Date Free Berry Banana Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)
This recipe features free samples from Pereg Natural Foods
No matter what time of year it is, homemade energy balls are always hiding out in my freezer. During fall and winter, I experiment with fun flavors like pumpkin spice and caramel apple bliss balls. Now that spring has (supposedly) arrived, though, I wanted my gluten free snack to have a little extra spring in its step...which is where these bright and "berry" delicious Date Free Banana Berry Energy Balls come in!
These vegan energy balls are gluten free, refined sugar free and as easy to make as they are easy to eat. Mashed frozen berries give these energy bites a tart flavor and a slightly pink color that’s perfect for spring while mashed banana and Pereg Natural Foods' coconut flour add extra sweetness and a pillowy texture. Throw in some puffed rice cereal for crunch and goji berries (or another dried fruit) for a little chewiness and you'll be in snacking heaven, whether you love crunchy, creamy or chewy.
This is also the ideal bliss balls recipe if you want an energizing healthy snack but can't tolerate dates or want a lower sugar option. I love dates and all of the energy balls recipes I’ve shared on the blog so far involve some amount of dates. A few weeks ago, though, I was low on dates and high on energy ball cravings...so I whipped up these banana based energy bites instead and can attest that they are just as delicious as energy balls with dates.
Ready to discover ways to make power balls that will give you extra spring in the doorstep? Start with the aid of accumulating the following components. This will make around 12-15 gluten free electricity balls relying on how huge you want them!
Ingredients for the Berry Banana Energy Balls:
1 ripe banana, mashed1/4 cup rice flakes
2 tbsp coconut flour (I used this one from Pereg Natural Foods)
2 tbsp alternative flour (I used Pereg's Teff flour, but any gluten free flour should work!)
half cup puffed rice cereal
1 big defrosted frozen strawberry, or numerous small frozen strawberries
Drop of vanilla extract
Optional: Handful of dried goji berries or other dried fruit
Optional: beetroot or goji berry powder for extra color (I used this one)
How to Make Energy Balls:
Just like with my other bliss ball recipes, making these vegan energy balls is super easy! Begin by mashing your ripe banana in a bowl along with your defrosted frozen strawberries (or any other berry of choice). You can use fresh berries instead, but I’ve found that defrosted berries are easier to incorporate into energy balls and offer a more colorful ending result (if you’re going for the Insta worthy food!).Next, upload the rest of the strength bites elements, lightly pressing the puffed rice in opposition to the bottom of your bowl to overwhelm them barely. Mix till the entirety is well included and roll them up into your vegan electricity balls! If you operate fresh berries, you might need to add a tablespoon or so of liquid to assist the batter bind higher, however your bliss ball batter need to hold collectively easily.
To assist my electricity bites set, I region them on a lined baking tray and location them inside the freezer for at the least 20 minutes. Then, I keep my gluten unfastened electricity balls in a closed field within the freezer (even though the refrigerator will even paintings as long as you devour them inside every week or so). When I?M yearning a snack, I just take out but many I need, let them thaw at room temperate for 5-10 mins, and dig in!
Like I hinted at earlier, one of the best parts about these no date energy balls is the texture. Coconut flour is one of my favorite gluten free flours to use in bliss balls because it often leads to a fudgy, light texture, and Pereg Natural Foods’ coconut flour is no exception. To learn more about Pereg Natural Foods, you can check out previous blog posts featuring them, like my six-ingredient sweet potato pizza crust recipe. I’ll just sum the company up by saying that they offer a variety of epic alternative gluten free flours, quinoa and snack bars that I love to incorporate into my daily eats.
And, as usual, there are plenty of ways that these Banana Berry Energy Balls get eaten in my house! My personal favorite way to enjoy them is with vegan yogurt, berries, sunbutter and granola as a night snack, but these bliss balls also make for tasty pre or post workout snacks, an easy gluten free breakfast on-the-go or a healthy dessert with banana ice cream.
If you?Re dwelling someplace that has but to reputedly embody Spring (in Minnesota, we just had our 2nd snow hurricane...In April), these vegan power balls are also the correct manner to get inside the spring temper. You?Ve in all likelihood heard the old saying, ?April showers deliver May flora.? Well, if I'm showered in these gluten loose strength balls all April, I can?T wait to peer what gluten loose candies turn out to be on the menu this May.
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What's the weather like in which you are? (Minnesota just got hit by using a big snowstorm this past weekend...). What's your favored healthful snack? Tell me in the remarks!
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