5 Energy Ball Recipes Using Only 5 Ingredients | Healthy & Delicious!

These are my favourite snack to have on hand! They are great to bring hiking, on the go or just to satisfy that sweet craving at home.

I want to know, which one do you think would be your favourite?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 How To Make Healthy Energy Balls
1:17 How To Make Lemon Ginger Energy Balls
3:00 How To Make Cherry Cacao Nib Energy Balls
4:06 How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls
5:24 How To Make Cranberry Tahini Energy Balls
6:35 How To Make Carrot Cake Energy Balls

Recipes:

Lemon Ginger Energy Balls
1 cup roasted (unsalted) almonds
1 cup medjool dates, pitted
1/4 cup candied ginger, chopped
zest of 1 lemon
juice from 1 lemon 
1/2 cup rolled oats 

Directions:
1. Blend almonds on high in a food processor until they are finely chopped. 
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend together until a ball of dough forms. 
3. Remove dough from the food processor and roll into balls (makes approx 12 balls depending on size). Put in a sealed container and keep in fridge or freezer. 
Optional: Roll in coconut flakes 

Cherry and Cacao nib Energy balls
1 cup cashews 
1 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup cacao nibs
2 tbsp maple syrup 

Directions:
1. Blend cashews on high in a food processor until they are finely chopped. 
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend together well.
3. Remove dough from the food processor and roll into balls (makes approx 12 balls depending on size). Put in a sealed container and keep in fridge or freezer. 
Optional: Roll in cocoa powder

Peanut butter chocolate energy balls
1 cup rolled oats 
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup maple syrup 
1/4 cup vanilla protein powder
1/4 cup chocolate chips (or cacao nibs) 
Optional: pinch of salt 
1-2 tbsp of water might be needed 

Directions:
1. Blend rolled oats on high in a food processor until they are finely chopped. 
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend together well.
3. Remove dough from the food processor and roll into balls (makes approx 12 balls depending on size). Put in a sealed container and keep in fridge or freezer. 
Optional: Roll in coconut flakes or cocoa powder 

Cranberry Tahini Energy Balls
1 cup roasted (unsalted) almonds 
1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries 
1/3 cup tahini 
1/4 cup maple syrup 
1 tsp cinnamon 

Directions:
1. Blend almonds on high in a food processor until they are finely chopped. 
2. Add rest of the ingredients and blend together until a ball of dough forms. 
3. Remove dough from the food processor and roll into balls (makes approx 12 balls depending on size). Put in a sealed container and keep in fridge or freezer. 
Optional: Roll in sesame seeds

Carrot Cake Energy Balls
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup (1 large) shredded carrot 
1/2 cup medjool dates, pitted
1/2 cup walnuts 
2 tsp cinnamon 

Directions:
1. Blend rolled oats on high in a food processor until they are finely chopped. 
2. Using your food processor's grater attachment or a regular grater, grate carrots. 
3. Add grated carrot and the rest of your ingredients to the food processor and blend together well.
3. Remove dough from food processor and roll into balls (makes approx 12 balls depending on size). Put in a sealed container and keep in fridge or freezer. 
Optional: Roll in coconut flakes 

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[ginac]

I am a volunteer in a dance class for people who have Parkinsons. We take turns bringing snacks for social time after class. Last week was my turn and I made the lemon balls to share . Everyone loved them !

[akaGlaciul]

The lightswitch that went off in your head when you said "jam" while talking about the choc pb energy balls was priceless 😂

[kuzan]

Needs to be the World's vegan advocate.

[TheTammyMcDaniel]

Derek's face when he thought of putting jam on the peanut butter ones! Priceless.

[CybrDReI]

Your channel is a place I turn to when life has gotten rough, I've fallen out of self care, and I need inspiration and motivation to take care of my body and mind again so thank you for being around all these years! ❤

[alexl]

Omggg the carrot cake balls are to die for. After one taste I immediately made a double batch. I added 1 pinch of cardamom and nutmeg, and a TBS of maple syrup and it was just sweet enough and helped it bind a bit as well. It tastes almost like a baklava! Thank you!!

[Lilswamphag]

Just drove 3, 000 miles and had made a big container of these. Learned them from you a while ago and have been trying different variations. My whole family loves them. Thank you for being an inspiration!❤

[amydecker]

Derek! You have outdone yourself! That platter looks pretty enough to serve for Christmas. I may just do that this year.

[margarett_b]

Okay, the ginger lemon ones sound AMAZING, such a great idea!

[robinwallace]

I like to roll energy balls in cocoa powder

[robertaboyack]

They all sound yummy but I'm a total chocolate addict so the cacao cherry ones would be my favorite. Actually my very favorite combination is chocolate and orange, so my go-to raw balls/bars recipe is walnuts, dates, cacao powder and orange marmalade. These days I'm too lazy to roll balls so I pack the mixture into a square cake pan, refrigerate for an hour or two, and cut into squares. This way also gives me more consistent sizing for accurate nutrition tracking.

[jonhillman]

crystal and derek are smiling all the time. happy people!

[rowenaanderson]

Only Derek could impress me with energy ball recipes. He always puts in so much thought.

[universalwildling]

I adapted the first recipe by using half the almonds (I have found too many almonds can have some kind of effect on my heart… And my husband has AFib so I’m cautious to not create tachycardia lol) and subbed 1/2 cup hemp hearts.
I don’t have majool dates so used half cup pitted dates and half cup raisins.
Also used grated ginger instead of candied ginger and added a light touch of local honey (could use maple syrup too)
The results are amazeballs!!

[alidapc]

Often, I make beet balls with raw beets & dates as the main ingredients & roll them in beet powder & crushed Brazil nuts eaten as a dessert.

[c.a.simple]

Making the Tahini Cranberry! Just taste it and oh my… sooo good! Looking forward to made the others! Thank you for sharing. You guys are awesome, love to see Crystal interacting in the video.

[Punk_Rock_Grrl_Dragon]

Omg, thank you for putting the recipe in the description. That made it so easy 💛

[CassieUmali]

Definitely liked the video for you also would like to thank you for making it easier for us to take a screenshot of the recipes in the description box.

[elizabethmadness]

This has been a fun project with my six year old! So far we have made three and they are so kid friendly!

[marybrns]

I already tried the lemon ginger and the carrot cake flavored ones and absolutely love them! New staples in our household! Thank you for sharing the recipes!