No-bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls made with only 7 ingredients in less than 15 minutes. Each ball is packed with 7 grams of protein with no protein powder required!
PREP TIME: 25 minutesminutes
COOK TIME: 0 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME: 25 minutesminutes
Servings: 22balls
Ingredients
½ cup (45grams)rolled, old fashioned or quick oats
¼teaspoonfine sea salt, omit if your peanut butter contains salt
½ cup (90grams)semi sweet dairy free chocolate chips
water, as needed
INSTRUCTIONS
To a food processor add the dates. Process them on their own until they are in very small pieces and starting to turn pasty.
Add the peanut butter, maple syrup and salt and process again to combine.
Pour in the oats, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds and chocolate. Process until everything is evenly combined. You will need to scrape down the sides of the food processor a couple of times. Pulsing rather than running the food processor is a little more effective at getting it all mixed up.
Add water a small drop at a time, pulsing in between until it starts balling up and you can easily squeeze the mixture together in your hands to form a ball. It should only need 1 to 2 tablespoons.
Remove the blade and tip the mixture out onto a clean surface. Scrape out any wet bits in the bottom of the food processor bowl with a spatula and give the mixture a quick knead to mix them in. Then break off pieces and roll into balls. I used approximately 1½ tablespoons per ball but you can make them any size you like.
Transfer to a container and store in the refrigerator or freezer. They will keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge, or up to 3 months in the freezer.
NOTES
If you prefer you can omit the chocolate when blending up the balls, and instead melt it and coat the outsides. If you do this it's best to add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to the chocolate when melting. It will help the chocolate coat smoothly. I use hemp and sunflower seeds but as long as you stick to the same total amount you can use any combination of chopped nuts and seeds. Note that reducing or omitting the hemp seeds will reduce the protein content of the balls.