Easiest chocolate energy bites
Ingredients
- 2 cups spooned and levelled (200 g) almond meal
- 3 tbsp (20 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder (I use Cacao Barry Extra Brute)
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ¼ cup (80 g) maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
- Finely chopped roasted pecans for rolling (optional, but recommended)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, measure the almond meal, then add the cocoa powder and salt, and mix well until homogenous. Add the maple syrup and vanilla paste or extract, then mix with a spoon or your hand until the mixture comes together. Be patient and don’t add any other liquids, the mixture will come together into clumps, like in the image above. When you squeeze it, it should easily stick together into a ball.
- With a small spoon or your hands, form walnut-sized balls from the mixture. Roll them in the pecans, if desired, or in more of the almond meal - rolling them in the nuts prevents the outside from drying out. Store in the refrigerator, in an airtight box or jar, for up to 2 weeks.