Chocolate Energy Bites

When your kid needs an healthy boost of energy, these Chocolate Bites are a wonderful idea!

No bake, no refined sugars, no gluten….loaded with more than 10 healthy and nutritious ingredients, without mentioning the lovely chocolate taste! It’s a win-win situation: kids love them + moms love them.

The procedure is so simple that your older kids can make them by themselves 😉 I like to roll half of the bites in coconut flakes for my Luca (he likes a more crunchy texture) and leave the other half plain (Alex likes a more smooth and creamy surface).

You can prepare a nice batch, store it in an air tight container and keep the Energy Bites in the refrigerator for up to 1 months…but I’m sure they will be gone way before that 😉

Another plus of this recipe: you can size the bites following your kid’s appetite. Small or giant balls, you decide!

The bites are naturally sweetened by dried fruit: I used super soft and sweet dried apricots from the Farmer’s Market, but you can switch with any dried fruit you like.

I also used 70% cocoa chocolate chips as I like strong dark chocolate, but you can pick up the cocoa % you like.

This is a super toddler friendly recipe.

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Chocolate Energy Bites

Ingredients

• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ⅓ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• ½ cup ground flaxseed
• ⅓ cup dried apricots finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• ½ cup chopped dark chocolate
• dash of salt
• ½ cup almond butter
• ⅓ cup honey
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅓ unsweetened shredded coconut for coating

Instructions

1. Chop the apricots and the chocolate. Set apart.
   
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3. In a big bowl mix together the dry ingredients: oats, cocoa powder, 1/3 cup coconut, ground flaxseed, apricots, chia seeds, chocolate and salt.
   
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5. In another small bowl place the almond butter, honey and coconut oil. Warm up in the microwave: 40 seconds total, stirring after every 20 sec. until completely melted and combined. Add in vanilla.
   
6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones and stir well.
   
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8. With your hands create small balls and coat half of them with the remaining coconut.
   
9. My Alex doesn’t like coconut flakes, so I fairly not coated 50% of the energy balls 😉
10. Place in the refrigerator for 30 min to get firm. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1 month…but I’m sure they will be gone in less than 1 week!!!