Bet the title got your attention right? I made these and John asked if I was making meatballs... ummm not so much sweets. When I told him they were apricot coconut cookies he pretended to gag and fall over. Fine then, no cookies for you and more for me! Silly melodramatic husband.These were inspired by lara bars and how they don't' have many ingredients and use dried fruit for the sweetness factor. The best part is they don't require an oven so make away on these hot sticky days!
The other inspiration for these was MaraNatha nut butters. The wonderful people there sent me a variety pack of nut butters to try and I can't wait to show you all the recipes I'm coming up with! The other bonus... they sent me 3 coupons for free jars of any variety of their nut butters to give away to my lovely readers!!! (How to enter at the bottom of the post)
I brought these into work and they came with rave reviews! Hope you enjoy them as much as I do :)
Apricot Coconut Energy Balls
recipe by steph chows
makes about 24 small balls/chunks
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup dried appricots
1/4 cup MaraNatha almond butter with a hint of sea salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Place dried apricots in a food processor (or blender if that's all you have). Process until pretty well broken up. Add in almond butter and pulse until somewhat smooth. Remove from food processor and into a bowl, stir in unsweetened coconut and cinnamon. With your fingers pinch off balls and roll between your hands. Chow!!! Place whatever you don't eat in the refrigerator for later!
Now onto the good part.. the giveaway! You have 2 ways to enter. (you can do either way or both!)
- Visit MaraNatha and tell me which variety you'd get with your coupon.
- For another chance "like" them on Facebook and then comment back here to let me know you did!
PS. More info about how to join in on the 2nd annual jam exchange coming next week!
Great little snack! And almond butter with sea salt-count me in!
ReplyDeleteYum - those look great! I love having snack recipes like this. They're great for trips, too.
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE to try their dark chocolate peanut!!! I love their almond butter, but I've never seen their pb or sunflower seed butters here.
oh, and I "like" them on FB!
ReplyDeleteLiked on facebook and I'd pick dark chocolate almond.
ReplyDeleteThese look super portable and super delicious--and you could probably customize the flavors!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to make these soooon. :D As for the nut butters, I'd go for dark chocolate almond.. or cashew.. or macadamia..they all sound so good!
ReplyDeleteLove their honey almond butter. Yum!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great treat! I would love to try their cashew butter - I've had almond and peanut, but never cashew butter. I bet it's fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI would get the cashew butter.
ReplyDeleteI love that these are no-bake treats, Steph. This is def. the right time of year for that!
ReplyDeleteI think I'd like to try MaraNatha's cashew or macadamia nut butter ... since I've never had either one.
Looking forward to the rest of your experiments!
Cashew butter for me please. I liked them on FB already.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to try the Honey Almond Butter. I mean, how can you not love peanut butter and honey!! Yum!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great little recipe. This is something I can imagine eating for an afternoon snack at work. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteNut butters are easy to make yourself: just whizz the nuts in a food processor, possibly adding a few drops of oil to help it come together as a paste. Nut butters were the Daring Cooks challenge last month, so you should see a few recipes around the blog-o-sphere. :-)
I LOVE larabars!!!! These balls are most perfect, cheaper and the sea salt is a winning addition!!!
ReplyDeleteI once found a jar of Maranthas dark chocolate almond butter...it didnt last long, it was to die for!!! I havent been able to find it since!
I would LOVE to try the chocolate almond butter.... or the cashew butter.... Noms!!
ReplyDeleteI'd like the Creamy Organic Almond Butter - No Salt.
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I like them on FB.
ReplyDeleteThe Dark Chocolate Almond Butter sounds incredible, but I am also tempted to try the Natural Almond Butter No Salt Crunchy, as well as the Natural Tahini - with Salt (Roasted). Thank you! Cee
ReplyDeleteceevegnashville [at] gmail [dot] com
dark chocolate almond spread! can't wait to make these soon :)
ReplyDelete....and i FB like them :)
ReplyDeleteChew-sing is so hard to do! I think maybe dark chocolate almond, though.
ReplyDeleteThe almond with a touch of sea salt sounds great. But I love macadamia nuts. Oh so hard to choose.
ReplyDeleteI love larabars so these little balls would be perfect for me!
ReplyDeleteplease enter me in the giveaway! I'd love to try the cashew butter or the dark chocolate almond. they have such great flavors!
I would love to get cashew or macadamia butter- or maybe even cashew-macadamia butter! That sounds heavenly!
ReplyDeletewhat a great giveaway! I've wanted to try maranatha nut butters, but they are SO expensive whenever I see them! I'd definitely want to try the sunflower seed butter. It sounds so interesting to me!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love this recipe and I have to try it! Thanks for sharing!
I would try their dark chocolate PB. Peanut butter and chocolate are my fav's so this would be an easy selection for me.
ReplyDeletethanks krista
raw AB obviously!
ReplyDeleteoh and I liked maranatha on facebook!
