Carrot Energy Balls With Dates – Healthy, Easy No-Bake Snack Recipe

These Carrot Cake Energy Balls are a simple vegan protein snack that can be made in just 15 minutes and have all the tastes of carrot cake without the burden of hours-long preparation. They require no baking and taste wonderful with carrot and nuts infusion and will quickly become your new favorite if you enjoy the taste of an egg-free carrot cake! Plus, it’ll give your day a boost of nutritious energy that tastes delicious and is satisfying.

Lovers of carrot cake, here is your perfect easier recipe! These high-protein carrot cake energy bits are ideal as a late-afternoon snack with a cup of tea or coffee, or as an on-the-go breakfast!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Healthy, refined sugar-free snack– These healthy, Carrot Energy Balls are prepared with healthy ingredients only, no refined sugar, margarine or any other artificial sweetener. They’re ideal for snack time since dates and raisins naturally sweeten them.

No-bake/Freezer-friendly

Easy & quick to prepare – The best thing about these Carrot Energy Balls is that they require o special ingredients and no speicial preparation process. Just mix all the ingredients together, create balls and roll them into shredded coconut or the remaining ground walnuts and carrots.

They are nourishing. Made with walnuts, dates, shredded carrots, and warming spices, these energy balls will leave you feeling satisfied, with plenty of fiber and healthy fats in each bite.

Ingredients You Need

Carrots – Naturally, as this is a raw Carrot Cake Energy Ball recipe, fresh carrots are required. Make sure you’re getting the fresh ones from your garden or frm the farmer’s market.

Dates – Medjool dates are often more expensive than the regular dates, but you can use any type you have at hand. They are a wonderful natural refined sugar substitute! Before using your dates in this recipe, soak them in hot water for 5-10 minutes so they can be peeled easier. To prevent adding too much water to the food processor and overly softening the carrot cake balls, make sure to thoroughly drain before adding them.

Raisins – You can add draied raisins into the blending mix if the mixture is not sweet enough for your preferences.

Walnuts – You can also use some other nut substitutes like ground almonds or hazelnuts, but they’re much harder to blend than the walnuts.

Oats – If a gluten-free alternative is required, use oats that have been certified gluten-free. Although oats are inherently gluten-free, certain of their products may be contaminated by non-gluten-free ingredients due to processing facilities.

Ground Flaxseed (Flax Meal) – Flaxseed is a good source of many nutrients, including protein, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, thiamine, and copper. It’s such a nutritios addition that will fit perfectly with this ball mixture. (1)

Peanut Butter – Use the unsweetened peanut butter, ideally homemade (just blend unsalted peanuts in a blender until smooth). You can also use some other nut butter like hazelnut or almond. Just keep in mind to choose nut butters free of artificial additives, partly hydrogenated or trans fats, and added sugar. “Peanuts” or “almonds” are the only ingredients that need be included on the label (and maybe a teaspoon of salt).

Shredded coconut – Used for coating the Carrot Cake Balls. They’re completely optional, and not required since I sometimes love to just coat them in remaining ground walnuts and carrots.

Cinnamon – A pinch of cinnamon will bring out every flavor of carrot cake!

How To Make

Step 1: Using the S blade attachment, place the peeled carrot slices in a food processor and process on high speed until the carrots are small and well-grated.

Step 2: Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add all the dry ingredients (oats, ground flaxseed, walnuts, cinnamon) to the same food processor bowl and process until the mixture becomes fine flour. Add the remaining ingredients grated carrots, dates, raisins, and peanut butter.

Step 3: Repeat processing until a sticky batter is formed. If it’s too dry, process to integrate with a little more maple syrup or plain water.

Step 4: Form little energy bites using a small cookie dough scoop, then coat them with desiccated coconut and serve!

Tips For Making The Carrot Energy Balls

Dates Tips – If your dates aren’t really soft and mushy, soak them for 10 minutes in a warm water, then drain and pit them.

Measuring – To ensure an exact measurement, pack your half cup of dates firmly if you don’t have a scale. However, there may be some variations of the amount of ingredients, so, you can just add or omit some ingredients until you get the mixture that is not too crumbly and not too soft (and unable to hold a ball).

Ball creation – Try mixing the dough for a little while longer to allow all the components to break down further and get sticky if it isn’t sticking together.

What To Do If Balls Are Too Sticky?

Try adding extra rolled oats to the carrot cake bliss ball mixture if it’s too sticky.