I’m always looking for tasty additions for my porridge or my evening ‘treat’ bowl. I’m a nibbler and I love decadent snacks. Funnily enough, I never had a sweet tooth before I became a health freak though now I can’t get enough chocolate, as long as it’s of the healthy-ish variety! (85% lindt dark choc plurzzz!)

So these babies just came to me on a whim one day. I wanted to have something that I could grab straight from the fridge or freezer that would be…

a) healthy
b) quick to make
c) full of protein
D) delicious (with a capital d)

& they’re vegan!!! (see notes)

What’s great about these brownie balls is that they can be frozen (or even added into homemade ice-cream), chilled or heated in the microwave (mmm)! I’ll add them to a bowl of chopped banana, yogurt & peanut butter, a big bowl of protein oats or just grab a few on the way out the door to have before/after a workout!

They’re only around 50 calories per piece and FULL OF GOODNESS! The best thing however is that they TASTE LIKE BROWNIES!!! Healthy brownies that you can eat endlessly… with-out-the-guilt! What more could you want? Please let me know if you make these. It takes 5 minutes!

 

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Ingredients

• 150g dates
• 50g raisins
• 60g cashew butter*
• 50ml hazelnut (or alternative) milk
• 60-120g hemp protein (2 – 4 scoops, per taste)
• 30g chocolate whey protein*
• 50g dessicated coconut
• 4 tsp cacao powder
• sea salt, to taste
  Optional:
• vegan dark chocolate to melt over

Notes

*Cashew butter is expensive! I usually buy 1kg at a time from Bulk Powders (about 15 euro) as they’re cheaper than Meridian!

*I added chocolate whey which makes it UNvegan but just swap this, easy!

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Directions

• Add the dates, raisins and cashew butter to a food processor until a paste forms.
• Add the rest of the ingredients bit by bit, to figure out what flavours you prefer.
• When a thick batter forms, take a small amount in partially wet hands and roll into balls or protein bars.
• Optional: melt dark chocolate in a saucepan and drizzle over the top.
• Set aside to cool in fridge for 1 hour.
• Enjoy! I store mine in the freezer so they’ll last longer!

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Nutrition*

*per ball – yields 34 balls
*using 4 scoops of hemp protein

• Calories 48
• Protein 3g
• Fat 1.7g
• Carbs 5g