Carrot Cake Bites
These healthy truffles taste like you're eating little bites of carrot cake. Perfectly spiced, just the right amount of sweetness, and the white chocolate coating ties it all together! These bites are great as a snack or healthy treat or are even amazing crumbled over yogurt bowls!
Ingredients
Truffles
- 1 1/2 cups quick oats or old fashion rolled oats *use quick oats if you don't love the texture of larger oats!
- 1/2 cup almond or cashew butter *See Notes for subs
- 1/4 cup of your favorite vanilla protein powder **see notes for subs
- 2 1/2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/4-1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts *can sub brown rice cereal
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut *can omit
- 1/3 cup shredded carrots *I like to chop mine into tiny pieces so there's not huge carrot shreds in the bites!
- 1/4-1/3 cup raisins or chopped dates
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- good pinch sea salt
White chocolate coating
- 1 1/3 cups White chocolate chips
- 2 tsp coconut oil *optional. If needed to help thin the chocolate.
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the almond butter, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup. Then stir in the remaining ingredients. Note: I like to cut the carrot shreds even smaller so there aren't huge long pieces in the bites!
- Form the bites: I like to use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto a lined baking sheet, however you can also use a spoon/your hands (the dough is a little sticky, though!)
- Freeze! Place the pan in the freezer for 1-2 hours until they are completely firm.
- Dip in chocolate: once they are firm, you'll want to melt the chocolate. You can either use the double boiler method or melt it in the microwave. To melt chocolate in the microwave, place the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl. Heat in 20 second increments, stirring well between each, until smooth. Quickly dip each ball in the chocolate and return to the baking sheet.
- Place back in the freezer for 20 minutes until the chocolate is hardened. Then move to an airtight container and store in the freezer.
Notes
*You can use sunflower seed butter for a nut-free option. I don't recommend using peanut butter as it'll completely change the taste of the bites.
**You can use almond flour in place of the protein powder. If you don't want to use almond flour, 1-2 tbsp of oat flour should work. Add one at a time, as the mixture should be slightly moist/sticky.