Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes yesterday! It was a great [an delicious] day and I’m excited to continue the celebrations this weekend! To kick it off, I have a tasty treat for you. I’m sure by now you all know how I feel about my protein bites. I’ve made peanut butter powerballs, dark chocolate powerballs, blueberry lemon cookie dough bites, apple pie protein bites, dark chocolate berry protein bites.. I think you catch my drift. So I was really excited when I saw this month’s Recipe ReDux topic:
Bars & Bites for Brown Bags
Whether you pack your lunch in a bento box, a brown bag or a retro cartoon character lunch box, don’t forget the bars and bites. Small squares or round bites can pack nutrition into a sweet or savory taste. Show us your favorite way to jazz up any type of lunch box.
A reason to make another flavor of bites? Done!
Carrot Cake Energy Bites
Makes 48 bites
Ingredients
– 2 cups shredded carrots
– 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
– 3 tbsp almond meal [I used Bob’s Red Mill]
– 3 tbsp coconut flour
– 1 scoop protein powder [I used Vega Sport Vanilla]
– 1/3 cup nut butter [I used Peanut Butter & Co. Old-Fashioned Crunchy]
– 1/4 cup maple syrup
– 2 tsp cinnamon
– 1/2 tsp salt
Directions
Place carrots and coconut flakes in a food processor and pulse until chunky. Add the pulsed carrots, coconut, and the rest of the ingredients into a medium bowl. Mix everything until combined thoroughly. Using a 1/2 tbsp measuring spoon, measure out and roll your bites. Store in the fridge or freezer.
Nutritional Information
Per 1/2 tbsp bite
27 Calories / 1g Fat / 3g Carbs / 2g Sugar / 1g Fiber / 1g Protein
I love using the chunky peanut butter in these.. it’s like a 2-for-1 rather than adding the nuts separately. Plus, the Old-Fashioned Crunchy is one of my favorites from PB & Co. because the only ingredients are peanuts and salt. These bites are not only great for a little pre-workout treat, they’re great to pack up and take with you on the go or in a lunch bag. They’re slightly sweet and the almond flour gives them an extra nuttiness. All this to say you should definitely make these bad boys!
If you really want to kick them up a notch, add some raisins and roll the bites in shredded coconut. Yum!
Food for Thought
What’s your favorite dessert?
Yummy! All these bites recipes are making me want to cook some….but wait, all my stuff is in boxes so I caaaaannntt! Booooooo!
How can you ask that question? That is waaaayyyy too hard for me to answer……I am gonna make one up, a blondie filled with white chocolate chips, reeses, snickers, brownie bites, raw cookie dough, and sprinkles. Does that work? 🙂
this recipe is yet another reason why i should get a food processor
Love these! So cute!
My favorite dessert happens to be carrot cake so these are made for me! Love that they are gluten-free too!
this is the flavor combo i ALMOST went with for this challenge. glad you took care of it for me 🙂 ps happy belated bday!
These are so cute! Perfect for when I’m craving carrot cake but don’t want to eat a whole slice 🙂
Oh yummy! These look fantastic and easy to put together.
Great idea and so darn cute! 🙂
I just pinned these – definitely going to need to try your balls! 😉
I love the flavors you chose for this!
!!! :D! I’ve been wanting to make all the protein bites in the world, so I’m super glad I saw this! They look so good! :]
Need a food processor!!!!!!!
Yum!!! Pinning 🙂
we were on the same wavelength this month… i just went with carrot cake’s cousin, zucchini bread! 🙂 these looks delicious!
The bites look delicious! Carrot cake is kitchen genius.
Yum yum yum!! I love how you make them so small (I’m sure there’s a terrible joke here). Looks delicious! And happy late birthday!
I love carrot cake your bites sound delicious!
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