Kelsey Balls

So here’s the deal —Prepackaged “health bars”are just not my thing. I have found myself in situations in the outdoor world where I was SO HUNGRY that Kind bars + Larabars have tasted quite nice —but that is about it.

That being said I stalked a few bloggers on the internet and found the perfect proportions for the Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie bar recipe on PEANUT BUTTER BOY’S BLOG. Thanks NICK!!

So I went to the store + picked up the ingredients to make KELSEY BALLS.

GROCERY LIST

• Organic Salted + Roasted Peanuts
• Organic Medjool Dates —buy them whole —they are even juicier if you buy them with the pits still in them [just remember to remove the pits when chopping them]
• Organic Dried Cherries
• White Chocolate Chips [yes,I know they are not the best for you]
• Milk Chocolate Chips
• Organic Coconut Flakes
• Organic Coconut Butter

And it totally helps if you have a really great food processor or a bullet type blender.

BASIC RECIPE:

• 1/2 C chopped date pices
• 3/4 C salted + roasted peanuts

Yep. That is it.

HOW TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN:

Step 1 –

Chop Dates

Removing pits in the process if your dates have pits.

Step 2 –

Insert into blending device and pulse to a pulp —It may work better to break the 1/2 cup into 2 or 3 batches in the bullet blender instead of overloading it.

Step 3 –

Place date paste in the mixing bowl.

Step 4–

Chop up 3/4 C peanuts in the bullet blender —NO CLEANING NECESSARY FROM PREVIOUS DATE PASTE MAKING.

[Please multiply this measuring device by 3]

Make sure not to over chop the nuts or you will have PEANUT BUTTER!

If you follow STEPS 1-4 and mix up the ingredients you’ll have the fresh equivalent of a PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE LARABAR – Only it will be 3 million times more flavorful,way more nutritious AND cheaper!  

You can roll them into balls or make them into bar shapes —or any shape YOU desire for that matter.

Variation #1

• chopped cherries
• chopped white chocolate chips

This was hands down the FAVORITE variation!!

Variation #2

• chocolate chips

It was good,but didn’t blow my pants off.

Variation #3

• Chocolate chips
• Coconut chips
• Dab of Coconut butter

Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm KELSEY BALLS!!

Delicious + Nutritious!!

I set them up 9 to a container —Perfect for an afternoon outing such as climbing or biking!!

These are delicious.

These are healthy.

These are made with [mostly] whole foods.

These are not low in calories.

CHEERS!!

B+B