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These Carrot Cake Energy Balls make a delicious snack that tastes just like carrot cake! Loaded with warm spices, superfoods, and shredded carrots, they’re healthy bites to fill you up!
Carrot Cake Energy Balls. As in energy balls that taste like carrot cake….as in little blissful bites that are like indulging in a big ol’ slice of cake…as in your new favourite treat!
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What are energy balls?
If you’ve never made energy balls before, it’s time to hop on the bandwagon! Seriously.
Energy balls are *sort of* like a granola bar, but rolled into a ball. They are often made with dates or some other type of dried fruit and some type of nuts, seeds, grains (like oats) and flavouring.
I’m a big fan of making energy balls on meal prep days because this little snack is a SAVIOUR for that 3 pm afternoon slump. Not to mention energy balls are super easy to make and usually require either just a bowl or a food processor to mix everything together.
Once you finish up with this recipe be sure to check out some of my other favourite energy ball recipes from the blog: salted caramel coconut bliss balls, peanut butter and jelly energy balls and chocolate macaroon energy balls!
How to make Carrot Cake Energy Balls:
Another thing I love about making energy balls is that they are SO easy to make! They are no-bake (can I get an amen!), and usually only require either just a bowl or a food processor. In the case of this recipe, we’re going to be using a food processor since we need to process the dates. The whole process can pretty much be broken down into 3 steps:
- Puree the ingredients together
- Roll into balls
- Roll in shredded coconut
and…you’re done!
How easy was that?
A few notes on the recipe:
This recipe calls for Medjool dates, which tend to be stickier than regular dates. If you’d like to use regular dates to make this recipe and your dates feel a bit dry, I’d recommend soaking them in hot water for 5 minutes, draining and then proceed with the recipe. (This will add some moisture back into the dates and help all the ingredients bind together!)
If you don’t like walnuts, you can pretty much substitute them for any other type of nuts you like, or even oats if you want to avoid nuts entirely!
You can also add in any extra ingredients you love to this versatile recipe. Dried fruits, chocolate chips, cocoa powder…whatever you like!
More carrot cake recipes to try
- Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
- Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Coconut Whipped Cream
- Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
Carrot Cake Energy Balls
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- Author: Jess
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12–16 balls 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Mix
- Cuisine: American
Description
These energy balls taste just like carrot cake and are vegan, gluten-free and grain-free!
Ingredients
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- 1 cups medjool dates (pits removed)
- 1/3 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/3 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- extra 1/2 cup shredded coconut for rolling
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a food processor and pulse until combined.
- Scoop out some dough using a spoon and roll into balls.
- Roll each ball into the shredded coconut to coat.
- Place in the fridge to firm up for at least one hour
Notes
Store these energy balls in the fridge for up to 2 weeks
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ball
- Calories: 133
- Sugar: 14g
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 3g
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posted by Jessica Hoffman on February 12, 2019 (updated March 29, 2024)
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15 comments on “Carrot Cake Energy Balls”
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Rikki — Reply
OMG these are amazing!!! So easy to make too. I misread the recipe and accidentally doubled the cinnamon but I loved it!
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Jessica Hoffman — Reply
So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
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Jessica Hoffman — Reply
You’re welcome Dina 🙂
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Caitlin Bonet — Reply
super yummy!!!
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Jessica Hoffman — Reply
Thanks Caitlin! Happy you enjoyed 🙂
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Jodie — Reply
Is the 1 1/2 c dates -are the dates whole not chopped when measuring them? Sorry for the silly question
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Jess — Reply
Hi Jodie, not a silly question at all! The dates are whole when measured 🙂
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Jodie — Reply
Thank you!
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Yoided Briggs — Reply
Can I use a mixture of half raisins, cranberry instead of all dates?
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Jess — Reply
Hi Yoided, I’d recommend to use dates as they tend to be “stickier” than raisins for cranberries, so they will help the energy balls bind together. If you are using raisins, make sure they are fresh, or soak them in hot water for 5 minutes and drain them before using them. This will help make them stickier and so you can roll the dough into balls!
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Ben — Reply
These were super great. Had them for that 3pm slump to get me through work!
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Jess — Reply
Glad to hear you liked the recipe!
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Jess — Reply
Thank you so much Ela! xo
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