Thin Mint Healthy Energy Bites
If you love thin mint cookies, you'll love these healthy energy bites. All the nostalgic flavor without the sugar.
Servings: 24
Calories: 166kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 small banana
- ⅓ cup nut butter creamy
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon mint extract
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves*
- 2 Tablespoons ground flax seeds
- 2 teaspoons matcha powder
- ¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- ½ cup dark chocolate chunks or 1 ½ 3oz bars rough chopped
Instructions
- Grind everything BUT chocolate in food processor until a dough forms. If dough is too sticky to work with, add additional flax 1 Tablespoon at a time. Then, pulse the chocolate into the mixture.
- Roll dough into small balls (I usually make mine a bit smaller than a ping-pong ball), and then dust with ground nuts, seeds or topping of choice.
- Store in air tight container in the fridge for a week or up to three months (if they last that long) in the freezer.
Notes
MINT: Either spearmint or peppermint will work well. Spearmint tends to have bigger leaves. You will need about 10 large leaves to equal the quarter cup.
BATTER STICKINESS: Your batter will be more or less sticky depending on whether or not your nut butter was well stirred. If you put in soupy nut butter, you may need a bit more ground flax. It’s best to thoroughly mix your jar when you first open it. I store my unopened nut butter upside down to help with this process.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 66mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g