Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls

If you haven’t made energy bites yet then you need to make these Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls today. Like right now.

I don’t know what takes me so long to get on the food blogger band wagon but once again others have been making energy bites for years and here’s me just getting around to it.

There are 1000s of energy bite recipes on Pinterest. Also called energy balls or energy bites. I’ve seen them made with oats, Medjool dates, oats and Medjool dates, and a million ingredients thrown in to make a million different energy bite creations.

For my first energy bite recipe I decided to keep it simple with a basic recipe using Medjool dates. And by basic recipe I mean mixing it with peanut butter and cocoa powder because that’s how I roll. Holla to this these Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls!

Ingredients

• 1 - cup (about 14) Medjool Dates
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ cup peanuts
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• small dash of salt
• 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

1. Soak the dates in warm tap water for 10 minutes and then drain.
2. Place the dates, peanut butter, cocoa powder, peanuts, chia seeds, vanilla, and salt into a food processor (or blender) and pulse until all of the ingredients are blended together and forms a thick dough. If the dough doesn't come together add 1 tablespoon of water.
3. ...................................

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