No-bake chocolate oat balls

Name: No-bake chocolate oat balls
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup oats; ½ cup sunflower seed butter; 3 tbsp maple syrup; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt; 3 tbsp desiccated coconut

Gluten-freeVegan

Mix, roll, chill. A first recipe for the youngest cooks: no knife, no heat, and very sticky hands.

Prep: 15 min
Little chef: No knives, no heat. Kids can do it on their own.

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Ingredients

Serves6

1 cup oats, 100 g check the label
½ cup sunflower seed butter, or any nut butter if nobody is allergic
3 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
3 tbsp desiccated coconut, for rolling

Steps

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Put the oats, seed butter, maple syrup, cocoa, vanilla and salt in a big bowl.
Put everything except the coconut in a bowl.
Mix with a spoon, then squeeze it together with clean hands until it sticks. If it is too dry, add 1 tablespoon of water.
Mix and squish with your hands until it sticks.
Take a spoonful at a time and roll it between your palms into a ball the size of a big marble.
Roll little balls.
Pour the coconut onto a plate and roll each ball in it.
Roll each ball in coconut.
Put the balls in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up.
Fridge for 20 minutes. Then eat!

Tips

They keep for a week in a closed box in the fridge. For gluten-free, use oats marked gluten-free.

We mark a recipe gluten-free only if every ingredient is, or is marked “check the label”. If someone has coeliac disease, always check labels and keep surfaces and tools clean.