Naturally sweetened with dates and full of nutritious natural ingredients, this Superseed Energy Balls recipe makes bite-sized energy balls are the perfect healthy vegan snack to help get you through the afternoon slump! Recipe re-posted with permission from our friends at Manitoba Harvest.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup cacao nibs
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup ground flax
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut plus extra for rolling the balls in
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp cacao or cocoa powder
Directions
Place all the ingredients into a food processor and blend until it forms a smooth dough. If the dough is not sticky enough you can add a few more dates and blend again. Use a tablespoon to scoop out the mixture and then roll it into a ball. Repeat until all the dough is gone. Roll the balls in the unsweetened shredded coconut and store in a container in the fridge.
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Comments
Valerie Mallette
My favourite healthy snack lately are coconut chips and almonds.
Sylvia Horn
My favourite healthy snack is nut butter (any kind) on apple slices.
Jocelyn Chmelyk
Yummy! These look awesome. I think my favourite snacks are homemade peanut butter cups, with natural peanut butter, local maple syrup and vegan chocolate.
Tracy iracani
My Favorite healthy snack is a smoothie with kale, avacado, hemp, flax, coconut water and berries!
amber blackman
These look delicious! I need a food processor! My favourite healthy snack is my daily smoothie 🙂
Josh
I love Manitoba Harvest’s hemp hearts. My favorite healthy snack is dipping fruit like strawberries or a banana in a mixture of hemp hearts and almond butter. Yum!
Emily Baxter
We love making oatmeal and flax seed breakfast bars. Could definitely add in hemp hearts next time!
Sarah D
Recently I’ve been addicted to apple slices with a dip made of almond butter, cacao powder, and Stevia.
Kelly B
My favourite healthy snack is a fruit/green smoothie with a side of seed clusters or nuts!
Barb
Energy bites with peanut butter, oatmeal, chia seeds, honey and coconut
Toby
Avocado & Mango Smoothie…or just avocado with a spoon!
Anel
I’m a fan of peanut butter and apples!
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Christine B
I like crunchy snacks like roasted chickpeas with sea salt or dehydrated snap pea crisps !
judith
raw almonds!
Nancy H.
I love to snack on hummus, idli, and dosa! Addicted to anything spicy too!
Jennifer L.
I love apple slices with organic peanut butter on them.
katerina
My favourite healthy snack is homemade flax hemp granola bars! Delicious and nutritious on the go 🙂
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Sharon Cosby
My fave healthy snack is seeds. I love pumpkin and sunflower the most.
Sharon
Veggies with hummous
Joanna L
Nuts and dark chocolate 🙂
Shirley Li
nuts (:
joy
i love nuts for a snack! any kind!
Catherine Robichaud
My fave healthy snack is almonds.
Christina rogers
Nuts are my fav snack
Dana
My favorite healthy snack is homemade cashew cream with berries and hempseed.
Kim K
I like to core an apple, cut it into rings, spread peanut butter on the rings, put slices of banana on the peanut butter and sprinkle with hemp hearts for a healthy snack.
Janice Kreider
I love popcorn for a snack chocolate popcorn the best
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Oatmeal snacks.
3 ripe bananas and 2cups of oatmeal
I like to add peanut butter/ cocoa/ flax , chia seeds
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Low calorie…. healthy fixLoretta
I love salsa!!
Toan tran
Chia seeds pudding and tropical fruits.
Jena
Hummus & veggies or whole wheat pita
Rochelle
I love a garden fresh salad topped with all types of veggies from my garden, homemade dressing and topped with hemp hearts!
Alicia D
I love sliced apples with peanut butter:)
Don
I like keeping my snacks simple. Some fresh papaya with some hemp seeds makes a great snack.
Beth
Hemp seed cookies with almond butter, dates, coconut, maple syrup & of course hemp seeds
Megan Semjanovs
I really love slicing up a bell pepper as my snack. Nice and easy.
April Lister
carrots and dressing, nuts and dried fruit
Darrell L
anything my wife makes is healthy and good
Matt Gergeni
I love hemp hearts in my salads!
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Dana Miller
Blueberries and dark chocolate are 2 of my favorite healthy snacks.
Keri Dudley
I do love my veggies… Hold the dip, they are best straight up!
Aarone Mawdsley
kale chips
Dee Schwark
I love a chia pudding with hemp hearts sprinkled on top…so delicious and healthy
Tina L.
My favourite snack is nut mix
Candace Galan-Calderon
No bake oatmeal energy bars
linda
Hummus & fresh cut up veggies.
Lucy
Veggie smoothies!
Maribel F
Simple and delicious fresh fruit
cris
Love making red pepper hummus and dip with celery sticks or kale chips
Edda Radau
Currently walnuts and apples
YummyNicole
My family loves fresh fruit, yogurt, cheese, nuts and veggies as a snacks. We sprinkle Manitoba Hemp Hearts on our yogurt! Yummy!
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Karen Oppliger
My favorite healthy snack on cold winter days is OATMEAL! especially topped with cocoa, raspberries and Hemp Hearts
michelle
MY fav snack is cashews or veggies with hummas.
Diana
I love sprinkling hemp seeds on kale salad dressed with olive oil and sea salt. Nutrient dense and so delicious.
Nikki Fahey
fruit and yogurt!
carole b
a smoothie with banana and hemp protein!
Mary Buttitta
I love anything that follows my ethical system, sustainable and humane!
Carol M
I really like Hemp Hearts on my yogurt for a snack
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Gina G
My favorite healthy snack is trail mix! Love to make my own and include dried fruit and raw almonds.
Donna Fraser
I love celery with nut butters , hemp sprinkles 🙂
Allan Harmsworth
Potato chips and coconut water. I know I am supposed to say something healthy, which I have, but indulge infrequently in potato chips and rarely ice cream.
Pia Pedersen
My favourite healthy snack is raw veggies and dip, especially jicama!
Amber young
I love snacking on mixed nuts and seeds, It’s delicious and easy to take on the go!
Monica
My favorite healthy snacks are nuts <3
Autumn D
Love a nice glass of water and vanilla yogurt with granola
Cheryl lanier
Favorite healthy snacks include banana and peanut butter and chia seed smoothies
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Melinda
I love salsa and veggies!