The list of ingredients may seem long but these balls are so easy to make, once you’ve stocked up you’ll be knocking them out every weekend. Protein-packed, they deliver a burst of super-tasty energy, making them the ideal post-gym snack.

Serves: Makes 12 balls or 24 power ‘pills’

Ingredients:

• 125g raw hazelnut butter
• 100g Brazil nuts, finely chopped
• 50g dried cherries, preferably without oil or sweetener added, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons shelled hemp seeds
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds, ground in a mortar
• 3 teaspoons cacao nibs, chopped
• 2 teaspoons raw cacao powder
• 3 teaspoons raw honey
• 1 teaspoon maca root powder
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• ½ teaspoon blue green algae, spirulina, or other source of chlorophyll
• seeds from ¼ of a vanilla pod
• extra cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds or coconut shreds, to coat

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl (easiest done using your hands).

2. Shape the paste into small balls or pills and gently roll them in the extra cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds, coconut shreds, or a combination of any of these.

3. Chill for 15 minutes. Keep refrigerated.

This recipe was taken from Little Leon: Sweet Treats: Naturally Fast Recipes published on 3 September 2015