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Power Truffles

March 18, 2011 By Korena in the Kitchen 6 Comments

These are inspired by a blog post I came across on the lululemon website with several recipes for “energy balls”, but somehow that just doesn’t sound appetizing… so I’m calling my version “power truffles”. These are very tasty, packed with peanut butter, nuts, and seeds, and will be a great post-workout snack, which is what I made them for… but they would be equally good as just an afternoon snack πŸ˜‰

To boost the energy content a little more, the rolled oats could be replaced with quinoa or amaranth flakes, both of which are high in protein. The cocoa powder makes these a little bit chocolatey, and due to the peanut butter and honey in them, they taste slightly like peanut butter and honey on toast, which I quite enjoy. To change things up, they would also be good with almond or cashew butter and perhaps agave syrup, which I haven’t experimented with yet. Oooh, I can imagine a version with almond butter, cocoa powder, and dried cranberries instead of raisins… or dried cherries maybe? Yum!

I made these in about 15 minutes total – no baking required. The most time-consuming part was rolling them, and even that was pretty darn easy.


Korena’s Power Truffles

Mix together:

1 cup peanut butter

1/3 cup honey

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Stir in:

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/4 cup each ground flax seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, unsweetened shredded coconut, raisins, chopped pecans, and chopped almonds

Form into ping-pong ball-sized spheres and roll in more shredded coconut. Store in an airtight container, layered between waxed paper, in the fridge. Makes about 21.

The fruits of my labour, minus the one I immediately devoured!

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Comments

  1. chefshellina says

    March 19, 2011 at 8:36 am

    These look delicious. I love finding healthy snack food- the kiddo is just as much of a snack-aholic as I am. Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to try these. πŸ™‚

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  2. jen says

    March 19, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Just made a variation on these with what I had on hand (almond butter instead of PB, cranberries instead of raisins) and I left out the honey cuz I didn’t want the extra sweetness, but they could have used the extra stickiness… they’re a bit crumbly. Delicious, though! Thanks for the idea. πŸ™‚

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    • Korena says

      March 19, 2011 at 7:52 pm

      Yes, the honey definitely helps them stick together. You could probably reduce it to about 2 tbsp though, and still get the sticky without too much sweet. Glad you tried them! πŸ™‚

      Reply
      • jen says

        March 19, 2011 at 8:49 pm

        2 hrs later: I’m sooo not making these again. Little buggers are addictive.

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        • Korena says

          March 19, 2011 at 11:11 pm

          LOL!

          Reply
  3. Todd Hinahon says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:08 am

    This post is very usefull thx!

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