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No-Bake Energy Blasts

April 9, 2014

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It’s hard to believe, but I’ve continued with my daily green juice for nearly a year now. It helps jumpstart my day, but I must ‘fess up to still being hopelessly addicted to my beloved coffee. Maybe it’s the coffee voiding the green juice, but by mid-afternoon I usually need an energy boost.

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I made these no-bake energy blasts (named by one of K’s friends who happened to be over while I was typing this up) and they live up to their name. I slightly modified this recipe by replacing the honey with brown rice syrup (left over from the healthier rice crispy treats), and adding a little dried bing cherries and slivered almonds. I also bought whole flax seeds instead of ground by mistake, but it wasn’t an issue at all.

These are delicious! And kid-approved! A seven-year-old and eight-year-old both extolled the flavor, and this is after I told them that these are on the healthy side as far as snacks go. I popped one in my mouth and savored the notes of poppy seed (from the chia seeds?) mixed in with the sweet/tart zing of the dried fruit and mellow nuttiness of the pistachios and almonds. Increasingly I’m preferring brown rice syrup as a sweetener because it’s not as cloying.

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My food processor didn’t like blending the dates, syrup, chia seeds and flax seeds though. An ear-splitting grating noise exploded the first couple of seconds, then it slowly and painstakingly churned the mixture into a semi-smooth mush.

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That was the only hiccup, however, and these are so easy to make — my favorite kind of recipe. I’m piling a bunch in containers to keep in the fridge (they’re supposed to last a couple of weeks chilled). Now I’m ready for the afternoon slump!

 

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  1. heleen

    April 9, 2014 at 7:49 am

    YUM! They look delicious. I just made something up based on your rice crispy snacks, very good as well!

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    • sanae

      April 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm

      K was just asking me to make some more of the rice crispy snacks! Glad you liked them — I’ve been munching on these energy bites/blasts all day today 🙂 Love ’em.

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  2. crab&bee

    April 9, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Those look absolutely scrumptious! I think I need to make something like that for myself as well.

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    • sanae

      April 9, 2014 at 6:52 pm

      I think you’d like them, Morgan! Hope you’re having a fabulous time in Kauai!

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  3. Lucinda Poel

    April 9, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    these look like the exact kind of treat I would enjoy – yummy while also being mostly guilt-free:) But if your blender struggled (Vitamix, right?), then mine would definitely not be up to the task. Yet another reason to open the new-blender discussion with my husband:)

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    • sanae

      April 9, 2014 at 11:08 pm

      The vitamix would have been the smarter choice, but I didn’t want to have to clean out the big container for such a small amount of the date-syrup-seeds mixture, so I had used my mini food processor — it’s an old one, so it was a struggle for it but it came through! That said, I think the discussion to purchase the vitamix is a good one to have. It’s changed my life!!

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