Vangela’s BEST Crispy Protein Balls
If you’ve been hanging out with me for a minute you know I love sweets. I love making healthier alternatives including my protein balls. I have all kinds of concoctions. One of my favorite is my cookie dough ball.
I have created this new concoction below and I love them even more! Theres a couple new magic ingredients that make the texture really tasty! Like a great smoothie…It’s all about a few little things that make things so much better. By the way check out my ebook The Smoothie Habit here to learn how to perfect your smoothie and get all my fav recipes.
Ok, more about these balls.
I use these ProMix protein crisps. I found them here on Amazon. I just add them to anything I want more crunchy. I also used them in these bars here.
Another ingredient I used more of in this recipe is Mila. It’s a finely grounded Chia seed that has omegas galore! It’s a superfood of superfoods! The way the seeds are sliced are microsliced and therefore open up for more omegas and nutrition to your body. If you don’t want to use these you could try regular chia but the consistency will be a little different. Or try flax seed meal with milled chia that could work too. You can get yours and read all about Mila here.
Lastly, I really like Truvani’s Vanilla Cafe protein powder for this recipe. It gives a hint of coffee flavor but not much to notice terribly. Don’t use too much dry ingredients like protein powder because it will make the ball more dry. If that does happen, use more maple syrup and nut butter to balance out the texture.
Notes
www.vangelaclark.com
Ingredients
- 2 scoops Truvani’s Vanilla Cafe protein (or any vanilla protein)
- 1 cup dry oatmeal
- 1/2 cup Mila (or chia or flax seed meal)
- 1/4 cup Cacao Nibs (OR coffee nibs/ground)
- Sprinkle of Sea Salt
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup Lily’s no sugar dark chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup Promix protein crisps
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into bowl and use an electric hand mixer to mix up.
- The trick with these balls is you have to assess once all ingredients are mixed up if they are too dry or too wet. If too dry/crumbly (usually what I notice) add a little more peanut butter and maple syrup. The wet ingredients will help with the texture so it’s not so dry. If too wet, add a little more protein powder. Just start adding a little and mix with hand mixer.
- These are best kept in the freezer then I take them out and eat them cold. They melt in your mouth and are so delicious. Enjoy!
- Tip: I do think the type of peanut butter makes a difference. The more creamy the better the texture and not so dry. The best I have found to make balls like this is the Organic Costco brand. Love it! Just peanuts and salt. Thats it. Don’t be buying the garbage kind filled with unnecessary inflammatory oils and sugars.
Let me know if you make these. They are currently my favorite. I keep them in the freezer and then take them out to eat them right away. They melt in your mouth and are super delicious!
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