Give your breakfast a boost with these deliciously nutty protein balls that whip up in less than a minute!
Traditional “breakfast” isn’t for me. I tried it for three days last week and figured out I hate it for multiple selfish reasons and why do something you hate, right? I’m just a gal that would rather work on my brows than breakfast.
Guaranteed, someone just read that and said “I meal prep my breakfast ahead of time in my perfect life with my perfect schedule” out loud.
Excuse me while I roll my eyes into eternity. I have my hands full with lunch and dinner, thanks. Not to mention the fact that I would have no room for my typical three cups of coffee before 10 am with all of that food in my stomach. Yeesh.
Coffee is life. Never forget.
Smoothie bowls and protein waffles and stacks on stacks of keto hotcakes…it’s too much. Breakfast for dinner…ok maybe, but not at the disgusting hour that I have to be at work. I tried to make these seemingly delicious crepes I found on pinterest (gross btw) for breakfast when I started in hard on my meal planning a couple of weeks ago. I was so full all morning that I missed my morning snack. It was a low carb chocolate peanut butter thingy guys. I MISSED IT. Couldn’t eat it. Too full. Now that’s some bs.
Full disclosure, it was just me using a chocolate bar as a spoon for peanut butter but, you know, proteins.
SO I’m back to my tried and true, never fail, always get’s people starin’ and whisperin’ breakfast of straight peanut butter off of a spoon.
Here’s why it works:
- Nutbutter takes up very little space and it’s easy to digest. If you hate feeling full, something akin to pb is right for you.
- It’s packed with good fats and protein to keep you semi-satisfied until you are ready to really get down on some instagram foodie fantasy meal like a damn smoothie bowl that I wish would just disappear already.
- It tastes like a creamy burst of pure, unbridled energy by the spoonful…or in this case, ball-full.
Low Carb Fudgy Coconut Protein Balls
The main ingredient is peanut butter (or nut butter of your choice) which is why I will accept this as a viable breakfast solution. Secondary to the superfood known as peanut butter are hemp hearts and unsweetened cocoa powder. If you haven’t heard about the health benefits, google is literally right there….
Look at the glorious glimmer on that peanut butter as all of the fats melt.
Shine bright like a diamond, peanut butter!
Dump. Everything. In a bowl.
Those were the shelled hemp hearts. Next is Swerve Confectioners Sugar.
I had good lighting so I took too many pictures.
Just go with it.
Surprise! Now you take a nut and you put it inside of the peanut butter.
The beauty is in the redundancy of the nuts and the nut butters.
Plus, it’s crunchy.
Ball.
Coconut is great but roll it in anything.
More crushed nuts, hemp hearts, cocoa powder, etc.
and pop them in the freezer to chill.
Pop a couple of these with a hot cup of coffee and watch your day get exponentially better!
It’s totally fine if you just shove a nut in your ball and eat it.
Off of the spoon.
No coconut needed.
Low Carb Fudgy Coconut Protein Balls
Hemp and Flax protein packed breakfast of champions!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Natural No Stir Peanut Butter, **the runny kind won't work!
- 1 tbsp Hemp Hearts or ground golden flaxseeds
- 2 tbsp Swerve Confectioners Sugar
- 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 7 Walnuts
- Unsweetened Coconut for rolling
Instructions
- Combine peanut butter, hemp hearts (or ground flax), sugar, and cocoa powder and mix until smooth and fudgey.
- Place in the freezer for 15 minutes to harden. You cannot skip this step or the balls won't form! Rinsing your hands in cold water or a little cooking spray prior to rolling may help, too.
- Form a spoonful of fudgy peanut butter around a whole walnut and roll into a ball. Roll in shredded coconut and place in a dish.
- Freeze for at least 1 hour and keep frozen or refrigerated for an easy pick me up!
Nutrition Information
Yield 7 Serving Size 1 ballAmount Per Serving Calories 135Total Fat 10gCarbohydrates 3gNet Carbohydrates 1gFiber 2gProtein 5g
Hi ! These look great! Not sure if I missed something….Do you know the carb count, sugar count and protein and fat?
Thank you!
Hi Rose! Sorry, this is an older blog post and the Nutrition Facts haven’t been updated yet! I’ll get them in there today and thanks for being patient!
I have a hard time eating breakfast when I wake up and I don’t always want to make eggs. On my way to the store to get more peanut butter!
I am the exact same way!! A scoop or two of peanut butter and I’m good to go!
I made this recipe a couple of nights ago. I substituted regular powdered sugar, ground flax seed and I used Jiff Natural peanut butter. They were a little gooey. Next time I might add a little whole wheat flower or more flax to make them a little more manageable. I also put them in the fridge and not the freezer. They most definitely would hold up better frozen…..I should have followed the directions! 🙂 They were super good though and my 2 year old loves them!
Thanks for trying it out with some different ingredients!!!
It’s good to know that regular powdered sugar won’t work. It’s probably because sugar melts and Low Carb Sugar doesn’t!
Glad your little guy liked them!!!
This looks really good! I think Parker would like this! Maybe this can be his treat for next week. 🙂
Do you think I could use regular powdered sugar? I would just sub ground flax for hemp. If that’ll work I have all the ingredients! Woot woot!
Yes! You can totally substitute both of those things OR use honey or agave (start with 2 tsp) and that should work!
Finally! Someone else who doesn’t like traditional breakfast. I get ridiculed for it all the time.
As do I!!! I would much rather have a tiny bite or two over a heavy breakfast. I love pancakes but I prefer them at dinner!
I feel the same way about pancakes!