** This recipe was developed for Enjoy Life by Kendra Peterson, chef/owner of Drizzle Kitchen. To read her blog or find more of her delicious recipes, please visit her blog – Urban Tarte.
(makes approximately 25 dough balls)
ingredients:
¾ C shelled raw sunflower seeds
¾ C raw pumpkin seeds
2 T quinoa flakes
1 t ground cinnamon
¼ C + 1 T pure maple syrup
1 t pure, gluten free vanilla extract
3 T Enjoy Life Crunchy Flax Cereal
½ C Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips
directions:
Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.
Preheat oven to 350. Toast sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds for 7-8 minutes until just barely turning light brown and smelling toasted.
Cool for 15-20 minutes then pour into food processor. Pulse until lightly crushed.
Add the quinoa flakes, ground cinnamon and pulse 2-3 more times.
Add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix until it begins to come together. Pour into a bowl.
Add the Enjoy Life Crunchy Flax Cereal and the Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips and stir until well combined.
Now form the balls into 1-2 T size portions using spoons, scoop onto the lined baking sheet. Continue in this fashion until you have scooped out all the dough. Using barely damp hands, roll the portioned out dough into small balls.
Place the pan in the freezer for an hour.
Place the dough balls in a re-sealable baggie and store in the refrigerator until they are all gobbled up!
Looks yummy and healthy.. just have a tough time finding seeds that are not cross-contaminated with nuts, peanuts.. do you have any good source to get them from? thanks!!
Wow! We’ve come a long way from having just a bowl of cold ceearl. I did that for many, many years. Sometimes 2 or 3 bowls!And, of course, I can’t live without my coffee.
Hi Vandana,
Yes there is a company called Gerbs who sells pumpkin seeds free of all allergens. You can get them here- .
Good luck and happy cooking!
-Kendra
I love your recipe but i kind of changed it since i didn’t have half of the ingredients but it still worked out great!! i used nuts for the sunflower seeds, oats for the quinoa, flax seed, hemp hearts and ground gogi berries for the cereal. i did have the choc chips and maple syrup. LOVE IT.
Yum! Hemp hearts are delicious and I love that you added them to this!
-Kendra
I love the Crunchy Flax cereal with no sugar and lots of fiber. I’m also happy to know that the mini chocolate chips have no dairy either. Thanks!!
I’ll be happy to try this recipe.
These look great! I recently posted a similar recipe on my blog – using EL chocolate chips and Crunchy Flax Cereal. Yum!
http://www.mamacado.com/2012/06/no-bake-oat-balls.html