Almond Butter Oatmeal Balls

Brown dough balls on a baking sheet with oats and almonds on the pan.

Almond butter oatmeal bites are made by blending rolled oats with honey, almond butter, cinnamon, and flax seeds to make the perfect snack. These power balls are great for packing along on a road trip, hiking, or camping as an energy boost.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Servings: energy balls

Author: Danika Vanderpyl

Equipment

1 food processor

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds (optional)
½ cup almond butter
3 tablespoon honey
1-3 tablespoon water

Instructions

Place the rolled oats in a food processor and blend for 1-2 minutes until it resembles coarse sand.
Add the sea salt, cinnamon, ground flaxseeds, almond butter, and honey to the food processor. Pulse everything together for 1 minute.
Stop the machine and press it between your fingers, to see if it sticks together enough to roll into balls. If it is still crumbly add 1 tablespoon of water and blend again for about 45 seconds. Stop the machine, press the mixture with your fingers. If it doesn't stick together, add another tablespoon of water and pulse until it sticks together like dough.
Use a tablespoon measure to scoop and then roll into energy balls. Keep the energy balls in a container in the fridge (up to 3 weeks) or in the freezer (up to 6 months).

Notes

Scroll up to the blog post to see step by step photos to make these energy bites.

- Nut-free: To make these nut-free use sunflower seed butter.

- Gluten-free: To make these gf make sure to use gluten-free oats.

- Instead of flax seed: Chia seeds can be used instead of flax seeds however you can skip the seeds if you don't have any on hand.

- Honey: You can replace honey with maple syrup.
- Chocolate chips: Yum! Add ⅓ cup to have chocolate chip almond butter energy balls!

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