These are a great little snack when you’re on the go and need some protein. Or when you are pacing around your house with a small baby and have only one hand to get sustenance. Also good for children as a wee treat when they come home from school (although if you’re going to feed these to children under 1 year of age, replace the honey with maple syrup or something else, because botulism ain’t a joke). They were called “snack bites” on the website where I got the original idea but I think GOO BALLS is a way better term. So gooballs they will be. These ones taste like a peanut butter and jam sandwich, but you can pretty much customize these however you would like.
Your basic ingredients are as follows: 1 cup oats, 1/2 cup peanut butter (or sun butter, or whatever), and 1/4 cup honey. The rest is up to you.
I added in a few tablespoons ground flax, for health reasons.
And a handful of Reese peanut butter chips, for non-health reasons.
And some freeze-dried raspberries, because I had them on hand and they’re tasty as heck. Any dried fruit will do, provided you cut it up pretty small.
Assemble all your dry ingredients. I crumbled the raspberries in my hand so they were smaller.
Tip in the wet ingredients.
Stir!
Chill that for about 30 minutes, then take it out and roll a couple tablespoons’ worth of it into a ball. Repeat until you run out.
Store these suckers in the fridge to keep them firm and less sticky. ENJOY!
Oh my! I do have to do this! And soooooon!!!
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