Category: Sweet Balls

The balls are very similar to my flax and pumpkin seed balls, they just highlight different seeds. Both are fantastic snacks or desserts that satisfy a chocolate craving without being too indulgent.

Makes 15 balls:

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup Sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup Sesame seed butter (tahini)
• 1/4 cup coconut oil or grass-fed ghee
• 2 TB cacao powder
• (optional 1/4 tsp mushroom powder, I used lions mane in the batch pictured below)
• a large pinch of sea salt
• 1/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup
• 1/8 tsp vanilla

1. Blend oats and sunflower seeds into a chunky flour using a Vitamix (or another high-powered blender of your choice). Pour the chunky flour into a bowl.
2. Blend tahini, coconut oil or ghee, cacao powder, optional mushroom powder, sea salt, honey or maple syrup and vanilla in the same blender bowl (without washing it in between).
3. Remove the cacao mixture into the bowl containing the chunky flour. Stir it together and form the dough into balls using a spoon or portion scoop.
4. Freeze the balls on a parchment lined plate or cutting board for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove balls to a storage container and store in the refrigerator.

*please use organic ingredients, if possible.

To make this recipe vegan dairy free, make sure to use coconut oil instead of ghee.

Below pictures are after freezing the balls for 30 minutes:

These balls make a great little snack or dessert that satisfies a chocolate craving without being too indulgent. They are full of healthy fats and seeds and taste yummy!

Makes 16 balls (each ball has about one teaspoon of honey in it):

• 1/4 cup flax seeds
• 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 cup coconut oil or grass-fed ghee
• 1/4 cup coconut manna (butter), almond butter or grass-fed ghee
• 1/3 cup raw honey, I suggest a light honey (like wildflower) or maple syrup
• 2 TB cacao powder
• very large pinch of (pink) sea salt
• 1/8 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 cup oats

1. Blend flax seeds and pumpkin seeds into a powder using your Vitamix (or another high powered blender of your choice). Remove seed powder into a mixing bowl.
2. Without washing the blender, add coconut oil or ghee, coconut manna or almond butter or ghee, honey or maple syrup, cacao powder, salt and vanilla. Blend on high until well combined.
3. Remove honey cacao mixture into the bowl with the flax and pumpkin seeds and stir to combine. Stir in the pumpkin seeds and oats.
4. Form the dough into balls using a spoon or portion scoop and place onto a parchment lined plate or cutting board. Freeze for 30 minutes.
5. Remove balls from parchment and place into storage container. Store in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

*please use organic ingredients, if possible.

**make sure to use raw honey. CAP Beauty is my absolute favorite coconut butter or manna brand!

To make this recipe vegan and dairy free, use coconut butter or almond butter instead of ghee.

This recipe requires basic culinary skill levels. Click to read about how I rate the difficulty of my recipes.

The green ingredient is matcha coconut manna (or butter). CAP brand coconut manna is the absolute best and they have matcha and berry coconut manna (along with plain). All would work well in this recipe. While I would usually use plain coconut manna here, I really enjoyed the matcha version. Matcha is a green tea very high in antioxidants. This was a fun way to sneak some matcha into our day!