Monday, January 26, 2015

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bites

These little balls are like healthy no bake cookies - so efficient and yet so delicious.  You can make all sorts of different versions of them - I've tried cocoa powder to make them more chocolatey, dried fruit instead of chocolate chips one day I was feeling particularly healthy, and peanut butter chips - all pretty tasty.

Ingredients:
1 cup (dry) old-fashioned oats
2/3 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 cup almond or peanut butter
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1/2 cup chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or dried fruit
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
1 tablespoon chia seeds (if you feel like it)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Cover and let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the dough gets a little more solid. Once chilled, roll into balls. (Mine were about 1" in diameter.) Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated.

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