Chunkier Chunks of Energy

Maybe you remember my last attempt trying to recreate chunks of energy? If you do, you remember me saying they were great, but may well have been thins of energy. This was simply from me spreading them out too much.

So, one could rationalize that anything could be chunkier than those “chunks.” And I was just going to do the same thing, making sure this time to not spread them out so much.

But since I never keep things the same, I made it a leeelte different…and mo’ betta’!

Chunkier Chunks of Energy

Ingredients:

• 1/4 c. oats – quick or rolled
• 1/4 c. cashews (I used salted and roasted)
• 4-5 medium sized dried, pitted dates

• 1 T. The Organic Whey
• 1/8 c. (a.k.a. 2 T. if it’s easier for anyone) nut butter (i used chunky pb)
• 1/8 c. milled flax
• 1 T. wheat germ
• 1/8 c. Kamut hot cereal (or oat bran or more oats)
• 1/8 c. maple syrup
• water, as needed

• 1/4 c. coarsely chopped dried papaya
• 1/8 c. coconut (the only kind I had was sweetened, though I’d have preferred un)
• 1/8 c. sunflower kernels

Destructions:

dates, oats, cashews

Combine first three ingredients in a processor, and pulse until … crumbly.

crumbly, you know?

Add in the next “set” of ingredients.

maple syrup, whey, peanut butter, wheat germ, flax, and kamut

and again, process to combine. Stream in some water (I think I used about 1/8 c.) until it sort of clumps into a couple chunks.

lykee zis.

And then add in the add-ins.

And then just pulse it once or twice to get it all incorporated. Easier than doing it by hand, that is for certain.

Spread it out into a tupperware, pressing down firmly…

…cover, and chill until you’re ready to dig in!

They’re tricky to get out the first couple, so next time I may just make balls – but this is a lot faster and easier!

though, I’m fairly certain they’re delicious in any way, shape, or form 🙂