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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Valerie Mallette
My favourite healthy snack lately are coconut chips and almonds.
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Sylvia Horn
My favourite healthy snack is nut butter (any kind) on apple slices.
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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.
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Tracy iracani
My Favorite healthy snack is a smoothie with kale, avacado, hemp, flax, coconut water and berries!
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amber blackman
These look delicious! I need a food processor! My favourite healthy snack is my daily smoothie 🙂
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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!
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Emily Baxter
We love making oatmeal and flax seed breakfast bars. Could definitely add in hemp hearts next time!
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Sarah D
Recently I’ve been addicted to apple slices with a dip made of almond butter, cacao powder, and Stevia.
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Kelly B
My favourite healthy snack is a fruit/green smoothie with a side of seed clusters or nuts!
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Barb
Energy bites with peanut butter, oatmeal, chia seeds, honey and coconut
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Toby
Avocado & Mango Smoothie…or just avocado with a spoon!
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Anel
I’m a fan of peanut butter and apples!
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Cori Myles
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Christine B
I like crunchy snacks like roasted chickpeas with sea salt or dehydrated snap pea crisps !
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judith
raw almonds!
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Nancy H.
I love to snack on hummus, idli, and dosa! Addicted to anything spicy too!
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Jennifer L.
I love apple slices with organic peanut butter on them.
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katerina
My favourite healthy snack is homemade flax hemp granola bars! Delicious and nutritious on the go 🙂
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Cori Myles
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Sharon Cosby
My fave healthy snack is seeds. I love pumpkin and sunflower the most.
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Sharon
Veggies with hummous
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Joanna L
Nuts and dark chocolate 🙂
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Shirley Li
nuts (:
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joy
i love nuts for a snack! any kind!
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Catherine Robichaud
My fave healthy snack is almonds.
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Christina rogers
Nuts are my fav snack
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Dana
My favorite healthy snack is homemade cashew cream with berries and hempseed.
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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.
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Janice Kreider
I love popcorn for a snack chocolate popcorn the best
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Deb Grandy....Gee on Facebook
Oatmeal snacks.
3 ripe bananas and 2cups of oatmeal
I like to add peanut butter/ cocoa/ flax , chia seeds
bake for 15 mins at 350 and store in the fridge…
Low calorie…. healthy fix -
Loretta
I love salsa!!
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Toan tran
Chia seeds pudding and tropical fruits.
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Jena
Hummus & veggies or whole wheat pita
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Rochelle
I love a garden fresh salad topped with all types of veggies from my garden, homemade dressing and topped with hemp hearts!
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Alicia D
I love sliced apples with peanut butter:)
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Don
I like keeping my snacks simple. Some fresh papaya with some hemp seeds makes a great snack.
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Beth
Hemp seed cookies with almond butter, dates, coconut, maple syrup & of course hemp seeds
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Megan Semjanovs
I really love slicing up a bell pepper as my snack. Nice and easy.
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April Lister
carrots and dressing, nuts and dried fruit
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Darrell L
anything my wife makes is healthy and good
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Matt Gergeni
I love hemp hearts in my salads!
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Cori Myles
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Dana Miller
Blueberries and dark chocolate are 2 of my favorite healthy snacks.
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Keri Dudley
I do love my veggies… Hold the dip, they are best straight up!
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Aarone Mawdsley
kale chips
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Dee Schwark
I love a chia pudding with hemp hearts sprinkled on top…so delicious and healthy
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Tina L.
My favourite snack is nut mix
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Candace Galan-Calderon
No bake oatmeal energy bars
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linda
Hummus & fresh cut up veggies.
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Lucy
Veggie smoothies!
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Maribel F
Simple and delicious fresh fruit
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cris
Love making red pepper hummus and dip with celery sticks or kale chips
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Edda Radau
Currently walnuts and apples
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Nicole
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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Cori Myles
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Karen Oppliger
My favorite healthy snack on cold winter days is OATMEAL! especially topped with cocoa, raspberries and Hemp Hearts
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michelle
MY fav snack is cashews or veggies with hummas.
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Diana
I love sprinkling hemp seeds on kale salad dressed with olive oil and sea salt. Nutrient dense and so delicious.
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Nikki Fahey
fruit and yogurt!
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carole b
a smoothie with banana and hemp protein!
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Mary Buttitta
I love anything that follows my ethical system, sustainable and humane!
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Carol M
I really like Hemp Hearts on my yogurt for a snack
Thanks for the chance.
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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.
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Donna Fraser
I love celery with nut butters , hemp sprinkles 🙂
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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.
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Pia Pedersen
My favourite healthy snack is raw veggies and dip, especially jicama!
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Amber young
I love snacking on mixed nuts and seeds, It’s delicious and easy to take on the go!
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Monica
My favorite healthy snacks are nuts <3
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Autumn D
Love a nice glass of water and vanilla yogurt with granola
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Cheryl lanier
Favorite healthy snacks include banana and peanut butter and chia seed smoothies
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Cori Myles
Congratulations Cheryl! You’re one of our winners! Please send us an email at social@well.ca with your mailing address to claim your prize.
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Melinda
I love salsa and veggies!