Snacking these days has become a culture. It’s all about the snack, yet most are not so healthy, indulgents and almost always have to be junky or unhealthy. But does it have to be? No way! I agree snack food has to be fun, small and delicious, but who says it has to be unhealthy? Today I will share a delicious, energy boosting easy snack to replace the usually sweet treats that you will love. My Raw Choco-raspberry bites.

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Going back to snacks, by definition a snack is food for light meals or for eating between meals. In this definition there is no mention of healthy, junky, sweet, fattening, greasy, indulgent, or anything like that. However when I ask someone what their favorite snack is it’s always something junky, greasy, fried, and indulgent. Usually foods that taste good at the moment but do not fill you up, give you energy or satisfy you for more than 10 min.

Healthy Snacking

Healthy snacking is my mission in life. I am here to teach people how to make a delicious raw choco-raspberry bite, or your own ice lollies, or homemade chips instead of grabbing for that package of something that is processed and uses unhealthy ingredients like additives and bad oils. You can check out my cookbook on healthy snacks Switch It Up!

What is a healthy snack?

To me a healthy snack is a mini meal that has some healthy fat, some protein, and some carbs. Just like meals we should have balance, so should snacks. By doing this you are feeding your body what it needs and it will keep you happy, and going until the next meal. It will also keep your metabolism working and your body will not store the food to fats as you are continually feeding it.

Mix and match

Snacks are about mixing and matching. It’s a little of this, and a little of that. You can then mix it all together to get a new creation like my Raw choco-raspberry bites of you can eat them separately on a plate and have a mini meal. These are some examples of healthy snack plates always including healthy fats, proteins, and some carbs. Recipes are in my cookbook.

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Now onto today’s feature recipe Raw Choco-Raspberry bites. Making a snack plate is pretty easy, just throwing together a little of this and a little of that from your fridge and pantry. There are also snacks like this one, that you throw together some amazing ingredients and create an indulgent sweet delicious treat.

These bites are super easy and quick to make, great for most diets (Paleo, Keto , Low Carb, Whole30, Clean Eating). You can mix and match and use other nuts, other flavors, etc. and you can make them in a big batch and freeze or keep them in your fridge for while, if they last! Happy Cooking.

Ingredients

1 cup raw almonds

1/4 cup raw cashews

1 cup medjool dates (without pits)

1/2 cup freeze dried raspberries

1/4 raw cocoa powder

2 tbsp hemp seeds

Directions

Using a high speed blender add nuts and chop up until course.

Add in dates, freeze dried raspberries, cocoa powder and hemp seeds and mix well. It should look like a sand mixture. Do not over blend or you may get a nut butter mix.

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Remove mixture from blender into a bowl.

Wet your hands and take about 1 tsp of sandy mixture and squeeze/roll together to form a firm ball.

Keep doing this until all mixture is gone.

Place balls in fridge for 1-4 hrs to harden and enjoy.

These energy bites can be kept in the fridge for upto to 2 weeks in an airtight container or you can freeze them and take out when you need a quick energy boost.

Want to try some more heathy and delicious snacks? Try these from the blog…

Clean Crunch Chocolate Bars

Frozen Fruit Pops

Guilt Free Apple Tart

Recipe: Raw Choco-Raspberry Bites