Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Protein Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup milled flaxseed or protein powder
- 1 1/2 cups oats
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- flaked sea salt (optional, but highly recommended)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients (except chocolate and salt). Mix well (you can mix by hand or in a stand mixer).
- Use a mini cookie scoop to form balls and place onto a lined baking sheet.
- Melt chocolate chips in a glass bowl at 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until melted.
- Break off the two middle prongs of a plastic fork and use that to dip each ball into the melted chocolate, letting the extra chocolate drip off the bottom.
- Place each chocolate-covered ball back onto the lined baking sheet and sprinkle immediately with flaked sea salt.
- Repeat with remaining balls.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.
Notes
You can use almond butter, or any other nut butter of choice, in place of peanut butter.
If you prefer a more cookie-dough-like texture you can replace the oats with Kodiak Cakes flour.
If you're using all-natural peanut butter, you may need to add a little more honey or some melted coconut oil to help bind the protein balls together better (if the mixture seems dry and crumbly).