Healthy Cookie Dough Balls
Whether you call them energy bites, cookie dough balls, or no-bake cookies, these little tasty morsels take just a few basic ingredients and turn them into a quick and easy sweet treat. Unlike regular cookie dough, the base of these chocolate chip cookie dough balls is a mixture of cashews and oats, giving them a nice dose of protein. With a little supervision at the food processor, kids can easily make these on their own. I love keeping a stash of these in the fridge, but they never seem to last long. Let’s get cooking!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
Ingredients:
1 cup raw cashews 1/2 cup rolled oats 3 Tablespoons honey 2 Tablespoons maple syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 Tablespoon unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
Method:
Step 1: Add cashews and oats to a food processor and pulse until you get a flour-like consistency. You don’t want to make cashew butter, but you don’t want any big chunks either.
Step 2: Add maple syrup, honey, vanilla, and shredded coconut (if using). Pulse and mix until it forms a ball of dough.
Step 3: Remove dough from the food processor and stir in chocolate chips or chunks by hand. At this point, I like to stick the dough in the freezer for 5 minutes or so, to make for easier rolling. Step 4: Get your clean-handed kids to come and help you roll the dough into balls. We make ours fairly small and bite-size. Sorry, no photos of us rolling – we were all too sticky!
This recipes makes about 16-18 one-inch dough balls. Store in the refrigerator or freezer. Eat and enjoy! Happy cooking with your kids! *Originally posted 4/3/13
