Salted Chocolate Almond Energy Balls
Chocolate almond balls are easy, high in protein and make for a great snack on the go. Made with collagen, almond butter, oat flour, almond flour and cocoa powder, these almond butter chocolate balls taste like dessert and will hold you over.
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I know many of you come here for the snacks.
As a dietitian and mom, I’m a huge proponent of snacking because it helps better break up the day.
I think you’ll agree that these chocolate almond butter balls deserve a place in your meal prep ritual or snack meal prep.
Since I’m still only 3 months postpartum and very much still nursing in the night, these are one of the best late night breastfeeding snacks and postpartum snacks.
The collagen helps with joints and protein needs (though it’s not a complete protein), and there are carbs for energy and healthy fats. Taking collagen for breastfeeding is completely safe!
Why We Love Chocolate Almond Balls
- Kid friendly – Don’t all kids love chocolate? These are healthy almond butter chocolate balls, with protein and healthy fats! You can omit the collagen if you’d like for kiddos.
- Satiating – Many snacks for kids forget the importance fat and protein for fullness. These chocolate almond balls have things like chia seeds, flax seeds, almond butter, almond flour and optional protein powder for extra protein.
- No oven needed – If its the dog days of summer or you’re just looking for a no bake recipe, these energy balls with almond butter are it!
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make these tasty bites! Since these collagen bites use all shelf-stable ingredients, we love this recipe for college meal prep options, too.
- oat flour
- almond flour
- honey – You could also use maple syrup to make these chocolate almond balls vegan.
- almond butter
- chia or flax seeds
- protein powder or collagen (optional)
- raw cocoa powder
- vanilla extract
- sea salt
- chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
We usually use peanut butter for everything in our house. But every now and then, I’ll splurge and buy some almond butter and it just has a bit of a different, bolder taste than peanut butter.
Sometimes it works beautifully, like helping to emphasize these chocolate almond bites.
If you have kids, these almond butter bites are great for them! We rely on them for healthy homemade toddler snacks, alot.
And, during the holidays, I’ll add pomegranate seeds, or serve along with my favorite pomegranate chocolate bark.
If you need a post workout snack or athlete snack, these are for you, too! They have fats, carbs and protein and can keep you going between games or as a pregame snack.
I also love them as a homemade evening snack. Especially if you add collagen or protein powder, almond protein bites are a great snack in a pinch.
How to Make Almond Butter Energy Balls
If you need something to hold you over before lunch or even dinner, these chocolate almond butter energy balls are it!
You don’t need much equipment, but if you have a food processor or high speed blender, that will certainly speed things up!
First, if you don’t have pre-ground oat flour, just grind your oats in a blender. It takes 30 seconds.
EXPERT TIP
Make extra oat flour while you’re at it to save for later – We use oat flour for lots of recipes, like pancakes, pumpkin peanut butter balls, lemon protein bites and almond flour banana muffins.
Then, you’ll mix all of the other ingredients (except chocolate chips) into a bowl.
From here, you can roll almond butter energy balls into 1-inch balls if you’d like and they are sticky enough )use more honey if needed).
Or, if you prefer (which I like to do), you can set the mixture in the fridge for 30 minutes to get the dough to harden, making rolling a bit easier.
I prefer this because they will just be a bit sturdier!
Both ways work!
Expert Tips
- To prep your salmon butter energy balls in advance, you could leave the mixed dough in the fridge overnight and roll the balls the next morning.
- Store in the fridge for up to 5 days or freezer for up to 3 months. To freeze, place almond butter balls in a stasher bag or freezer bag.
- Maple syrup is not as sticky as honey, so if you opt for maple syrup, you may need to add a little more almond butter.
More No Bake Recipes
- No Bake Cookie Dough Bites
- No Bake Carrot Cake Bites
- Peanut Butter Energy Bites
- No Bake Vegan Protein Bites
- Healthy No Bake Snacks
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Coconut Balls
- Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
Salted Chocolate Almond Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2 Tbsp almond flour
- 3 Tbsp honey
- ½ cup almond butter
- 2 Tbsp chia or flax seeds
- 1 scoop protein powder or collagen, optional
- ¼ cup raw cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ cup mini choc chips, if desired
Instructions
- Grind oats in food processor or blender to make oat flour.
- Mix ingredients together in a bowl.
- Set mixture in fridge for 30 minutes to harden, and then roll into 1 inch balls*
- Sprinkle extra sea salt on top for more flavor.
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