ReplyDeleteDark chocolate of course! And yep, I'm a fan on f/b too :)
ReplyDeleteHi Steph! I 'like' Maranatha on FaceBook. If I could win a jar, I would like to try either Sunflower, or Macadamia Butter, because they are both low in sodium. (I have little high blood pressure, gots to watch the sodium intake)
ReplyDeleteI also would like to ask, can you make Apricot Coconut Energy Balls, with different fruit? I have never eaten apricots, and fear I might not like them, my father despises them. Have you tried other fruits? any advice would be welcome, thanks. You have a wonderful blog! Dora J Crow
Montgomery, Alabama
What yummy little treats! Healthy truffles! Delicious.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for entering, posted the winners this am!
ReplyDeleteDora- wonderful to meet you and I'm so glad you like the blog! As for using something else, I'd give dates a try, I bet it would be delicious! You could also try making a super small batch with apricots to give it a try too. My mom hates mangos but I love um :) so you never know you may love them!
Thanks, Steph! I totally forgot about dates. I LOVE DATES! When my mama was alive, we used to make date nut balls, back in the day, ooh, rum balls too, and they were SOO scrumptious! I will have to try them. (You are so right about the mangos, I HATE them, the dad totally will eat them UP~~I should try the apricots!)
ReplyDeleteDora J Crow
Montgomery,AL
I liked them on facebook.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the coupon I would choose the macadamia nut butter. I have been wanting to try that for a while now.
ReplyDeletei liked them on FB and can you believe i've never had the raw almond butter?! just the crunchy! i'm really looking forward to try i'm an addict!
ReplyDeleteI would try the sunflower seed butter! Mmm. Sounds so tasty.
ReplyDeleteLiked on facebook! :)
ReplyDeleteI would try the cashew macadamia butter!
ReplyDeleteI "liked" Maranatha on facebook!
ReplyDeleteI "liked" them on facebook!
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to try their Tahini
ReplyDeleteI would like to try their sunflower butter! Looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteI "liked" them on facebook. :)
ReplyDeleteI like them on FB! And, I would love to try the dark chocolate nut butter! Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI liked them on facebook!! I would love a chance to try the coconut butter! I hear it is to die for!
ReplyDeleteI would love to try the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter... What's not to like?!
ReplyDeleteI like them on facebook!
ReplyDeleteI'd want ti try the crunhy roasted almond butter or dark choc almond!
ReplyDeleteMy husband is going on a 2 week long bike trip and I've been wanting to make a larabar type snack for him. This looks perfect...except that I don't have a food processor. Maybe I'll manage with my blender and see what happens. Looks good!
ReplyDeleteThe almond butter looks amazing! ANY of the almond butters!
ReplyDeleteI like them on facebook!
ReplyDeleteThe almond butter looks amazing! ANY of the almond butters!
ReplyDeleteI would try the sunflower seed butter! Mmm. Sounds so tasty.
ReplyDeleteI like them on facebook!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steph! I totally forgot about dates. I LOVE DATES! When my mama was alive, we used to make date nut balls, back in the day, ooh, rum balls too, and they were SOO scrumptious! I will have to try them. (You are so right about the mangos, I HATE them, the dad totally will eat them UP~~I should try the apricots!)
ReplyDeleteDora J Crow
Montgomery,AL
I liked them on facebook!! I would love a chance to try the coconut butter! I hear it is to die for!
ReplyDeleteDark chocolate of course! And yep, I'm a fan on f/b too :)
ReplyDeleteI would try their dark chocolate PB. Peanut butter and chocolate are my fav's so this would be an easy selection for me.
ReplyDeletethanks krista
I would love to get cashew or macadamia butter- or maybe even cashew-macadamia butter! That sounds heavenly!
ReplyDeleteThe almond with a touch of sea salt sounds great. But I love macadamia nuts. Oh so hard to choose.
ReplyDeleteThe Dark Chocolate Almond Butter sounds incredible, but I am also tempted to try the Natural Almond Butter No Salt Crunchy, as well as the Natural Tahini - with Salt (Roasted). Thank you! Cee
ReplyDeleteceevegnashville [at] gmail [dot] com
I like them on FB.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to try the chocolate almond butter.... or the cashew butter.... Noms!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great little recipe. This is something I can imagine eating for an afternoon snack at work. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteNut butters are easy to make yourself: just whizz the nuts in a food processor, possibly adding a few drops of oil to help it come together as a paste. Nut butters were the Daring Cooks challenge last month, so you should see a few recipes around the blog-o-sphere. :-)
Cashew butter for me please. I liked them on FB already.
ReplyDeleteI would get the cashew butter.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to make these soooon. :D As for the nut butters, I'd go for dark chocolate almond.. or cashew.. or macadamia..they all sound so good!
ReplyDeleteLiked on facebook and I'd pick dark chocolate almond.
ReplyDeleteGreat little snack! And almond butter with sea salt-count me in!
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