Another gut healthy recipe??
OH HELL YAS. NEXT QUESTION.
You guys know that I’m having SUCH 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 MOMENT with pumpkin spice.
Everything from Trader Joe’s pumpkin spice cream liquor ( hellooo 11AM game day ) to Starbucks’ pumpkin cream cold brew ( swapping the vanilla for SF vanilla obvi ). Every basic bitch knows that fall is our time to sprinkle an obnoxious amount of pumpkin spice into our bevvies or foods ( boozy or not ) and I think energy balls need a moment too.
TBH, I’ve been eating these energy balls since the end of August and I can’t get enough. I’m absolutely one of those girls who started sprinkling PS in my coffee in the middle of the summer and I’ve been eagerly waiting for a socially acceptable time to share this recipe.
Aside from being SO DELISH, these energy balls are fab because they promote gut health and are super filling. ( more deets here in my blueberry muffin energy ball recipe blog post ).
For my SparkNotes gals out there, these energy balls contain…
- Probiotics: the good bacteria that promotes a healthy gut
- Prebiotics: fuel for the probiotics
- Protein: for satiety & feeling full
ANYWAYS, I decided to create this recipe because it is a great OTG snack that will keep you full and your gut happy 😉
Recipe
- 1/2 cup + 2 T oat flour
- 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder ( use this brand )
- 1/4 cup cashew butter
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 Tbsp maple syrup – i use this low sugar brand
- 3 Tbsp lily’s
- 1, 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients in a medium to large bowl.
- Mix wet ingredients in a medium size bowl.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Roll into balls.
- Optional ( but *highly* recommended ): melt lily’s chocolate with a tsp of coconut oil in the microwave. Dip half of the energy ball in the chocolate.
There’s nothing spooky about these ingredients – HAH!
xx hails
