Get the recipe: Funfetti Energy Bites for Kids
It's so easy to make these funfetti energy balls for kids! It takes just 10 minutes to make a batch and they make for a fun and tasty snack for your little ones!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter (see notes)
- 1/3 cup honey, agave nectar or maple syrup (see notes)
- 2 tbsp hemp, chia or flax seeds (see notes)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
Instructions
- Place the oats, peanut butter, sweetener, seeds, vanilla extract and salt into a food processor.
- Process in 10-20 second intervals, scraping down sides, until the ingredients are mixed and still slightly chunky (see photos for reference).
- Pour this base mixture into a medium bowl and stir in the chocolate chips and sprinkles.
- I find that by placing the bowl in the fridge for 20-30 minutes helps firm the dough up and is easier to roll into balls. But you can also just roll them into balls at this step.
- Scoop the mixture out of the bowl with a cookie scoop and roll the mixture into 1" balls. Repeat this process until all the dough is formed into balls.
Notes
Age: 12 months and up
Yield: roughly 18 - 1" balls
Storage: place in an air-tight container in your fridge for up to 1 week.
Note on Peanut Butter: you can make these energy balls with any nut or seed butter you prefer - almond, cashew or sunbutter. The taste will be slighly different when using each butter.
Note on Oats: to make these gluten-free, make sure to use a certified gluten-free brand of oats.
Note on Sweetener: you can use any sticky sweetener for these energy balls - honey, agave nectar or maple syrup.
COOKING WITH KIDS
You can easily have your toddlers and kids help make these fun and healthy Funfetti Energy Balls!
TODDLERS
- Toddlers can help measure and pour the ingredients into the food processor. or you can measure and they can pour. Note: make sure to talk about not touching the food processor blade, as it can be sharp.
- They can help put the lid on the food processor and push start.
- You can have them help you count to 10, and then push stop.
- Once you remove the blade, toddlers can assist in transferring the base of the energy balls to a medium bowl.
- Toddlers will definitely want to help measure and pour the chocolate chip and sprinkles into the bowl (while testing them out of course 😉).
- Once mixed and chilled, toddlers can help you roll the energy balls out. Theirs will not look like balls and they might eat half of the batch on the spot, but that is all part of the fun.
KIDS
- You can pretty much let older kids make this recipe by themselves.
- They can take out and measure all of the ingredients. Note: make sure to talk about not touching the food processor blade, as it can be sharp.
- Once mixed and chilled, kids can roll the energy balls by themselves or with a little assistance from you.
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