pinterest recipe: protein snack balls

Who doesn't love the world of Pinterest and browsing it for new ideas for food, organizing, crafts, etc.?  I do.  However, I'm not great at following through on completing many of the projects/recipes I pin.  So... with the new year, I thought why not start trying to make one of those great recipes I pin once/week?  Hopefully posting the recipes I try on here will help keep me accountable to it.

I had a friend make a version of those yummy looking protein/snack balls that are floating around Pinterest.  Hers were delicious, so I thought that would be a great first recipe to try...  this is the recipe that I modified from Pinterest.  And let me just tell you that these are yum-o and dangerous.  They are just healthy enough that you don't really feel bad for eating them, but know that they are full of calories with all the almond butter, flax, and coconut oil.  They are the perfect little breakfast, after lunch dessert, afternoon snack, late night snack... ok, I eat them all day long.  My husband and son loved them too, so that helped me eat not quite all of them.  :)

protein snack balls

Ingredients:
1 c. almond butter (or peanut butter)
1 c. oats
1 c. shredded coconut
1/3 c. honey
1/4 c. ground flax seed
1/4 c. peanut butter
3-4 T. coconut oil
1 scoop protein powder (optional)
2 tsp vanilla
sprinkle of cinnamon

Instructions:
Stir together the almond butter, peanut butter, coconut oil, and vanilla.  Add remaining ingredients and stir until combined.  Add more almond butter/oil if mixture isn't sticking together, or more oats/coconut if there seems to be too much almond butter.*  Roll into 1 - 1 1/2" balls and refrigerate.

* The mixture was kind of crumbly when I made them, but once I started rolling it into balls it stuck together, so I would recommend "testing" the mixture and see if it forms balls before modifying.

Makes 2 dozen balls.