Pumpkin season is officially in full effect now that fall is here! You’ll notice that my blog has been taken over by lots of pumpkin flavours. Therefore, to keep that theme going I created these delicious and healthy Pumpkin Protein Balls for this week’s pumpkin post!
If you don’t know this about me already, protein balls are another food group in my household. They must be always on hand for snacking, breakfast and dessert purposes.
For this month I decided to try out these Pumpkin Protein Balls and I couldn’t believe that my kids approved of them. In fact, they preferred these more than their all-time favourite, Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Balls.
A few healthy facts about these Pumpkin Protein Balls:
✔️Vegan
✔️high in protein
✔️high in fibre
✔️naturally sweetened
✔️gluten free (to make them GF I prefer these oats here)
✔️moist and delicious
✔️No-bake
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Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats (for GF option click here)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
6 pitted dates
½ cup pumpkin puree
½ cup homemade almond butter
1tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
4 TBSP pepitas (optional)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except the pepitas to a food processor and process until well combined.
- Add the pepitas and pulse 5 or 6 times in processor until they are evenly mixed through dough.
- Scoop out dough by the tablespoon and shape into individual balls.
- Store in seal tight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.
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Cheers to a healthier you!
Tricia
xo