How To: Snack Healthy – No-Bake Tahini Oat and Cinnamon Balls

Erin and I were talking about our blog recipes over a recent dinner. It seems we each have a style.

Most of our soup recipes were developed by Erin.  Have you tried our chicken soup? Or the hot and sour soup? Just two of our SOUP-er bowls (I apologize – that’s the last time I use that joke, pinky swear). With this weekend’s recent snowmageddon, I have craved a bowl of soup or two, but for your everyday soup needs, Erin is your gal.

Now our breakfast and snack recipes on the other hand, those were mostly conceived by mois. It may have something to do with the fact that I have a daughter who the second she gets into the car after school pronounces “snack and water please.” With this statement in mind, I have tried to come up with several easy and healthy snack recipes I can keep on hand to help quench her after school hunger (and mine!) and help prevent both of us from getting “hangry.” Because no one wants to see that.

These no-bake bites are similar to our most popular recipe, the no-bake peanut butter oatmeal ball. In this version, I’ve swapped the honey for maple syrup, the peanut butter for tahini, and added a healthy dose of cinnamon. I wanted to try to create something that was nut-free so you could feel good about tucking it into your kids lunch boxes for their afternoon snack as well.

I am also having a moment with tahini – I want to put it on everything, and in fact, I do! This sesame seed butter is delicious in salad dressings, spread on toast, and even drizzled on your morning bowl of oatmeal. If you don’t have tahini on hand and still want to keep these balls nut-free, sunflower butter would make a great substitution.

As I am typing this I have just downed two balls, and am thinking of going for my third. I encourage you to do the same.

Dara

No Bake Tahini Cinnamon Oat Balls

Print recipe

Serves	12 balls
Dietary	Vegan, Vegetarian
Meal type	Snack

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 Tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 Tsp salt
• 1/4 Cup plus 1 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1/4 Cup plus 1tbsp ground flax seed

Note

These one-bowl, no-bake snack balls come together in less than 10 minutes. If you wanted to jazz them up, add in a handful of chocolate chips, raisins, dried cranberries, or chopped nuts.

Directions

1.	In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.
2.	Place in the fridge to firm up for about 10 minutes. Roll into golf ball sized balls and store in the fridge.