Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Pumpkin Energy Bites

Every road trip that we take, I always have snacks ready to make the trip go as smoothly as possible. For awhile, it felt like we were in the car for a trip every other weekend and for the past month in a half we have stayed local. It's a nice change because there's a lot of work around the house that was being put on the back burner, but I found myself missing my road trip snacks.

One of my favorite road trippin' snacks are energy bites. With our next road trip not until Thanksgiving, I decided to make a batch so I wouldn't go in complete withdrawal! I don't know if I had to change the recipe because we weren't actually road trippin' or if it was because I wanted some pumpkin, but adding the pumpkin was a great change.


Pumpkin Energy Bites

These are great little bite size snacks that I should have around the house at all times so I grab them instead of other salty snacks that I usually gravitate towards. The kids pick them up two at a time as well. Plus, dates are great to have every day. They will curb your sweet tooth, but most importantly, they are easily digested and help metabolize proteins, carbs and fats so your body can quickly benefit from all their wonderful vitamins and minerals ... and there's a lot of them!


Pumpkin Energy Bites


Pumpkin Energy Bites

Makes 15-20

15 dates, pitted
1/2 c walnuts
1/2 c pecans
1/2 c pumpkin puree
2 T chia seeds or hemp seeds
1 T maple syrup
1 t cinnamon
1/2 c coconut, unsweetened**


Mix all ingredients except for the coconut in your food processor. Refrigerate the mixture for 1-2 hours. 


Then form them into 1 inch balls and roll them in coconut.

Pumpkin Energy Bites

**If you're not a coconut fan, use a mixture of cinnamon and cocoa powder ... equally delicious!

Pumpkin Energy Bites

Pumpkin Energy Bites

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