Fold in chocolate chips. Then wet your hands slightly and roll them into balls. Store in the fridge for 1 week or freeze for 3 months.
Expert Tips
- Pumpkin: I used plain canned pumpkin purée, not pie filling in these vegan pumpkin balls.
- Oatmeal: If you’d like these pumpkin oatmeal protein balls gluten free be sure you look for gluten free on the oatmeal package.
- Snack Prep: These are great to make extra and freeze them to always have some pumpkin energy balls on hand.
- Storing: Enjoy right away or store in the fridge for up to 1 week or freezer up to 2 months, I pull them out about 15 minutes before and let them thaw on the counter.
- Enjoy anytime of the day: Perfect for Breakfast, lunch, after dinner treat or just a snack during the day these Pumpkin Energy Balls taste great anytime.
Recipe FAQs
Follow what the recipe states, it depends on the ingredients in the recipe, generally if dates and oats are in the energy balls and you keep them at room temperature they only last a few days. But if you refrigerate or freeze them they last a lot longer and the texture also stays.
Energy balls are a great snack, depending on the ingredients of the energy balls and the food you’ve eaten for the day, generally it’s 2 - 3 balls per day, depending on the size of the balls. It shouldn’t replace your full meals.
Yes you can eat to many protein balls, just like every food you eat anytime of the day you need to be aware of the ingredients, calories and consider what you’ve eaten for the day.
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Pumpkin Energy Balls
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup pumpkin puree (from a can - make sure it's plain and not pie filling)
- ¼ cup medjool dates (pitted - about 4 dates)
- ⅓ cup creamy almond butter
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- First start by putting all the wet ingredients into the food processor (pumpkin puree, dates, almond butter and maple syrup) and blend until smooth.
- Next add the oats, cinnamon, hemp seeds and salt and pulse until incorporated.
- Fold in chocolate chips. Then wet your hands slightly and roll them into balls. Store in the fridge for 1 week or freeze for 3 months.
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