I’ve successfully avoided the recent pumpkin madness, but this is me hopping on the bandwagon, and I have no regrets. It’s fall, dammit, and pumpkin rocks. Especially when it’s combined with dates, oats, pumpkin seeds, pecans, and lots of dark chocolate, and then rolled into adorable bite-size balls.
Seriously though, these balls! I can’t get enough! (I’m shamelessly giggling every time I type “balls.”) They’re sweet, and chewy, and nutty, and chocolate-y, and they taste remarkably like pumpkin pie, which rules. In short, each perfect bite is super-textured fall happiness in your mouth, and I’m obsessed.
You will be too…
What I love the most about these Pumpkin Pie Energy Bites (you thought I was going to say “balls,” didn’t you?) is the fact that they’re insanely nutritious. They pack more fiber than you know what to do with, lots of protein and Omega-3s, and antioxidants out the ying-yang. I even threw some magical chia seeds into the mix because you can never have too many superfoods in one place, right? The bites are also raw, vegan, gluten-free, and Dude Diet-approved, so take your shirt off! grab a can of pumpkin puree and get on board.
Oh, and as far as easy recipes go, this one’s a total winner, friends. You just throw the sticky ingredients in the food processor with some spices, pulse them a few times, stir in the oats, nuts, seeds and chocolate, and then roll the mixture into balls. There’s maybe 10 minutes hands-on time, and you’re left with 22 little bites of heaven that will keep for a week in the fridge (or infinity weeks in the freezer). Hallelujah Maggie Beauty.
I’m on a 6pm flight to Palm Beach tonight for a wedding (vamos à #cartitayjaime!), and I’ve got these bites all up in my snack pack. I hear there’s going to be a donkey carrying sacks of tequila on its back at the reception on Saturday, so I need all the superfoods I can get…
p.s. CONGRATULATIONS to Mary Curran and Briana Rosmarin, the winners of the Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen Giveaway! Thank you to all who entered and shared their awesome and hilarious tales of mastery/falure. Please know that I wanted to respond to each and every one of your comments, but I was afraid that you’d get a notification and think you had won (and most of you hadn’t Maggie beauty). Love you, mean it!