So this little bite size idea was brought to you by an awesome reader. She emailed me with a non-paleo recipe of energy bites that were combined using oats and asked if I could come up with something! I love her. Well, oats make poop float in your bloodstream, and I personally don’t want that, so I came up with my own little version of energy bites. And they taste like heaven. Laura said she liked them because they weren’t overly sweet. I personally don’t think there is such thing as “overly sweet” but you get my flow.
OMG. I have the greatest news of the year. I caught a ball in kickball, on Tuesday. I, Juli B., caught a fly ball that a human being had kicked. Ok, if you have no idea why I think this is a big deal, you need to read some of my past posts. I don’t like balls sports. Or, really, sports in general. I like being in a kitchen. Or lifting a barbell over my head. But when a ball is flying my way, I freeze. Seriously seize up. So when a ball flew in my direction and there was no other teammate around me to take over, I had to do it. I had to put my arms out, say f*ck f*ck f*ck multiple times, and hope for the best. Luck obviously played in my favor that one play. Thank goodness or my kickball team would have thought I was even more inept than I already seem. Did I mention I have a really good looking team? Oh, I did. But seriously, wait until I get a picture for you guys, the men and women are straight up studs.
Have you watched The New Girl yet? You haven’t?! You’re dumb. It’s seriously absolutely hilarious. It’s one of those shows that you have to listen very carefully to because of all the good slip-in comments that bounce around throughout each episode. And it now has my new crushes in the newer episodes….Dermont Mulroney. F*ck he’s dreamy. Like, epic dreamy. I love him. I wish he’d wod with me.
Double Chocolate Energy Bites
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter (or other nut butter)
- 1.5 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 8–10 dried black figs, stems removed
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (minis) or dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
- 4 tablespoons raw honey
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1–2 scoops Chocolate Primal Fuel or protein powder of choice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor (except for the chocolate chips)
- Turn food processor on.
- Let ingredients mix until dried figs are completely broken down and incorporated.
- Then add chocolate chips.
- Shape mixture into bite size balls.
- Place in the refrigerator to help harden.
- Consume.
- Keep leftovers in the fridge!
- Be merry.
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These were AMAZING!! probably too good and I ate too many and could have eaten a big piece of cake and consumed the same amount of calories but oh well they were delicious! I don’t know what kind of almond butter everyone used but i used crunchy and the little bits of almonds in there were fantastic! gave it a great texture! Thanks for the recipe can’t wait to make them again!
I made these for my team to eat tomorrow at Regionals in between WODS!!! Wish us luck!! Thanks for an awesome recipe Juli!
Juli, I wanted to tell you that last night I tried to make coconut butter. Well, needless to say my mini food chopper just wasn’t doing the trick. Actually…it blew up! That’s it, I’ve had it. I went and finally bought a food processor! Best day of my life! That thing whipped up my coconut butter in no time. I also made these energy bites. Thank you for all your amazing recipes. <3
These are awesome! I made these for a cookout that had half paleo challenge competitors, and half “normal” people. So they were such a big hit, the paleo people were hiding them so the “normal” people wouldn’t eat them up on us. Haha, I gave that recipe out to at least 12 people the next day! Yummmmmm!
Best balls ever!!
These are so fricking good I can hardly stand it. Since I heard about these 2 weeks ago I’ve made 4 batches. Stupid good. And easy too. Cus if something takes more than 10 minutes to prepare I’m out.
I call these babies “power balls” and I have to hide them in my garage fridge so I don’t snarf them in one sitting. Seriously, these little guys are more delicious than Toblerone! Make them!
What do you suppose the nutritional content would be? I am just watching my carb count specifically.
No idea. I know that the fat content is much higher tho
hi Juli , love ur recipes 🙂 was wondering what can i substitute the chocolate chip for and cocoa powder is just normal unsweetened coco powder > i live in india and sourcing products (esp organic ) is difficult 🙁 please help !
You don’t NEED the chocolate chips, so absolutely!
thanks a lot 🙂
p.s – so i substitute the chip with almond meal and coco powder ?
I would just remove the chocolate chips all together if you don’t have them. You could add a bit mroe cocoa powder for more flavor.