The following post is from Lauren of Mama’s Learning Corner:
Over a year ago, our family adopted a gluten-free lifestyle due to health issues of my daughter. I had a very hard time finding breakfast foods for us to eat that didn’t include wheat.
(I’ve since discovered a nice variety of gluten-free foods for us to eat for breakfast. Now lunch? That’s a different story!)
A dear friend of mine sent me the recipe for Homemade Energy Balls and I haven’t looked back!
Easy Breakfast: Homemade Energy Balls
Homemade Energy Balls are a perfect breakfast for my children: they’re filling, packed with protein and fiber, and the kids can get them out of the container themselves (a plus for when mom gets up late!).
While the ingredients in this recipe are not the cheapest, it is a very hearty breakfast and my children rarely ask for a snack mid-morning.
Energy Balls are a healthy breakfast that my children beg me to make! However, I only make them around once every 3 weeks so we don’t grow tired of them.
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup coconut
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup ground flax seed
- ¼ cup honey or 100% maple syrup
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Using a hand or stand mixer, mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Then roll into 1" diameter balls.
- Refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week.
- If you'd prefer, you can press the mixture into a small flat pan. Cut into squares with a thin, sharp knife after being refrigerated for several hours.
Note: I usually quadruple this recipe and then press the mixture into a 9 x 13″ glass dish. If you more than double this recipe, you’ll need to use a stand mixer when combining the ingredients.
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Lauren Hill is a happy wife and homeschooling mama to 4 little people, ages 8 to 3. In her spare time (ha!) she creates worksheets and printables for Pre-K to 2nd Graders on a variety of topics. You can follow Lauren and download all of her latest printable goodies by following her on Google + and Pinterest, where she pins daily! |
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These look great! Do you have any suggestions for how many might count as a serving? Thanks!
This is not a technical answer, however, my littlest girls (5 1/2 and 4) eat 2 balls that are golf-ball size. My 7 and 9 year olds eat 3-4 for breakfast.
If we’re using them for snacks, they only eat 1-2. They are very filling!
Great Recipe – thank you for sharing!
We call these WWE Wrestler Power Balls for my son – glutten seems to affect his moods – anger. BUT they are delicious. I even used low sugar carob syrup. Thank you! And natural pb works too… we got some from a friend moving to Mexico. USE A MIXER… unless you want the arm work-out and we used a cupcake / cookie spooner….
I see recipes like this often and wish we could enjoy them, but my Gluten intolerant person is also oat intolerant. Has anyone heard of a substitute for the oats?
Suanna, My daughter is oat intolerant also. We buy Bob’s Red Mill GF oats and she has no issues at all!
We buy them by the truck load when they go on sale at Amazon. 😉
You could also use Quinoa flakes or buckwheat flakes. They are sometimes tricky to find, but I have asked our natural foods store in the area if they can order them in and they have been very helpful.
I know this is a recipe, but would you happen to know the nutritional analysis of the recipe already made? I do WW and would like to know how many points are in each one. Thank you! We love them by the way, I just don’t want to love them too much!
Where you say 1 cup of coconut, does that mean shredded?
Thanks
Yes, shredded coconut. 🙂
Can you leave out the coconut or substitute with something else?
these sound fab I am looking to make some this week, are they freezeable?
Oh wow, these sound delicious!
Similar to Michelle above, we are not fans of coconut. Is there something else we could substitute instead?
These are Lauren’s, but we’ve made ones like this before and haven’t used coconut. So, I think they would be just fine without it. Maybe add in some extra oats to make sure they don’t get too sticky.
My son is in Grad School in Florida. He is always complaining that a healthy breakfast is hard on the run. I like to make and send him things for on the go. I was wondering if these could be shipped?
I imagine during cooler months these would ship fine, but I’m not sure about when it’s warm out.
Hi, these look delicious!
However, what could be an alternative to the peanut butter? As these would make a great recess snack at school and our schools are all nut free.
Thank you
Maybe SunButter (made with sunflower seeds) would work. 🙂
Thank you, I will try it out ????