Chocolate Coconut Protein Balls

A super easy chocolate protein ball recipe with a nice buckwheat crunch and rolled in shredded coconut. These have an amazing chewy texture with a nice crunch. Made with wholesome ingredients like oats, dates, and protein powder they’re fair game for a snack, dessert, and even breakfast!

Servings protein balls

Total Time 15

Ingredients

15 Medjool Dates pitted
3 tbsp Almond Milk unflavoured & unsweetened
1 cup Quick Oats
2 scoops (60 g) Protein Powder unflavoured & unsweetened
½ cup Cocoa Powder dutch processed
½ tsp Coconut Oil melted
¼ tsp Ground Cinnamon
⅛ tsp Fine Sea Salt
⅛ cup (2 tbsp) Buckwheat Groats
about ¼ cup Shredded Coconut unsweetened

Instructions

Add your pitted dates and milk to a food processor or blender and process until combined.
Add oats, protein powder, cocoa powder, melted coconut oil, ground cinnamon & salt and process until combined. Then, by hand, stir in buckwheat groats.
Roll into golf ball sized balls with your palms cupped. You might have a thin coating of the mix stick to your hands while you do this, if you do wash it off before rolling in the shredded coconut.
Use a large flat plate to put your shredded coconut on and roll your protein balls in the coconut until they are evenly coated. That's it! Enjoy :)

Equipment

Food Processor

Notes

I'm always left with unused shredded coconut that I pour it back into the package and it hasn't gone bad on me yet.

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