Weeknight Peanut Butter and Jelly Energy Balls
- Yield 15 balls
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 15 minutes
- Total 20 minutes
Weeknight Peanut Butter and Jelly Energy Balls sits in the Desserts section of Regbie. The card serves 15 balls. Plan on 20 minutes from the first measure to the plate. The amounts and the method are both written on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 15 balls
- ½ cup dry-roasted unsalted almonds
- 1 cup pitted and chopped dried Medjool dates
- Diamond Crystal brand kosher salt
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted in a 300°F oven until the edges turn golden, about 3 minutes
Method
Pulse the freeze-dried strawberries in a food processor until it forms a powder. Let the pink dust settle.
Turn in the almonds. Pulse to roughly chop the almonds. Move the chopped almonds and strawberry powder to another bowl.
Throw the dates into the now-empty food processor bowl, and pulse a few times to roughly chop up the pieces. Then, pulverize the dates until they form a sticky ball that thwacks against the side of the work bowl. (If your dates are especially dry, you can add a few drops of water to get the right consistency.)
Tip in the strawberry powder, almonds, and a pinch of salt to the sticky date paste in the food processor bowl. Pulse a few times until combined. The result should be a dense mass that comes together as a nutty dough. If it doesn’t come together, add a few drops of water and pulse again!
Pinch off about a tablespoon of the dough and roll it in your palms to form a smooth ball. Repeat ’til you’re out of dough.
Put the toasted shredded coconut in a shallow plate or a piece of parchment paper. Turn each of the balls into the coconut, making sure to coat the entire surface.
You can refrigerate your balls in a covered container for up to 1 week, or freeze ’em for up to a month.
Kitchen notes
- Feel free to substitute another freeze-dried fruit of your choice for the strawberries to mix things up.
- The cook’ve had great success blitzing up these energy balls with freeze-dried blueberries and raspberries.
- Also, if your dates have been hanging out in your pantry for a while and are no longer super moist, add a few drops of water when you’re blending them together, and your balls will form beautifully!
