Chocolate No-Bake Energy Bites
Not only are they cheap and easy, but they are highly customizable to fit your particular mood (or the ingredients you have on hand). Want to make them healthier? Replace the sesame seeds with ground flax seed and use carob chips. Don’t like chocolate? Simply leave out the coco powder and replace the chocolate chips with raisins. Allergic to peanuts? Use almond or sun butter. You get the idea.
INGREDIENTS:
•1 cup rolled oats*
•1/2 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)
•1/3 cup honey
•1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes (sweetened works fine)
•1/2 cup sesame seeds (or ground nuts or flaxseed)
•1/2 cup chocolate chips (or raisins, mini chocolate chips, M&M’s or ground nuts)
•1/4 cup cocoa powder (optional)
•1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
•Thoroughly combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl
•Cover and chill for about an hour
•With clean hands, roll the dough into little balls about 1-inch in diameter
•Store bites in the refrigerator in a sealed container for up to 1 week
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Pancake Sausage Muffins on a Stick (Makes 20)
2 Cups of Your Favorite
Pancakes Batter
6 Breakfast Sausage Links, cooked
Accompaniments: maple syrup or honey
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place 1 tbsp of the pancake batter into greased mini muffin cups.
3. Cut the sausage into 1 inch pieces and lay flat side down in the center of each batter filled muffin cup.
4. Top sausage with another tbsp of batter in each cup.
5. Bake for 14 minutes.
6. Remove muffins from molds and poke popsicle sticks through the muffins.
7. Serve with desired accompaniment.
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