Energy Balls Recipe

When I was working at Belk, the last year I was there they started to focus on getting the employees to engage in living a healthy lifestyle. They hired Brooke Thomas of www.360yourlife.com to come speak in a series on healthy living. Brooke is a Certified Nutritional Consultant and has an interesting story about her road to healthy living. She was diagnosed with cancer during her first pregnancy and it changed her outlook on eating. I got the privilege of sitting through a few of her lectures while I was employed at Belk. Two of my other office co-workers and I would always arrive super early to her lectures so we could sit front and center. We didn’t want to risk the chance of not getting the free bag of goodies (I’m talking a big bag of healthy snacks-locally sourced when possible-and loaded with coupons). We looked forward to her lectures & I can’t say enough great things about the recipes of hers I have added to my rotations of healthy go-to meals & snacks.

The first recipe from Brooke I tried was Energy Balls (slightly adapted from her Energy Bites). These have become a staple in my life. They are great for a healthy sweet snack on the go! I take them on hiking trips, breakfast on the go & pack when traveling on a road trip or flying. When our refrigerator is empty of energy balls, Ryan always asks when I plan to make them again.  Hope you enjoy these as much as we do!