Healthy Protein Balls with Dates and Ginger
9 whole ingredients make these healthy protein balls. Dates and fresh ginger are the key to making these balls stick together and be full of flavor! This snack is high in protein from the almonds, oats, and hemp hearts.
Equipment
- 1 Food processor or high power blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 2 cups rolled oats
- ½ cup hemp hearts
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
- 1 cup pitted dates* about 10-13 medjool
Instructions
- In a food processor or a high powder blender blend the almonds and the oats until there are almost no chunks. Add the hemp hearts, cinnamon, and salt, then blend until everything looks like coarse sand.
- Add the grated ginger, maple syrup, coconut oil, dates to the blender or food processor and pulse until a dough starts to form. It will become quite thick and hard to blend, not everything will be mixed together. When this happens dump this whole ginger date mixture into a medium bowl.
- Use your hands knead the dough. There will be crumbs, keep kneading the dough until all the dry ‘coarse sand’ (oats and nuts) is mixed into one dough ball.
- Using a tablespoon of dough at a time, roll into balls.
- Store the ginger and date protein balls in an airtight container in the fridge (for 2-3 weeks) or the freezer (for up to 3 months).
Notes
- *I use about 10-13 medjool dates for this recipe, press the dates lightly in to the measuring cup until you get 1 cup.
- *If your dates are not soft to squish between your fingers, soak the dates in hot water for 5 minutes, drain and then use them.
- These protein balls will stay together at room temperature and work well to bring along to school, the office, road trips, or hiking.
- If you do not have hemp hearts you can use flax seeds. Or you could use half hemp hearts (¼ cup) and half flax seeds (¼ cup) to make these.
- As seen in the photos I made a glaze for these protein balls, this was solely to make balls look pretty. To make the glaze mix together 2 tablespoon melted coconut oil and 3 tablespoon sifted powdered sugar. Drizzle this thin mixture over the balls.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoonCalories: 117kcalCarbohydrates: 10.2gProtein: 4.6gFat: 6.9g
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