My kids love bliss balls, 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) 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 treats don't always need to be sugar-laden, my gingerbread nice cream, low sugar Christmas cookies and Christmas rice salad are all great options to make with and for the kids.
Christmas Cranberry Pistachio Energy Bites
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 tablespoon white chia seeds
- 3 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¾ Cup nut butter (almond, cashew, peanut)
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ Cup white chocolate chips
- ¼ 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
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 100Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 28mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g
Please know this nutrition analysis is based on the ingredients only, this recipe has not been sent to a laboratory for independent testing
