🥜 No Bake Peanut Butter Protein Balls

I make these before every road trip. I make extras to keep at home too, for snacking. It's a goodness-packed snack I don't feel guilty about eating and giving them to my family. I know all the ingredients that go into it, nothing has a 14 letter name I can't pronounce, no additives or artificial anything goes into these.

Listen . . . I measure with my heart. This is just a template / guide for you to follow and make your own.

One bowl. Toss ingredients together. Mix. Roll into balls. Done. ✔

INGREDIENTS

ROLLED OATS

GROUND FLAX SEED MEAL (I use golden flax seed meal)

CHIA SEEDS

PEANUT BUTTER POWDER

ALMOND BUTTER

COCONUT OIL (I use cold-pressed, organic, unrefined)

MAPLE SYRUP (use the real stuff)

DARK CHOCOLATE CHIPS

DRIED CRANBERRIES OR BLUEBERRIES

CINNAMON

SALT

INSTRUCTIONS

In a saucepan, melt one 16oz jar of almond butter + 5 tablespoons of coconut oil + 1 or two tablespoons of maple syrup. Don't cook this mixture, just melt everything together until smooth. Set aside.

In a big bowl, mix all other ingredients together. I start with about 4 cups of the oats and eyeball everything else from there. Make sure to watch the video of making the balls to get an idea.

The beauty of this recipe is you can add anything you like - dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate chips | dried cranberries, blueberries, raisins, dates, apricots, whatever | mix in pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds . . . get creative!

I like to mix all the dry ingredients together first and then pour in about half of the almond butter mixture. Start to mix everything together and add more of the almond butter mixture as needed. You want everything to come together so you can roll into balls.

I use a small cookie scoop so all the balls are the same size. Scoop, roll, place on parchment lined sheet. Once done rolling all of the mixture, place the sheet into the refrigerator for about an hour. This is to help the coconut oil firm up and hold the balls' shape.

The way I travel with the bawls is: place 4 balls (2 for Kevin / 2 for me) into small snack-sized zip bag and then place all the small bags into one large storage bag. That way when we're rolling down the road or going on a hike, we just grab a small bag and snack! I also like to keep them in the fridge to store.

Enjoy!!