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My kids love energy bites, so this week we played around with one of their favourite recipes to add a Christmas twist, and this is what we ended up with Cranberry Pistachio Energy Bites.

Making Christmas Energy Bites

To make these energy bites have a festive flavour the kids and I essentially just popped on our thinking cap to come up with Red, Green and White Ingredients that we could substitute into my Apricot Chocolate Chia Energy Bite Recipe. What we came up with was Cranberries, Pistachios and White chocolate. They worked well, tasted good, although a little sweeter than the original recipe (I always find white chocolate a little sweeter than dark chocolate, but they certainly looked the part!)

This is a food processor recipe, although it should also work just with a bowl and a wooden spoon. But today so that there was no chopping involved I just did it all in the food processor.

Christmas Cranberry Pistachio Energy Bites

Author: My Kids Lick The Bowl
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 20 energy bites
Category: Snack
Method: No-Bake
Cuisine: Modern

Description

No-bake bites with Cranberry, Pistachio, White Chocolate and Chia Seeds, perfect for Christmas. These energy balls make a healthy easy snack for kids and adults alike

Ingredients

1 Cup rolled oats
3 Tbsp white chia seeds
3 Tbsp maple syrup
3/4 Cup nut butter (almond, cashew, peanut)
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 Cup white chocolate chips
1/4 cup pistachio nuts

Instructions

Place the rolled oats, maple syrup. nut butter and chia seeds in the food processor. Blitz quickly until combined
Add the cranberries, nuts, and chocolate chips, pulse until they are distributed evenly in the mix
Set the mix aside for 20 mins, this allows the chia seeds to gel a little and will mean the mix is easier to roll into balls
Scoop out tablespoonfuls and roll into balls (my tablespoons hold 15ml)
Refrigerate

Notes

Any nut butter can be used, in this recipe I find almond or cashew better as peanut butter is a little strong in flavour, but if you love peanut butter it still works
Refrigerate for up to 5 days or store in the freezer
In this recipe I have specified white chia seeds as they look a little prettier with the light coloured ingredients, but black chia seeds will work just as well

Keywords: Energy Bite, Bliss Ball, Pistachio, Cranberry , Chia seed