These 2-bites sized energy bites can be eaten anytime of course, but I had them for breakfast this Christmas. As you can see, I didn't overdo them, since they are a high calorie food, due to their natural fat content from the nuts.
This time I made 3 different flavours: orange - cranberry, coffee, mint - dark chocolate.
Every recipe makes about 20-20 squares or balls.
Orange-cranberry energy bites
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup walnut
- 1 cup pecan
- 7 pcs dried dates
- 1/4 cup dried cranberry
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1 medium size orange
Instruction:
- blend the rolled oats, make it powder like
- blend the walnut (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- blend the pecans (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- grate the orange peel (don't grate the white part)
- mix the dry and blended ingredients (oats, walnut, pecan), the zest and dried cranberry
- put the orange, dried dates into the blender and blend it into a paste
- mix the dry mixture with the orange-date paste, as long as it becomes a sticky mixture
- squeeze the mixture into a silicon ice cube maker, then push the squares out of it, or make little balls
Coffee energy bites
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup walnut
- 1 cup pecan
- 7 pcs dried dates
- 1/4 cup dried cranberry
- 1/4 cup coffee (or 1/4 cup hot water and 1 tsp instant coffee) - you can use mushroom coffee too
Instruction:
- blend the rolled oats, make it powder like
- blend the walnut (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- blend the pecans (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- mix the dry and blended ingredients (oats, walnut, pecan) and dried cranberry
- put the coffee and dried dates into the blender and blend it into a paste
- mix the dry mixture with the coffee-date paste, as long as it becomes a sticky mixture
- squeeze the mixture into a silicon ice cube maker, then push the squares out of it, or make little balls
Mint - dark chocolate energy bites
- 1 cup gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup walnut
- 1 cup pecan
- 20 g 90% dark chocolate chopped into small pieces
- 7 pcs dried dates
- 8-10 mint leaves
- 1/4 cup water
Instruction:
- blend the rolled oats, make it powder like
- blend the walnut (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- blend the pecans (don't overdo it, because it becomes too oily)
- mix the dry and blended ingredients (oats, walnut, pecan) and chopped dark chocolate
- put the water, mint leaves and dried dates into the blender and blend it into a paste
- mix the dry mixture with the minty date paste, as long as it becomes a sticky mixture
- squeeze the mixture into a silicon ice cube maker, then push the squares out of it, or make little balls
