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Making hemp protein balls is simple. Nutritious ingredients and you won’t heat up the kitchen from an oven, because baking isn’t required. The ingredients are also rather simple and you can add optional ingredients to make ‘m your way.
Hemp protein balls means more than complete protein. The protein in hemp carries 20 amino acids, that’s more digestible protein than meat, fish, cheese, eggs or cows milk. These hemp protein balls will provide numerous vitamins and minerals including magnesium and iron. When including whole hemp seeds or hemp hearts, you’ll get a balance of omega-6 and omega-3, the essential fatty acids that are need for good body function, and providing you with energy.
Making Hemp Protein Balls
Children can easily be encouraged to help make foods – if you make it a fun task. Bringing them into the process of preparing foods by having them help teaches them about healthy ingredients, math and measurements, and togetherness. It builds life-long skills. So if you have young kids around, include them. Let them measure ingredients and do the balling-up. Enjoy time with them – and don’t worry if it gets a bit messy from little hands doing their thing.
If I’m working alone, I have a small ice-cream style scoop that I use for making the balls. A pass down from my mother because she loved having all kinds of kitchen utensils. It was one of her things – like some woman can’t have enough nail polishes or shoes; my mom couldn’t pass up on purchasing whatever kitchen trinket she felt was a must have. She had them all very well organized in kitchen drawers 🙂 Me? I have them all stuffed in a box 😉
Early Encouragement Can Pay Off
My baby grandson Oliver is close to turning the corner to being 17-years old. Time goes quick! He’s now working as a chef at a fancy restaurant and loves his job. His parents (and his grammy) encouraged him early on with his culinary skills. Some days it’s his responsibility to get dinner started and maybe do the whole meal because him mamma works long hours. They make a point of trying to prepare their foods and eat together as much as possible verses take-out | take-home.
Master Oliver has been helpful in my kitchen too. He’s shown me a few tricks for cutting onions and other time saving skills. It can still get a bit messy, but it’s worth it. So yes, preparing foods together can be fun if you make it such.
What Hemp Ingredient to Pick for Your Hemp Protein Balls
Hemp seeds have a mild nutty flavor.
If you want crunch in your hemp protein balls, you will want to include whole toasted hemp seeds. It doesn’t matter if you use the Whole Toasted Hemp Seeds with Sea Salt verses the salt free. Both salted or salt-free will provide excellent fiber. Be assured, the salted hemp seeds are not so salty that they will mess with your flavor profile.
Maybe you prefer a softer chewier texture and are not fond of a crunch. Then use the hemp hearts for your hemp protein balls. You can be adventurous and use some of both the whole seeds and hearts!
Hemp Protein Powder is the hemp seed that has been pressed and milled into a powder form. It’s an excellent plant-based protein that Mamma Nature has put together. Nothing is isolated and nothing is fortified. Check out the goodness of hemp’s nutrition. One ingredient, 20 amino acids too.
better option foods hemp protein nutrition facts
Recipe Time for Hemp Protein Balls
Hemp Seed Protein No-Bake Energy Balls
Protein | Gluten Free | Dairy Free | Soy Free A very flexible, grab-n-go snack that comes together pretty quick. Double up the batch and store in the freezer for when your ready. Nutrient dense. Great for kids to enjoy or the super athlete. Can be made nut free.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- In a mixing bowl: Combine honey and peanut butter. Stir together until well blended and smooth.Stir in Vanilla. Set aside.
- In a large, 2nd mixing bowl: Combine rolled oats, hemp seed, flax meal, coconut flakes, and chocolate chips. Mix with spatula until evenly blended.
- Add the peanut butter-honey blend to the oats and seed blend. Stir until the oats and seeds are well coated.
- Roll into 1" to 1 ½" balls. Place the balls on a baking sheet, plate or container with an airtight cover and set in the refrigerator (or freezer) to fully set up. (about 30-60 minutes)
- Once firm - enjoy!
- Place in airtight container. Refrigerate for up to a week. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
No-bake Hemp Protein Balls are an excellent nutrient dense go-to snack. This recipe is flexible to meet your dietary needs and desires. For nut free option, substitute the peanut butter with another seed butter like sunflower or tahini.
This recipe calls for whole hemp seeds with or without sea salt. You can use Hemp Hearts for a softer chewier texture.
As an option, you can add 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds. Or add dried cranberries or cherries. Pumpkins seeds will compliment this blend too.
If you decide to add a few more ingredients, just increase the peanut butter and honey slightly to help bind the balls if the blend feels dry. You can't go wrong.
Want to boost protein? Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup hemp protein powder to the mix for complete plant based protein.
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Hemp Protein Pumpkin Balls: No-Bake
High Protein | Gluten Free | Dairy Free | Soy Free | FiberNo-bake hemp protein balls are a great staple to have on hand. Kids love them to snack on and they're healthy, yet don't taste "healthy". You can store them in the freezer, pull a few out when you want them. They thaw quickly. Kids enjoy being part of the making process. Form the balls in the size best for your eaters. This recipe is flexible to be nut-free. Hemp protein is plant-based and complete protein, carrying 20 amino acids - excellent digestion. If your looking for a time saver, see out Tip at the end of this recipe in the notes.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Combine wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl: almond butter, pumpkin puree and honey. Stir until well blended.Stir in: Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Add remaining ingredients: rolled oats, hemp seed, hemp protein powder (and optional chocolate chips)
- Mix until fully combines
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out mixture and use your hands to roll into balls.Makes about 24 balls, depending on the size. Place on a plate and put in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to set up. (Or freezer for about 10 minutes.).
- Enjoy!
- Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the refrigerator. Store in the freezer for a longer shelf life.
- Making the protein balls to your desire: If you prefer using hemp hearts for their soft buttery texture verses the whole hemp seeds; you can substitute the hemp protein powder with the higher fiber protein powder to bring more fiber since you're giving up fiber by not using the whole seeds..
Notes
No-bake protein balls are are quick and easy to whip-up. Store them in the freezer for a healthy staple to keep on hand for a grab-n-go snack. Roll into smaller balls if you have little mouths to feed.
Let kids help. My grand kids used to love being a part of the ball-rolling.
The mixture can be pressed into an 8" x 8" baking dish as a time saver. Cut into desired size pieces.
This recipe calls for: Better Option Foods - whole hemp seeds, or hemp hearts and hemp protein powder or higher fiber protein powder
Tip: Time Saver
If you double the batch of any of our protein ball recipes, you'll have enough to utilize a low-lip 9" x 13" cookie sheet. (Low-lip allows for a rolling pin to press the mixture down.)
Roll out on the cookie sheet with a rolling pin. Then cut into the desired size by using a pizza cutter. This technique works well for protein bar recipes too.
You don't have to be so anal that it requires using a T-square to cut the bars. That's my husband cutting the bars into small bite-size pieces and he tends to be a bit obsessed about the pieces being all the same size - me... I just cut. Eyeballing the size I want.
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Hemp protein balls - time saver by using a cookie sheet to roll out batter
Hemp protein balls - time saver by rolling onto a 9 x 13 cookie sheet
Hemp protein balls - time saver by using a cookie sheet. Cut into small pieces
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