Energy Balls, The Perfect Food for Hiking, Canoeing and Camping

These energy balls have powered me across thousands of miles of northern wilderness and are a staple for every trip I've done in the last 5 years. The recipe below is very forgiving: you really can add almost anything to the mix. You're NOT making fine French pasteries where a single extra tablespoon of an ingredient ruins the whole thing. So feel free to experiment, substitute and add additional ingredients.
Here’s the list of ingredients you'll need...
450 grams fresh, pitted dates
900 grams almond butter
400 grams rolled oats
200 grams almond flour
50 to 100 grams finely shredded unsweetened coconut
2 cups chocolate chips
1 to 2 cups maple syrup
Water as needed
1 to 2 cups sesame seeds
The first step is to make a paste from the dates and the almond butter. This paste forms the matrix into which you then put everything else.
Use a strong food processor to mash everything into a paste.
The next step is to add the extra ingredients. In today’s variation that means adding the oats, almond flour and chocolate chips and then mixing everything by hand.
The next step is to mould the mixture into golf-ball sized orbs. If your mixture doesn’t stick together very well you may need to moisten it by sprinkling some water in and mixing it by hand.
Then roll the balls in sesame seeds which adds some extra flavour and prevents the balls from sticking together.
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Cheers,
Stephan Kesting

[@Alienshark]

Awesome. I’m gonna try!

[@TheDOS]

Of course Kesting has delicious energetic balls!
Jokes aside, thank you, as always good content :)

[@essentialwilderness]

I’m glad you like them and I work at a Firehall so I’ve heard much, much worse

[@ICFUBAR]

Calorie filled edition. My preference would be Adam's non hydrogenated PB and some other nut flour than almond which contains cyanide. Sort of an expanded more healthy recipe for Christmas Rum Balls.