Deliciously Healthy Energy Balls With Peanut Butter
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All energy balls with peanut butter are not all created equally. Homemade peanut butter, rich dark chocolate, oats, ground flaxseed, and bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup. That makes up delicious energy balls that are healthy, delicious, and satisfying. These energy balls are simple and easy to make. You’re gonna love ‘em...
Are Energy Balls With Peanut Butter Healthy?
Raw peanuts are an excellent source of protein low in carbohydrates and have a host of beneficial vitamins and minerals.
The skin on the peanut is chock full of as many antioxidants as some fresh fruits.
Roasting raw peanuts brings depth to the flavor and intensity of the homemade peanut butter in these energy balls.
To optimize the health benefits of homemade peanut butter the peanuts are roasted with their skin on.
There are no added sugars or other ingredients. The recipe for homemade peanut butter is included below.
Once you make homemade peanut butter, you will never purchase store-bought peanut butter again.
oven roasted raw peanuts
Are There Health Benefits to Dark Chocolate?
Intense chopped Belgium dark chocolate is added to these energy balls with peanut butter.
A popular choice of chocolate and peanut butter, don’t you think?
The health benefits of dark chocolate include increase brain function, decrease insulin resistance. Eating dark chocolate helps to reduce inflammation and lowers blood pressure.
What Are The Health Benefits of Oatmeal?
Oats are one of the healthiest grains on earth. Full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, oats help reduce the risk of heart disease, aid in weight loss and lower your blood sugar.
Most of us get oats in our diet by eating oatmeal. Adding oats to these energy balls is an excellent alternative.
Are There Health Benefits Of Flaxseed?
Ground flaxseed is better than seed form. These energy balls have a heap of ground flaxseed. Health benefits of flaxseed include dietary fiber that keeps you feeling fuller longer. Flaxseed is an excellent source of plant-based protein. Flaxseed also helps to lower your blood pressure and reduce your cholesterol. Adding the health benefits of flaxseed to these energy balls with peanut butter gives them added boast on the healthy snack list.
What Are The Health Benefits Of Maple Syrup?
Just like a fine wine, a good quality maple syrup will have your taste buds dancing, and where it is from matters.
The earth and climate are what make a good quality maple syrup. Aside from an excellent replacement for refined sugar, maple syrup has many other health benefits.
Maple syrup is loaded with antioxidants, lowers blood sugar levels, full of vitamins and minerals, and full of antioxidants.
Looking at each of the 5 ingredients for these healthy energy balls, you see what a delicious healthy snack alternative they are. Satisfying those chocolate peanut butter sugary cravings during the day.
These healthy energy balls freeze well if you have leftovers. I doubt you will have any left-overs. I’m just sayin...
homemade peanut butter in stage 1
homemade peanut butter
Deliciously Healthy Energy Balls With Peanut Butter
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup homemade peanut butter (or natural peanut butter with no added oil)
- 10 sticks Callebaut Dark Chocolate Croissant sticks chopped
- 1 cup quick oats
- ½ cup ground flaxseed
- 1 TBSP Runamok Bourbon Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix well.
- Using a medium-sized cookie scoop, scoop and roll the balls into uniform balls.
- Store in the refrigerator
- 3 cups raw peanuts
- ¼ tsp pink Himalayan salt
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Arrange the peanuts in a single layer on an 11 x 17 non-stick cookie sheet. Do not peel the skin.
- Roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove the roasted peanuts from the oven and add to a 7 cup food processor fitted with the multi-purpose blade. Do not peel the skins.
- Cover the food processor bowl leaving the feeder tube open to allow the heat to escape.
- Turn to high for 5 minutes.
- Stop and scrape the inside of the bowl.
- Add the ¼ tsp pink Himalayan salt.
- Turn to high for 5 more minutes.
- Stop and scrape the inside of the bowl.
- Process until the desired consistency is reached.
- Store leftover peanut butter in a covered container in the refrigerator. Homemade peanut butter lasts for up to 3 months.
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