Date Energy Balls

• servings: 16 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup oats (any kind will do (Old-fashioned, quick-cooking etc)

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 ½ cups pitted Medjool dates (about 16)

2 tablespoons sunflower seeds

1/2 cup finely chopped pretzels (optional)

Directions

Place the oatmeal and coconut in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times until finely ground.

Add the cocoa powder, dates, sunflower seeds, and maple syrup and pulse to combine until the mixture comes together in a sort of dough. Add a few more drops of maple syrup if it's not quite coming together, and pulse again.

Roll mixture into 1 inch balls and roll in the chopped pretzels if desired.

Nutrition

• Calories: 81 kcal
• Total Fat: 3 g
• Saturated Fat: 2 g
• Sodium: 2 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 15 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 10 g
• Protein: 1 g