Name: Energy Balls
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes 12 balls
Ingredients: 3 tbsp raw cacao powder; 45 g rolled oats; 10 g unsalted pistachios, finely ground in a pestle and mortar or food processor; 2 tbsp maca powder; 10 g raw cacao powder; 10 g freeze dried raspberries, crushed in a pestle and mortar or blitzed in a food processor; 250 g pitted Medjool dates; 180 g almond or peanut butter

Preparation info

Makes
12
balls

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Eat Bike Cook

By Kitty Pemberton-Platt

Published 2021

About

Wrap these like bonbons so they’re ready to grab and go when you know you’re going to need a bit of an energy grenade. Maca is a powdered root that is rich in iron, calcium, amino acids and vitamins and minerals, so it’s bringing a lot to the party.

Ingredients

For the Balls

250 g pitted Medjool dates
180 g almond or peanut butter

Method

Put the dates, almond or peanut butter, oats, cacao and maca powders in a food processor and blitz until well incorporated. The mixture should come together quite quickly and form a ball. If not, add about 25 ml water a splash at a time and blitz until the mixture is sticky but not pasty.