VEGAN PEANUT BUTTER MAPLE BALLS

INGREDIENTS

• 1-1/2 cups almonds
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
• 1/3 cup golden flax meal
• 1/4 tsp. pink Himalayan salt
• 2/3 cup all-natural peanut butter or almond butter (the kind with oil you need to stir)
• 1/3 cup Lakanto Maple Syrup
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup stevia sweetened dark chocolate Chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place almonds into a food processor. Pulse (starting and stopping every couple of seconds) until you have a mixture of chopped almonds and almond meal.
2. Add the coconut, flax meal and salt. Pulse just until mixed.
3. Add peanut butter/almond butter, Lakanto syrup and vanilla. Pulse again until just combined. Do not overmix.
4. Fold in chocolate chips with a spatula and press them into the mixture.
5. Roll into 1” balls and place on a pan to harden in the refrigerator. Once set, store them in an airtight container for up to a week.