I know that Valentine’s Day has already come and gone, but I think that the entire month of February should be dedicated to love and the color pink! So, to celebrate this fabulous month, I’m sharing my paleo, gluten-free, vegan, and refined-sugar-free raspberry energy ball no bake recipe. I love to make these to munch on for an afternoon snack throughout the week, and they are super portable, so they are perfect to bring to work/school. If you don’t like raspberries, I’m sure they would taste great with any other freeze-dried fruit, but I haven’t tried it yet. These vegan raspberry energy balls taste so decadent, and I love the taste of the freeze-dried raspberries. I hope you love them just as much as I do! 

Ingredients:

-1 cup hazelnuts

-2 tbsp freeze-dried raspberry powder

-2 cups pitted Medjool dates

-2 tablespoons of peanut butter

-1 heaping tablespoon of coconut oil

-4 tbsp cacao powder

Directions:

1. Blend the hazelnuts, freeze-dried raspberry powder, Medjool dates, peanut butter, coconut oil, and cacao powder in a food processor until everything has blended together.

2. Once your date mixture is nice and smooth, roll the mixture into small balls.

3. Take some of the freeze-dried raspberries and place them in a bag so that you can smash it with a rolling pin until it feels like a powder.

4. Once some of the freeze-dried raspberries have been turned into a powder, sprinkle some raspberry powder on top of each date ball! Let them set in the fridge and then enjoy these delicious vegan raspberry energy balls!

Step-by-step Photos:

Blend the hazelnuts, freeze-dried raspberry powder, Medjool dates, peanut butter, coconut oil, and cacao powder in a food processor until everything has blended together. Once your date mixture is nice and smooth, roll the mixture into small balls.

Take some of the freeze-dried raspberries and place them in a bag so that you can smash it with a rolling pin until it feels like a powder. Once some of the freeze-dried raspberries have been turned into a powder, sprinkle some raspberry powder on top of each date ball! ENJOY!