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    October 3, 2017

    Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

    If you have forever hungry kids like mine, festive season notwithstanding, then this Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball recipe will sure come in handy! It's a great quick snack or post-meal sweet.

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

    This delicious, decadent yet wholesome  snack/ dessert  is very high in protein because of peanut butter AND homemade vegan protein powder in it. Latter was adapted from my dear friend Radhika's blog  Tickling Palate.  It's a wonderful versatile recipe. This protein powder has been going in our smoothies, pancakes, waffles, getting sprinkled on our raita, my breakfast yogurt with granola.  I feel good about serving this to my family as its completely preservative free and  has  plant-based protein, along with many other vitamins, minerals and Omega 3 fatty acids.

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

    Now back to this fabulous, fudgy bite- sized treat. Its, as always, a super simple and healthy one.  And who doesn't love chocolate peanut butter combination!!  It tastes so much like a snickers bar, but like my son said " but only better, way better"!  There you go, approval from the highest authority. And nobody' s missing any of the nasty ingredients, only clean, real food.

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

    You can leave out the protein powder, just add more oats, or any other nut of equivalent amount. I used a bar of dairy free chocolate, but  go ahead and use the darkest variety you can find, if you'd like.  The glaze can be optional but is HIGHLY recommended. It comes together in no time at all and keeps very well in the freezer or refrigerator. One of those make ahead, no fail recipes that we all need in our repertoire!

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

    Eat well, eat real foods, stay happy and healthy!

    I’d love to hear from you!  Please leave a comment below and share a picture of your creation on INSTAGRAM using the hashtag #tashasartisanfoods.

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    Chocolate Peanut Butter Blissballs

    Servings: 12 Blissballs
    Calories:
    Author: Natasha Minocha

    Ingredients

    Blissballs

    • 3/4 cup Oats Lightly toasted. I used glutenfree oats.
    • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
    • 3 tbsp Homemade protein powder see the recipe below.
    • 4 tbsp Honey/Maple syrup/Agave You can also use 6-8 pitted dates, soaked in warm water too.
    • 1 tsp Coconut oil
    • 4 Tbsp peanut butter
    • 4-5 tbsp Light coconut milk

    Chocolate glaze

    • 3/4 cup Dairy free chocolate or Dark chocolate (70%) I used Mason & Co, dairy free chocolate
    • 5-6 tbsp Light coconut milk

    Vegan Protein Powder

    • 1/4 cup Popped amaranth
    • 1/4 cup Peanuts unsalted, roasted
    • 2 tbsp Almonds unsalted, roasted
    • 2 Tbsp Flax seeds unsalted, roasted
    • 2 tbsp White sesame seeds unsalted, roasted
    • 2 tbsp Pumpkin seeds unsalted, roasted
    • 2 tbsp Sunflower seeds unsalted, roasted
    • 2 Tbsp Chia seeds

    Instructions

    Balls

    • Place oats, peanut butter, honey/maple syrup, coconut oil, protein powder, cocoa powder in your food processor/blender. Blend until combined. You will need to add coconut milk 1 tbsp at a time, to get a smooth, pliable dough.
    • Taste and adjust for sweetness. Form into 12 even sized balls. Place on a parchment/foil lined tray and place in the fridge for an hour or in your freezer for 20 minutes or so, until firm.

    Chocolate glaze

    • Combine the chocolate and coconut milk in a double boiler over gentle heat until chocolate has melted and is smooth. You can melt these together in the microwave too, 30 second bursts.
    • Dip each ball into the chocolate, sprinkle some crushed peanuts ( if you like) and return to the fridge or freezer until set. You will have some leftover glaze.

    Protein powder

    • Place all the ingredients except for chia seeds in your coffee grinder and blend till you get a coarse powder. Add the chia seeds and pulse it 3-4 times to break it down coarsely. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

    Notes

    VEGAN PROTEIN POWDER  recipe adapted from Tickling Palate.
    CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS recipe adapted from PEANUTBUTTERPLUSCHOCOLATE.
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    Comments

    1. Chandani says

      October 04, 2017 at 5:52 pm

      Hi Tasha,
      can you please update the recipe with the amount of peanut butter used? would love to try this out as soon as possible-my kids will love these balls 🙂
      Thanks.

      Reply
      • natashaminocha says

        October 05, 2017 at 11:50 am

        Oooops!! Thanks for pointing this out Chandani. I've updated the recipe. Hope you get to try these out soon. Please do let me know how they worked out for you.
        Cheers

        Reply
        • Chandani says

          October 05, 2017 at 1:16 pm

          sure 🙂 will let you know soon.
          btw, we love the rose coconut bliss balls-have already made them twice 🙂

          Reply
          • natashaminocha says

            October 06, 2017 at 11:00 am

            Oh that's so wonderful Chandani!! Very glad you like them! 🙂
            xoxo

            Reply
            • Chandani says

              October 06, 2017 at 1:42 pm

              made the peanut butter balls today-these are going to be our new family favourites. I told my 6 years old that these are very healthy and he can have one everyday-he said if they are healthy why can't he eat 2 everyday? ??
              Thanks once again!

              Reply
              • natashaminocha says

                October 07, 2017 at 5:44 am

                This is so wonderful!! Thank you so so much for trying these out and for your positive feedback. You've made my day! Please tell your little one, he can surely have 2 everyday!! 🙂 much love

                Reply
    2. Ashika |Gardening Foodie says

      October 05, 2017 at 12:24 pm

      What an amazing recipe this is. You are so right, chocolate and peanut butter do make a perfect combination, but what I really love about your recipe is that it really good for you, I mean I will eat these by the tons and have a hard time sharing. Thank you for a great recipe. Absolutely love it!!! Definitely saving and pinning!

      Reply
      • natashaminocha says

        October 06, 2017 at 11:01 am

        Awwwww... thank you Ashika! Your kind words mean so much to me!I hope you do get to try these out sometime. Please let me know how they worked out for you. Much love

        Reply

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