Saturday, I tried out these yummy energy balls. My friend, Noel, posted a link to the recipe she found on Pintrest on my Inspired2GetFit Facebook page. Here is my tweak:
No-Bake Energy Bites
4 cup oatmeal
1 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)
1/3 cup honey (I used local raw honey)
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 tsp vanilla
I just mixed all of my wet ingredients together, then I added the oatmeal and ground flax seed. I rolled the ingredients into little balls the size of a gumball and put them on a paper plate. I stuck them in the freezer for about an hour but I think you could do it for less time. 
The original recipe said you could store these in the fridge for up to a week. I'm thinking p'sha! How would they ever last a week? We had them gone in about 2 days.
Hubby and I tasted the batter while it was still warm and we definitely like it better nice and cold. Hubby is having a hard time with raw oatmeal. I am so used to it that the texture doesn't bother me. After we had them in the freezer and he took a few, he couldn't keep his hands off them. 
The original author of this recipe had different ratios of ingredients and a few extra add ins. I found the original recipe too sweet for my taste so that is why the quantity is larger with the ingredients. Here is the original recipe. I tried to go plain with my first round so I could have a wider audience in my house try them. One doesn't like chocolate (which would have been divine) and the others don't like dried cranberries (which would have been divine as well!)
I thought about putting some Chia seeds in there too...so many possibilities!
What do you think? I seriously agree with the original poster....you really can't just eat one!
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