Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Power Bites

... AKA the best things ever.  Srsly.  No-bake cookie (one of my faves) made into a mostly healthy pre-/post- race snack.  The calculator on my phone approximates 82 calories per ball/bite, so eat 2 or 3.. not 20.  


Tomorrow there is a race in Philly that a lot of my teammates are doing, and, since I'm still waiting until my collarbone is healed a bit more to race, I thought I would make them some treats!  Lucky them ;)


These are super easy, and also super customizable.  I personally think the combination of bananas, peanut butter, chocolate and honey is up there with grilled cheese and tomato soup.  I was going to make some with dried cherries also, but my lame grocery store doesn't sell them in bulk and I couldn't bring myself to pay $8 for like, a cup and a half of dried cherries (especially after paying a billion for a butterflied lamb leg.. coming soon!).

At least it wasn't me eating the whole jar.. this time.
I have to admit, I supplemented with cheapo plain PB so I
could have a spoonful or two leftover.

Ingredients:
2C Chocolate Peanut Butter 
1C Honey (I ran out, so used a mixture of honey, agave syrup, and blackstrap molasses, yum!)
2C Oats
1C Coconut Flakes
1/2C Chia Seeds
1/2C Sunflower Seeds (hulled, unsalted)
2/3C Crushed Banana Chips

The hard part:
Mix all ingredients together until well blended.  Whew.


Chill for ~30min or so in the fridge.  Using a spoon to help, roll into balls (mine were around 1 inch or so, give or take a little), then coat in leftover coconut.

I used this kind of coconut; it is smaller pieces than normal shredded coconut, and I think it worked better for these.

EAT!


Since these are soft, I would recommend keeping them on the cooler side.  The coconut on the outside helps keep them from sticking a little bit. 


**UPDATE** They freeze well!!  I put a few in a baggie and froze them, then took them out for my ride the next morning.  They aren't as squishy, and were good fuel.


This batch tonight made 70 balls for me, but it really depends on what size you make them.


Can't wait to take them to the race tomorrow!  Go fast girls! 


(yes I know that last website hasn't been updated yet, but it will be soon!)