Recipe: Carrot cake energy balls

If you love carrot cake but don’t have time to bake it, these healthy treats are a great alternative

Since the start of the year, online searches for ‘energy ball recipes’ are up 50% on TikTok in Ireland.

TikTok user @doctorbowl has gained over 287.4K views in recent months with her six ingredient Carrot Cake Energy Balls recipe which includes a nutritious mix of oats, grated carrot and peanut butter. Here’s what you need to make them:

Ingredients:

1 large carrot, grated

1 cup oat flour (blitz up oats)

1 cup desiccated coconut

3/4 cup nut butter

2 tablespoons chia seeds

1/3 cup maple syrup

Optional: 100g of white chocolate, melted

Method:

• In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together (apart from white chocolate)
  
• Roll into balls. If too wet slowly add more oat flour, if too dry slowly add more nut butter/sweetener
  
• Melt white chocolate, and roll a few of the balls in chocolate.
  
• Refrigerate until set

@doctorbowl RECIPE BELOW 👇🏽 🥕 CARROT CAKE ENERGY BALLS 🥕 If you love carrot cake but can’t be bothered to bake, then these carrot cake energy balls are the next best thing 😋 Now Jr Bowl detests carrots, but let me tell, she demolished these! They are also such a fun activity for kids to make too. All you need is 6 ingredients, 5 minutes and 1 minute to devour them. Enjoy 🥕 DB x INGREDIENTS ▪️1 large carrot, grated ▪️1 cup oat flour (blitz up oats) ▪️1 cup desiccated coconut ▪️3/4 cup nut butter ▪️2 tablespoons chia seeds ▪️1/3 cup maple syrup Optional: 100g of white chocolate, melted METHOD ▪️In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together (apart from white chocolate) ▪️Roll into balls. If too wet slowly add more oat flour, if too dry slowly add more nut butter/sweetener ▪️Melt white chocolate, and roll a few of the balls in chocolate. Refrigerate until set #carrotcake #carrotcakeenergyballs #carrotcakeballs #carrotcakerecipe #energyballs #easyrecipe #healthyrecipes #quickrecipes ♬ Nights by Swell – Jazz