Vegan Carrot Cake Protein Balls Recipe

A very quick & simple vegan carrot cake balls recipe full of simple ingredients.

A great recipe to make ahead of time to have as a handy, high-protein snack to satisfy your sweet cravings.

Simply keep them in the fridge in an airtight container until you need them, or in the freezer if you want to keep them longer.

A great on-the-go snack, or as an after-dinner treat full of healthy fats when your sweet tooth decides to stop by!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Almond Butter (You can also use peanut butter)
• 100g Quick Oats (Or old-fashioned oats)
• 1 serving Vanilla protein powder
• 1 Grated Carrot (drained)
• 1 handful Dried Cranberries (You could also use raisins, goji berries, dried apricots, medjool dates – or regular dates if you’d prefer)
• 1 handful Nuts (Almonds, Walnuts, Hazelnuts…)
• 1 tablespoon Agave Nectar (Or maple syrup)
• 1 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice (or make the spice yourself with nutmeg, ginger and clove)
• 1 pinch Sea Salt
• 3 tablespoons Coconut Flakes (or shredded coconut) – Optional

Instructions

1. Place your dried fruit into a bowl and cover with boiling water for 5 minutes to soften.
2. Place the nuts into your blender and mix until they are chopped into small pieces.
3. Then place the oats and the fresh carrots into the blender and gently mix before then adding in the rest of the ingredients.
4. Mix in the blender until it makes a dough. You’ll probably have to stop the blender a few times to push the ingredients back down the sides – pulsing the blender helps with this.
5. If it’s not coming together in a crumbly dough, try adding a splash of water to help it come together.
6. Once you have the right consistency, roll the carrot bites into equal size balls on a baking sheet. This recipe should make approx 18 balls.
7. Optional – Roll the balls in some shredded coconut in a small bowl, then roll the ball in your hands to get rid of any loose coconut. Do this one by one so they don’t stick together in the bowl.
8. Keep in an airtight container in the fridge until you want to eat them.

Recipe Notes

This simple recipe full of plant-based ingredients takes approx 5 minutes to make these delicious raw bites with a chewy texture. A delicious snack and a great way to get some extra protein in your diet.

These no bake carrot cake balls are a great option when you need a nutritious snack. You could also wrap them in a little tin foil, beeswax wrap, or greaseproof paper to eat on the go!

Or, as an after-dinner treat, add one or two balls to a cookie scoop of some vegan ice cream. You won’t regret it!

This mixture should make approximately 18 balls so add more/less from the ingredients on the recipe card depending on how many you want to make. This healthy snack will keep in the fridge for about 1 week.

Making Some Changes

Of course, you don’t have to stick to this recipe for your homemade snack, you can make any flavour balls you like with just a few tweaks here and there. Create your own perfect snack depending on the flavour combinations you love.

Banana Protein Balls – For example, you could swap out the carrot for mashed banana and have banana protein balls. If you do use bananas, make sure you use more oats to make up for the extra wetness in the recipe.

Change The Protein Powder – Or perhaps swap out the vegan protein powder for a different flavour. If you wanted to make it even more carrot cake flavoured, then perhaps you could swap out the vanilla protein powder for carrot cake protein powder.

Chocolate Bliss Balls – Another option could be to use chocolate protein powder, perhaps, with a drizzle of lemon, then dipped into melted chocolate to make chocolate bliss balls. If you do this, dark chocolate works perfectly at balancing the natural sweetness. Simply place the balls in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden, then skewer the balls and dip them into the chocolate.

Leave the dipped chocolate-coated balls in the fridge to harden and enjoy the crack when you bite into them later (leave for at least 2 hours in the fridge to harden). However, keep in mind the dipped chocolate bites will melt fast once out of the fridge – won’t be a problem if you eat them as fast as we do though!