Apricot Energy Balls

Apricot energy balls are made with simple ingredients and just sweetened with dried fruit. It only takes about 15 minutes to make these sweet and scrumptious snack bites. I store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.  They’ll keep for at least a week and you’ll have a sweet treat ready to go when snack time calls.  As an added bonus, they’re great for taking on hikes and road trips.  

How to Make Apricot Energy Balls

This couldn’t be any easier, throw all of the ingredients into a food processor. 

Then mix until everything is broken down into tiny pieces and a sticky dough forms.  This will take about a minute or two for the dried apricots to break down.

Once the ingredients have come together, scoop out a heaping tablespoon and squish the dough together and roll it in your palm to shape it into a ball. The dough should make about 24-25 energy balls, then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Tips on Making the Energy Balls

• The moisture for this recipe comes from the dried apricots.  If your apricots are not plump but pretty dry soak them in water for about 5 minutes to help rehydrate them.  Then proceed with the recipe.  
• The dough should come together in the food processor and be sticky, you should be able to squeeze it together to form a ball, if not the dough is too dry, add a tablespoon of water at a time and process for roughly 5 seconds to see if the dough comes together.  If it doesn’t add another tablespoon of water and try again.  Process the dough long enough to incorporate the water into the mixture.  How much water you’ll need depends on the moisture content of your dried apricots.
• Occasionally rinse your hands off to remove the stickiness, clean hands work better to roll the dough into little bite-size snacks.

More Snack Ideas

• Carrot Cake Energy Balls
• Banana Nut Oatmeal Cookie
• Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
• Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Muffins

I hope you enjoy the recipe for apricot energy balls!

Apricot Energy Balls

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• Author: Allie
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Yield: 24–25 energy balls 1x
• Diet: Vegan

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Description

Apricot energy balls are made with simple ingredients and just sweetened with dried fruit.  It only takes about 15 minutes to make these sweet and scrumptious snack bites. 

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup dried apricots
• 1 1/3  old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/2 cup raw walnuts or pecans
• 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (plus extra for rolling)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

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Instructions

1. Place everything in a food processor and blend until it forms a sticky dough and it starts to clump together.
2. Once the ingredients are broken down, scoop out about a tablespoon and squish the dough together with your palm and roll it using your hands to shape it into a ball.  
3. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Notes

• The moisture for this recipe comes from the dried apricots.  If your apricots are not plump but pretty dry soak them in water for about 5 minutes to help rehydrate them.  Then proceed with the recipe.  
• The dough should come together in the food processor and be sticky, you should be able to squeeze it together to form a ball, if not the dough is too dry, add a tablespoon of water at a time and process for roughly 5 seconds to see if the dough comes together.  If it doesn’t add another tablespoon of water and try again.  Process the dough long enough to incorporate the water into the mixture.  How much water you’ll need depends on the moisture content of your dried apricots.

• Category: snack
• Method: blender
• Cuisine: American

Keywords: apricot energy bites, apricot oat balls, dried apricot recipes vegan