These Vegan Protein Balls are packed with chocolate and good for you ingredients. They taste like a treat, but really have lots of plant based protein and healthy ingredients.
I like to top the recipe for protein balls with hemp seeds. It adds a nice crunch to the top and almost reminds me of Almond Roca candies!
I added 4 scoops of plant based protein powder to this recipe, but you could skip it if you’re not a protein powder fan!
Vegan Protein Balls
- Ingredients for Protein Balls
- How to Make Protein Balls Recipes
- Vegan Protein Balls Recipe
- Nutrition in Recipe for Protein Balls
Ingredients for Protein Balls
If you don’t have old fashioned oats, instant oatmeal will work as well.
I like to use almond butter in this recipe, but both peanut butter and cashew butter works well. And though I have not tried it yet with seed butters, I have no doubt that they will work great too. If you make this with seed butter, please comment and lets us all know how it came out.
Shopping List for Plant Based Protein Balls:
- 1 ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ¼ cup flax seed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 scoops Vegan Chocolate Protein Powder
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- ½ cup almond butter (or Peanut Butter Cashew Butter)
- ⅓ cup vegan chocolate chips
- ¼ cup hemp seeds
How to Make Protein Balls Recipes
If you don’t have (or don’t want to use) a food processor you can skip that step all together.
Simply add all of the ingredients to a large bowl and mix well. Then roll up and chill. They will have a slightly different consistency, but I really like it. Many people like a chunkier protein ball anyway.
How to Make Plant Based Protein Balls:
- To a food processor, add the oats, flax seeds, vanilla, protein powder, maple syrup, and almond butter.
- Add 1/2 of the chocolate chips and 1/2 of the hemp seeds.
- Pulse together until you have a chunky sand like consistency.
- Move to a large bowl, add in the remaining chocolate chips and mix in.
- Get your hands wet, then take ping-pong sized balls of the protein ball mixture and roll in your hands.
- Place on a parchment lined plate and continue working until you have 20 protein balls.
- Sprinkle the remaining hemp seeds over the tops, and place in the fridge for 1 hour before serving.
Vegan Protein Balls Recipe
These plant based protein packed balls are the perfect pick me up snack. Here are a few more protein packed plant based recipes I know you’ll love.
Protein Packed Plant Based Recipes:
- Vegan Chickpea Salad Recipe
- Vegan Lentil Shepherd’s Pie
- Roasted Chickpeas
- Quinoa and Black Bean Vegan Burgers
- Stuffed Vegan Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Chocolate Hemp Seed Protein Balls
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ¼ cup flax seed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 scoops Vegan Chocolate Protein Powder
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- ½ cup almond butter or Peanut Butter Cashew Butter
- ⅓ cup vegan chocolate chips divided
- ¼ cup hemp seeds divided
Instructions
- To a food processor, add the oats, flax seeds, vanilla, protein powder, maple syrup, and almond butter.
- Add 1/2 of the chocolate chips and 1/2 of the hemp seeds.
- Pulse together until you have a chunky sand like consistency.
- Move to a large bowl, add in the remaining chocolate chips and mix in.
- Get your hands wet, then take ping-pong sized balls of the protein ball mixture and roll in your hands.
- Place on a parchment lined plate and continue working until you have 20 protein balls.
- Sprinkle the remaining hemp seeds over the tops, and place in the fridge for 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition in Recipe for Protein Balls
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