Crunchy Caramel Apple Tree Unloose Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

Christmas may last over, but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen...and there's no improve agency to kicking off 2018 than past times enjoying some salubrious energy balls that gustation similar your favorite caramel apple!

These crunchy caramel apple energy balls genuinely happened past times accident. I was completely out of ripe bananas (insert shocked emoji here), but I was craving some of my favorite homemade unloosen energy balls. What's a gluten free girl to practice except raid her parent's kitchen, detect some leftover applesauce too create a festive recipe for unloosen energy balls?

 but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen Crunchy Caramel Apple Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

While I may non convey spent hours planning how to brand these unloosen energy bites, the combination of chewy dates, crunchy rice cereal, sweetness applesauce too spicy cinnamon is a definite win for anyone craving a sweetness snack or salubrious dessert. The applesauce too cinnamon give these unloosen energy balls some apple-pie-ish undertones spell the mashed dates offering a chewy, caramel-like flavor. As a bonus, this bliss ball recipe is gluten free, vegan, nut costless too allergy friendly. Depending on the sort of applesauce too puffed rice cereal yous select to use, yous tin easily brand these homemade unloosen energy balls refined saccharide costless equally well. And did I already advert - these unloosen energy balls are addictively delicious?!?

Ready to dive into these crunchy, chewy, gooey delights? Then get together the next ingredients:

Ingredients for 12 Medium Caramel Apple Energy Balls:

iv ounces of applesauce (make sure yous role a gluten costless too vegan version, or fifty-fifty homemade applesauce, if yous wishing these unloosen energy balls to last gluten costless too vegan!)
4-5 soaked too shredded dates
1/4 loving cup + two tbsp of flour (I used rice, quinoa too coconut flour)
1/4 loving cup puffed rice cereal (I relish Erewhon Organic's puffed rice, but whatever volition do!)
1/4 loving cup mixed seeds and/or chopped nuts (I used sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds too chia seeds)
H5N1 hearty sprinkling of cinnamon

 but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen Crunchy Caramel Apple Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

How to Whip Up Your Homemade Energy Balls 

Making these unloosen energy balls is super simple! If your dates aren't soft to the touch, laid about past times soaking your dates inwards plenty H2O to completely encompass their tops. I practice this anytime I brand unloosen energy balls alongside dates, too soaking the dates for at to the lowest degree xx minutes ever makes it a lot easier to contain them into the bliss ball batter!

Once your dates convey plumped upward some, either puree them inwards a blender or but shred/mash them alongside your fingers. When I'm making a smaller batch of unloosen energy balls or non using equally many dates inwards a dish (like alongside this recipe for unloosen energy balls), I tend to just role my hands to interruption upward the dates. It's easier, faster...and it gives me 1 less kitchen tool (AKA, my blender) to convey to build clean up!

 but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen Crunchy Caramel Apple Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

Add your mashed dates too alternative of applesauce to a medium bowl, followed past times the flours, seeds too spices. For the ultimate crunchy unloosen energy balls, mix all of those ingredients good earlier stirring inwards the puffed rice. I've institute that mixing the puffed rice likewise much volition larn inwards soggy, too thence less is to a greater extent than alongside stirring at that point! If your gluten free energy ball batter feels likewise dry, though, yous tin add together a piddling to a greater extent than applesauce or water, 1 tablespoon at a time.


As for which flours too seeds to use, at that topographic point are plenty of options. I typically similar using flours alongside to a greater extent than neutral flavors (like rice too quinoa) for my bliss balls, but since I'm a fan of coconut, I threw some kokosnoot flour inwards at that topographic point equally well. However, yous tin for sure role whatever gluten free flours yous prefer. Similarly, sunflower, pumpkin too chia seeds tasted delicious inwards my vegan unloosen energy balls too I appreciated non having to chop them up. I bet that chopped walnuts, pecans or cashews would last just equally delicious, though!

 but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen Crunchy Caramel Apple Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

Once everything is good incorporated, it's fourth dimension to larn rolling! Put your desired total of bliss ball batter betwixt your palms (I likely role some 1 tablespoon of the mix for each of my unloosen energy balls) too scroll until ball-shaped. Then, to assist these caramel apple tree unloosen energy balls laid up, identify them on a parchment-lined baking pan too popular the whole thang into my freezer for xx minutes. Once the unloosen energy balls convey frozen solid, yous tin motion them into a storage container.

Personally, I prefer keeping my homemade unloosen energy balls inwards my freezer. Not alone does this piece of occupation on them from going bad, but they convey a delightfully crunchy texture when they've been stored inwards the freezer too thawed for v or too thence minutes earlier eating. However, yous tin also piece of occupation on your festive salubrious snacks inwards your fridge. Just last sure to swallow them inside a calendar week too a one-half or too thence - if they fifty-fifty concluding that long!

 but vacation flavors are even too thence reigning supreme inwards my kitchen Crunchy Caramel Apple Energy Balls (Gluten Free, Vegan)

As always, experience costless to experiment alongside this slow snack recipe. Add to a greater extent than unlike spices or some of your favorite superfoods (if poly peptide pulverisation is your BFF, why non brand these poly peptide unloosen energy balls instead?


However yous determine to personalize these crunchy caramel apple tree unloosen energy balls, I tin hope yous this: if you're a fan of caramel apples, apple tree pie or just secretly salubrious snacks that even too thence contend to gustation similar dessert...these homemade unloosen energy balls involve to terminate upward on your vacation to-do listing (or your 2018 New Year's Resolutions)!



Are yous an applesauce fan? What vacation flavors are yous even too thence enjoying, fifty-fifty afterwards Christmas has passed? Tell me inwards the comments!

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