Orange Creamsicle Protein Balls

Orange Creamsicle Protein Balls – this one bowl, no bake no blender recipe is a brightly flavored change of pace in snacking! oil free, gluten free, vegan

You all know I love my bite size snacks.

I rely on them for a quick something before workouts, because I generally cannot eat a whole bunch beforehand.

After a workout is a whole other story on eating. Ha!

So, I always have at least a couple different protein balls or energy bites or snack bars on hand. Made quickly, usually small variations of a standard recipe.

Earlier this summer, I was craving something different.

Vibrant, bright, fruity, light.

The bright flavor in this recipe relies on an undiluted fruit concentrate.

Think frozen juice concentrate in a can.

I have been using fruit concentrates a bit recently – my Fruit Sweet Rich Fudgy Brownies have an apple base, and my Vibrant Protein Rich Pineapple Chia Pudding uses pineapple. So good – so much flavor!

These balls are so quick and easy – I have added them to the standard snacking all summer long. I just buy a can of 100% orange juice, and transfer it to freezer friendly container to keep in the freezer. I spoon out what I need when making a new batch.

The Orange Creamsicle Protein Balls look a little more natural when I use a more natural protein powder – my current favorite protein powder…

Orange Creamsicle Protein Balls

YIELD: 11-12 one inch bites

dairy, egg, soy, oil, and gluten free, vegan

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup cashew butter (or sunflower seed butter*)
3 tablespoons orange juice concentrate (undiluted, from frozen can)
1 cup vegan vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup almond flour, + extra for rolling (or oat flour, to keep nut free)

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a mixing bowl, combine cashew butter and orange juice concentrate. Stir until combined completely and smooth. *If using a nut free seed butter option, you may need to increase protein powder or flour by a tablespoon if the seed butter is runny.

Add protein powder and almond flour, stirring to combine completely.

Using your hands, roll dough into balls approximately one inch in size.

Store in covered container in refrigerator up to one week.

Bright and sweet for something different!

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ABOUT KRISTINA SLOGGETT: Kristina is spabettie! She founded spabettie in 2010 to share her vegetarian recipes. Vegetarian quickly became vegan.
As the sole recipe developer and photographer at spabettie, Kristina turned her love of cooking and creativity into an extremely fun and challenging way to spend her days – sharing just how flavorful and vibrant vegan food is!
She loves dachshunds, Portland, Hawaii, drummers – well, one drummer – and travel.

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