I tried to mostly follow the recipe for these. It didn't work very well. The original recipe calls for grinding up raw sunflower seeds in a food processor. I added a few Tbsp. of water and used the "food chop" setting on my blender. The resulting mixture was simultaneously wet and crumbly. I found that adding a little sunflower seed butter improved the handling dramatically. I think I'd just forgo the ground sunflower seeds and go for SunButter (or similar) right off the bat next time.

Carrot Cake Energy Balls

Adapted from Love and Lemons

Ingredients

• 12 dates, soaked
• 1 Tbsp. maple syrup
• 2/3 c. carrots, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. coarse sea salt, ground
• 1 c. unsweetened shredded coconut
• up to 1 c. sunflower seed butter

Directions

1. Combine dates, maple syrup, and carrots in a food processor or blender and mince. You may need to had a couple Tbsp. of water if using a blender.
2. Combine cinnamon, sea salt, and coconut and mix well.
3. Stir carrot mixture into coconut mixture.
4. Add enough sunflower seed butter to hold it together.
5. Form into small balls and roll in graham cracker crumbs, more coconut, crushed banana chips or a combination of all of the above.