Description
These Gingerbread Energy Balls are a delicious little Christmas snack with homemade gingerbread spice, full of lots of warming spices. You can either serve them as a snack or as easy no-bake Christmas cookies, and they're freezer-friendly!
Ingredients
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- 2 cups rolled oats
- 4 tsp Christmas Spice (or Gingerbread Spice)
- 2 tbsp cacao powder (plus more for rolling)
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
- 3/4 cup almond butter (I use roasted almond butter)
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp molasses (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add rolled oats, Christmas spice, cacao powder, and fine sea salt to a food processor and pulse until it forms coarse flour.
- Add almond butter, maple syrup, molasses if using, and vanilla extract. Blend until it’s completely mixed, and it resembles cookie dough. The dough will be quite oily because the almond butter releases oils as it blends. This is normal and unavoidable. It will happen more with roasted almond butter.
- Take the mixture out of the food processor and roll it into small balls with your hands. It should make about 35 balls.
- You can either stop here or roll them in cacao powder. I like doing this because it adds chocolate flavor and soaks up the oil from the almonds on the outside.
- To add even more flavor to the coating, mix about 2 tbsp of cacao powder with ¼ tsp of Christmas spice and roll the energy balls in it, brushing off any excess with your fingers. Enjoy!
Notes
Storing: Store the energy balls in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week or in the freezer for 4-5 months. I recommend the freezer because they stay fresh for longer and are easy to defrost.
Defrosting: Defrost in the fridge for a few hours or at room temperature for 30 minutes.