I love making treats that I can keep in the freezer and enjoy whenever I am craving something sweet, and these are no exception! You can feel free to make these your own by adding oats in place of or in combination with shredded coconut. You can use any nut butter you’d like in place of peanut butter. You can even sweeten this mixture with maple syrup or honey in place of dates! While most of us are not making regular trips to the grocery store at this time, with strict shelter-in-place regulations, we have to get creative in the kitchen and use the ingredients we have on hand!
Ingredients:
1 cup shredded coconut
¾ cups of Medjool dates, pitted
½ cup of creamy, all-natural peanut butter (unsalted)
2 tbsp ground flax seeds
¼ tsp salt
¼ cup dark chocolate chips
2 tsp coconut oil
Directions:
Place dates in a food processor and pulse until broken down
Add in peanut butter, shredded coconut, ground flax, and salt. Pulse until combined.
Scoop out the dough and roll into balls. Place in freezer for 15 minutes.
Melt chocolate with coconut oil either in the microwave or on the stove top. Once melted, dip each peanut butter ball in chocolate.
Freeze in an air tight container.
Optional: add the chocolate chips into the dough with a spatula (after all other ingredients are combined) if you’d rather have chocolate chips instead of dipped chocolate peanut butter balls.
