Sugar Free Carrot Cake Bites – Healthy Snack Ideas
Looking for healthy snack ideas? You need to try these delicious sugar-free Healthy Carrot Cake Bites! Perfect for pregnant Moms & as a baby snack idea too.
Ingredients
- 90 g 1 cup oats
- 30 g 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 50 g 1/2 cup desiccated coconut (or an extra half cup of oats for coconut free)
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 12 dried apricots soaked in hot water for 10 minutes
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 120 g 3/4 cup grated carrot
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- To serve; extra desiccated coconut optional
Method
- Add the oats, pumpkin seeds, coconut (if using), ginger and cinnamon to a food processor and blend until the pumpkin seeds and oats are completely broken apart and resemble a fine flour.
- Then, add the soaked apricots, chia seeds and carrot and blend again until the apricots and carrot are also broken apart. The dough should start to form into a ball in the food processor.
- Finally, add the coconut oil and peanut butter to the blender and blend until fully combined.
- Take a tablespoon of the mixture and roll into a ball, then coat in a little extra coconut if using. Repeat until the mixture is all used. Refrigerate for an hour until set.
- Store in the fridge until ready to eat!
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