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No-bake blueberry energy balls made with gfBar: 15 minutes, no oven

Sometimes you want your gfBar in a different shape. For a hike with friends, with coffee when people drop round, or simply because you feel like making something. These energy balls take 15 minutes of work and half an hour in the fridge. No oven needed.

What you’ll need (makes 10–12)

  • 2 gfBar ORIGINAL bars (one box)
  • about 45 g (½ cup) fine rolled oats (use certified gluten-free oats for a gluten-free version)
  • 2 tablespoons nut butter (almond, peanut or cashew)
  • 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup, to taste
  • 1–2 tablespoons water or plant-based milk
  • to coat: desiccated coconut, cocoa powder, chopped nuts or crushed freeze-dried blueberries

Method

  1. Crush the bars. Break them into pieces and blitz to coarse crumbs. No food processor? A knife works too.
  2. Mix. Add the oats, nut butter and honey and stir together.
  3. Bring it together. Add water or milk a teaspoon at a time until you have a sticky but shapeable dough. Go easy – you won’t need much.
  4. Shape. With damp hands, roll walnut-sized balls.
  5. Coat. In coconut, cocoa, nuts or blueberries. Or leave them plain.
  6. Chill. At least half an hour in the fridge. They’ll hold their shape and the flavours will come together.

They keep for a few days in an airtight container in the fridge – if they last that long.

Tips

  • A pinch of cinnamon or a few drops of lemon juice lifts the flavour beautifully.
  • A teaspoon of chia or flaxseeds adds fibre and a bit of crunch.
  • You can swap ORIGINAL for any other flavour. With COCONUT they come out sweeter, with COCOA more chocolatey.

A note on caffeine

gfBar ORIGINAL contains caffeine from guarana: 80 mg per box. That’s about 7 mg per ball, but balls made with ORIGINAL are not suitable for children or for pregnant or breastfeeding women. For children, make them with gfBar COCOA or COCONUT.

Why start with gfBar

Because the hard part is done. Wild blueberries from Nova Scotia make up 50% of the filling, joined by dates, Brazil nuts and dark Felchlin chocolate made from 100% cocoa. The bars have no added sugars and are gluten-free. The rest is just play.

Made them? Send us a photo on Instagram at @gfbar_energy. And if you’ve run out, you’ll find gfBar ORIGINAL here.

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