These Healthy East Energy Balls are vegan and gluten free! Made with super healthy ingredients and quick and easy to make. Great for when hungry strikes and you need a quick pick me up!
⅔cuppeanut butteryour favorite natural kind make sure to read the ingredients
⅓cupmaple syrup
1teaspoonvanilla
Dry Ingredients:
2 ½cuprice crisp cerealI used brown rice crisp and cocoa rice crisp cereal you can use both or just one flavor it won't make a difference in texture, just taste but both are good!
1cuprolled oatsI used whole rolled oats but if you want to pulse them in a food processor to break them up just a little first you can, but it's optional
⅔cupvegan chocolate chipsI use Enjoy Life brand
2tablespoonchia seedsuse chopped peanuts or dried fruit instead, see NOTE above recipe
Instructions
Add all your dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl, stir the mixture up.
Add all wet ingredients and you can use a spoon to stir or your hands, I use my hands!
Line a baking sheet with tin foil, parchment paper or wax paper.
Start to form your balls *reads notes about forming balls*
Place in fridge for 30 minutes to set and then enjoy!
Makes about 16 large balls
Store in fridge*
Notes
Notes: Be patient when making these, they are very sticky and when forming balls grab a large handful and squeeze tightly to get it to stick together! Otherwise if you don't squeeze hard enough you won't ever get a ball shape it will stay stuck to your hands!