Healthy PB Honey Balls

Peanut butter and honey are classic together, aren’t they?

Flash back to the “Toast Post”, which married the two ingredients together (spread over toasted cinnamon bread with sliced bananas and brown sugar sprinkles, actually— an absolute MUST any morning of the week, obviously). The good news is that the ingredients bind together in such a way that you can skip other goopy ingredients like butter and eggs… it’s just all taste, all the time, without a lot of extra guilt.

Speaking of guilt, you won’t find a lot rolled into these balls. Nonfat dried milk is, well, nonfat, and a few cookie crumbs keep things on the respectable end of the fun scale. Whirl these up when you’re feeling lazy and hungry and healthy. Nice combination.

Adapted from Cooks.com’s recipe…

1 cup nonfat dried milk powder

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

Optional coatings: chocolate sprinkles, chopped nuts, confectioners’ sugar
1. In a medium bowl, mix dried milk powder, peanut butter, honey, and graham cracker crumbs until well blended.
2. Shape into 1″ balls and roll in coating (if using).
3. Chill to set and indulge.
Tips:
- Wondering why the balls in the picture above are such an odd color? I used chocolate graham crackers, and probably won’t again. (Or I WILL do again and will just coat in chopped nuts or something to hide the color.)
- You can use a food processor or a mixer… anything else (like mixing by hand) will just be harder. But certainly an option, especially if you’re up for a workout :)
- Add more honey if the batter is really dry, and more cookie crumbs if too soft. Depending on what kind of PB I get, it changes everything… the Whole Foods 365 brand can be really quote runny, and the kind you grind on your own can be really dense. Give and take with the honey, my friend.
- No more tips. This recipe is so easy and foolproof that you don’t need a bunch of how-to’s. Love it!
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March 22nd, 2014 | More Sweets Please | No Comments | Tags: Peanut Butter