Almond Butter Cherry Chocolate Energy Bites
Happy Monday, I hope you had a great weekend! Fall has finally arrived here in Maine and I am really enjoying the cooler temperatures. This is my favorite time of year for running and spending time in the kitchen! I got to enjoy both of these things over the weekend. I went for a nice long run on Saturday, then came home and made a favorite snack: Almond Butter Cherry Chocolate Energy Bites. These quick and easy bite sized snacks help ward off the in between meals hunger after exercising.
"Hanger" is real!
Do you ever get hangry? Have you experienced Run-ger? I know people joke about it, but it's a real thing! As my Ironman training ramped up this past Summer, I had more than a few episodes of hanger. You can ask my kids all about it (although finding homemade slime stuck all of the kitchen cabinets could have been the cause too). In an effort to avoid these unpleasant moments, I try to snack a little more throughout the day. However, I am try to balance it out to avoid overeating too, which can easily happen after a century ride. "Hey, I biked 100 miles, I deserve to eat an entire pizza and a bucket of candy" Ummm, not necessarily!
Almond Butter Cherry Chocolate Energy Bites
So in my effort to not eat everything in the house, I make sure to carry along nutrient dense snacks to help curb my appetite throughout the day. One of my favorites are these Almond Butter Cherry Chocolate Energy Bites. They are so quick and easy to make and a bonus is that my kids love them too!
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So Tell Me...
What is your favorite way to avoid run-ger? How do you prevent hanger? What do you love about Fall?
Thank you so much for stopping by! As always, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below. Have a Great Week!
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These bites look super addictive! Love the flavour combo 🙂
I love bite like these - perfect on the go snack!
I definitely try to stay ahead of my hunger and snacks with nut butters work really well for me. These sound great - I love dried cherries.
I love that these use simple ingredients and I'm sure that they taste great!
chocolate and cherry is always a winning combination!
oooooh, these look and sound awesome! I keep saying I need to make some of my own energy bites, but I still have yet to do so. I'm gonna give these a try!
YUM! these are right up my alley.
You had me at cherries and chocolate. My kids love making energy bites like these!
Love the simplicity of these. I get caught up/stuck with peanut butter. I really need to branch some more with my nut butters.
Yum. You know, I just never think to make protein bites.Probably because I would eat them all LOL!
I do get very hangry a lot more often than I used to, and I remember being a bottomless pit when I was marathon training. However, it's definitely much better to enjoy something like these than that pizza and bucket of candy.
These look so delicious! And not too bad for you either !
These Almond cherry chocolate energy balls look so good! I think I am going to make a batch of them to take with me to work for when I need a pick me up!
Oh, these look SO good. It's unfortunate my son can't bring them to school for a snack, but I'll make them for an after-school snack!
These sound and look incredible! I am all about more energy, so I need to try these out for sure.
I too am trying to be better about carrying healthy snacks with me. When hunger strikes it has to be addressed, and by having snacks on me I’m much less tempted to stop and grab a piece of junk to eat.
These energy bites look really healthy! I love almond and chocolate, it's a perfect combo for me. Can't wait to prepare these enrgy bites and take them with me to work ... energy guaranteed for the whole day! 🙂
These look like a perfect choice as travel food! I am so tempted! Thanks for sharing this.
They look like Ferrero Rochers to me. More power to the sweet tooth!! Yummylicious
Those look amazing. I love chocolate bites. I will definitely want to try a vegan version of this. Thanks for sharing!
These look really delicious and I will have to try making them to snack on during my day. Usually I will eat a granola bar for a snack to avoid hanger. These look healthier than my granola bars. I love fall because the weather cools off, everything pumpkin comes out, and the clothing styles for fall are pretty.
They look pretty great. Do these come out as chewy or more solid and crunchy? I think I'll have to try these. Thanks for sharing
Chocolate + cherries is such a tasty combination! I can't wait to try these out! <3!
This sounds delicious. I am not a good cook but I definitely will pin this recipe to make it later.
No, I have never heard of the term "fun-ger", but I do believe it is a real thing. Most weekends we go on hikes of 12+ miles and I do think that I deserve to eat anything that I want afterwards.
They look delicious and sound delicious. I will definitely be making these.
These bites looks so tempting. WIll definitely try this recipe on Sunday for sure
These look delicious. I picked up some date snacks a while back from the grocery store and those are really great. Basically dates and coconut. mmmmm. Yum. They have another one that is dates and almonds but it's not quite as yummy.
What a wonderful dish! This sounds like a great snack. I love berries and chocolate. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
These look so good. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. I will definitely have to try them.
These sound fantastic! I love that they are so quick and easy to make. I am usually a milk chocolate lover, but I bet dark chocolate would be amazing with the cherries!
This recipe is a super win! I love almonds coz its healthy and chocolates coz makes me happy.
Almond + Cherry + chocolate! Wow that is energy packed and with some antioxidants, too. I wanna try making this for the family this weekend! 😀 Nice one!
I wanna make them soon. Yummie..:)
I love the idea of bites! They seem like such an easy snack for breakfast especially when you’re in a rush!
Angela, thanks for the recipe - were always looking for a home made and more nutritous alternative to all the Cliff bars we enjoy while hiking!
Kevin
I am a fitness freak and even more of a cardio lover. Sometimes the temptation to snack can put me in a complacent bubble of eating junk since I will "burn it" . But this energy bites recipe proves that I can snack healthily without cheating on my diet. Besides it has all the ingredients that I love - almond, chocolate, cherries and well, butter haha. Lovely dish and definitely making this. Thank you so much for suggesting the recipe!