These superfood energy balls are made with hemp, almond butter, puffed rice, and spirulina powder. Make these in less than 10 minutes, with no cooking required. They're the perfect after school or on-the-go snack!
Wanting to add some more greens to your diet? Try my green goddess dip, green juice in a blender, and simple green smoothie.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Almond butter: swap the almond butter for any seed or nut butter you like, as long as it's unsweetened.
- Maca: omit or replace with another super-powder like lacuma, moringa, or even matcha.
- Crispy brown rice cereal: this can be replaced with any other crispy puffed cereal.
- Maple syrup: swap with another liquid sweetener like date or coconut.
Top Tips
- Use wet hands: when rolling out the balls, if you find them too sticky, give your hands a quick rinse under the tap and keep rolling.
- Sweeten to taste: you can adjust the amount of maple syrup added to suit your preference, but note that you might have to add a splash of water if you're reducing it a lot.
- Use fresh almond butter: the dry stuff at the bottom of a jar will be too dry here, and will prevent the energy balls from sticking together properly.
How to Store
Storage: keep the balls in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.
Freezing: store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to three months.
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Recipe
Spirulina Superfood Energy Balls
Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- 2 mixing bowls
Ingredients
- ½ cup almond butter
- ¼ cup hemp hearts
- ½ cup dried unsweetened coconut plus extra for rolling
- ½ cup oats coarsely ground in food processor
- 1 cup crispy brown rice cereal
- 1 tablespoon spirulina powder
- 1 teaspoon maca
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- A pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- In one bowl combine the hemp hearts, coconut, oats, brown rice cereal, and salt.
- In another bowl combine the almond butter, spirulina, maca, and maple syrup. Be sure to mix in the spirulina well with the other ingredients.
- Combine the almond butter mixture with the coconut mixture and thoroughly combine.
- Take a golf ball size amount of the mixture and squeeze it into a ball, then roll in the extra coconut. Continue until all the mixture is used up. Store in the refrigerator.
Hi!
I was looking for a recipe where I could combine my newly purchased ashwagandha powder and blend of 10 medicinal mushroom powder into together. I used 1 tablespoon of ashwagandha root and 1 teaspoon of mushroom powder, instead of the spirulina and maca powder. I also substituted peanut for the almond butter. The recipe made 26 spheres that went straight into the freezer.
How long is the shelf life for these energy bites?
I am wondering what we can substitute for the rice cereal?
Any puffed cereal should work. Try puffed quinoa, millet, or kamut. If none of those are available for you, you can always break up rice cakes and use them instead.
I am wondering what we can substitute for the rice cereal?
all the hearts for you, Andres! Thanks a million <3 <3 <3
u rock sophie keep doing ur stuff
I just found this flax with Chia cereal that I'm going to try. http://enjoylifefoods.com/our-food/cereal/crunchy-flax-with-chia/
Awesome, I'm happy you liked them!
I just found this flax with Chia cereal that I'm going to try.
http://enjoylifefoods.com/our-food/cereal/crunchy-flax-with-chia/
The almond butter I bought was really low on oil content so the balls were crumbly. I added a little coconut oil and flax seed oil to soften them up.
Thanks for this recipe!
I subbed an organic sweet potato cereal flakes, which I coarsely crushed!
I am wondering what we can substitute for the rice cereal?
How long is the shelf life for these energy bites? 5 days?
Thanks! I'm so happy you like the post 🙂
Thanks! I'm so happy you like the post 🙂
Those are good snacks
great recipe, thank you!
sophie you're so good at stuff! I love the back to school idea - if you ever have children their lunchbox will be the envy of every other child.