These easy Coconut Caramel Energy Balls are a healthy 3 ingredient snack that you can whip up in minutes in your food processor. Naturally sweetened, paleo, vegan and the perfect healthy treat both kids and adults will love.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 3 minutes
- Total time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 14
- Category: Dessert, Snack
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups coconut shreds (, small to medium shred, unsweetened and fresher the better)
- 1 heaping cup of dates (11-12)
- 1/4 cup almond butter or sun butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
Method
- Toast the coconut over a skillet until golden, keep stirring after the first minute.- Let the coconut cool for 10 mins.
- Add the coconut to food processor and process to make smaller shreds, then add the dates and process until dates are evenly distributed over the coconuts- Add the salt and the almond butter and process again until the mixture forms fat, crumbs that sticks together easily.
- If the mixture is not sticking together easily, add some more almond butter or if it is too crumbly then add a tsp of oat flour or regular flour.
- Pulse a couple of times to combine. then shape into balls.
- Store them for up to a week in the refrigerator and a month in the freezer.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.