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Ingredients
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 1/2 cups chocolate chips (optional)
- 1/3 cups honey
- 1/2 cups ground flaxseed or wheat germ
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour. Once chilled, roll into balls of whatever size you would like. (Mine were about 1-inch in diameter.)
Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week. Makes approximately 20 servings. Serving size of 1 bite.
Tip: Substitution ideas abound for just about any of these ingredients! Feel free to substitute in your favorite nut butter (almond butter, sunflower seed butter, etc.) for the peanut butter. And you could also add in some wheat germ in place of some or all of the flaxseed. I would caution, though, against substituting agave nectar for the honey, as the honey’s thickness helps hold things together.
Some other fun substitutions for the chocolate chips (or an addition to them) could include:
Chopped dried fruit (apricots, dates, raisins, etc.)
Dried berries (cranberries, cherries, etc.)
Chopped almonds, pecans, walnuts, or sunflower seeds
Other chips (butterscotch, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, M&Ms, etc.)
Other grains (different kinds of oatmeal, rice cereal, etc.)