You’ll love keeping a stash of low carb keto energy balls around… they are one of my favorite low carb sweet snacks for the ketogenic diet. They’ll fill you up and also satisfy your sweet tooth! Plus, these keto bites are made with simple and nutritious ingredients, and the best flavor combination… peanut butter and chocolate! If you love this combo as much as I do, give my chocolate peanut butter smoothie, chocolate peanut butter fat bombs, or chocolate chip peanut butter protein cookies a try.
How To Make Keto Energy Balls
Pulse almonds. Place almonds in food processor and pulse until you have a mixture of chopped almonds and almond meal.Mix dry ingredients. Add shredded coconut, flaxseed meal, and salt. Pulse a few times until uniform.Add wet ingredients. Add peanut butter, Wholesome Yum Keto Maple Syrup, and vanilla. Pulse again until uniform.
Fold. Use a spatula to fold in chocolate chips.
TIP: You can remove the blade to make folding easier. This will also protect your spatula… or transfer to a bowl and mix there.
Get Wholesome Yum Keto Maple Syrup Here
And of course, the syrup is delicious on all your favorite keto breakfast foods – keto pancakes, chaffles, and waffles! (Make your pancakes even easier with pre-made keto pancake mix.)
Form. Use a small cookie scoop and your hands to grab the dough and form the keto power bites into 1-inch balls and place on parchment paper.
Are energy balls low carb?
Most energy balls are made with high-carb ingredients like oats, dried fruit, and honey or maple syrup, so would not be low carb or keto friendly. These low carb no bake energy balls are made with keto friendly ingredients like almonds, coconut, flaxseed, peanut butter, keto maple syrup, and sugar-free dark chocolate chips.
Are these peanut butter energy balls keto?
Yes, the carb counts in energy bites will vary recipe to recipe, but because we are using lower-carb ingredients in this recipe, they are just 1.7 grams net carbs each.
Can I make them nut-free?
Yes. If you have an allergy to tree nuts, you can swap the almonds with sunflower seeds and swap the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.
Can I use something else instead of the maple syrup?
This recipe uses Wholesome Yum Keto Maple Syrup to sweeten and bind the energy balls. Other sugar-free maple syrup brands should work if they have the same thick consistency, but this is the only one that has a real maple syrup taste and natural ingredients. You can also try using this sugar-free maple syrup recipe, but I haven’t tested it to confirm if it works as well. Don’t use regular maple syrup, as that would be high in sugar. If you don’t want to use a maple syrup at all, you can’t replace it with a granulated or powdered sweetener without changing the consistency. But, you can use a different liquid sweetener with a similar consistency, if you like. Sugar-free simple syrup or even sugar-free vanilla syrup would also be delicious!
Variations
Peanut – Swap the almonds for peanuts. (Or add a boost of protein by making peanut butter protein balls.)Nut-Free – Use sunflower seeds instead of almonds and sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter.Double Chocolate – Replace 2 tablespoons of the flaxseed meal with cocoa powder.Snickerdoodle – Add a couple teaspoons of cinnamon and omit the chocolate chips.
Storage Instructions
Make ahead: These keto no bake energy balls are a perfect make-ahead snack. While you can eat them right away, they are also easy to store in a glass storage container.Store: Keep your keto bites in the fridge for up to 1 week.Freeze: You can keep the bites in the freezer for 3-6 months. Take them out to thaw slightly before biting in!
More Keto Snack Recipes
If you like this low carb energy balls recipe, you might also like some of these other keto snack recipes:
Keto Granola Bars – You can wrap these individually and store in your pantry. Convenient and delicious!Keto Cookie Dough Bites – Just 10 minutes to prep these sweet bites that have just 1.5 grams net carbs each.Chocolate Fat Bombs – These will keep you full AND satisfy your sweet tooth.Cocoa Balls – A chocolate way to make energy balls. Swap the maple syrup with the Wholesome Yum keto syrup.Keto Popcorn – The satisfaction and crunch of popcorn, without the carbs!
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