Carrot cake powerballs
Looking for a healthy treat this Christmas for the kids? Try making these carrot cake power balls - they make an excellent treat for Santa too!
These whole food treats will help power Santa around the world on Christmas Eve night!
These Christmas power balls are fun to make, very cute and full of energy for Santa (or kids!)
I’ve made these with hundreds of children over the last few weeks - slowly trying to change kids attitudes to what constitutes a ‘treat’ - focusing on the ‘energy’ they’ll give Santa (and themselves!)
In all my kids classes, I examine each ingredient with them so that they know what it is and where it comes from. Coconut is like snow from the North Pole and the carrots have come directly from Rudolph’s stash!
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Is Christmas ages away? Then these make a great lunchbox treat or afterschool snack. Ditch the chocolate if you want for a really quick, easy snack.
Anyhoo … here’s the ho ho recipe if you want to make these for Santa at Christmas!
Healthy treats for Santa!
Ingredients
- 🎅🏻1 medium carrot - peeled
- 🎅🏻 1 cup oats
- 🎅🏻 2 cups dates - stoned
- 🎅🏻 1 cup shredded coconut
- 🎅🏻 tsp vanilla essence
- 🎅🏻 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Blend everything well. Roll into balls. (these are great in the lunchboxes too 😜)
- 🧑🎄to upgrade your balls - dip in dark chocolate, add white chocolate chip eyes, pretzel 🥨 antlers and a coloured sweet (remember - not all reindeer have red noses - so any colour will do!).
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