making lately: power balls

I feel like "power ball" recipes have been all over the Internet/Pinterest for ages, but I kind of forgot about them until this month, when I was digging around for some ways to add in more (healthy) fats to my foods. Chia seeds came up as one idea, and then I remembered the one way I'd ever used chia seeds in my own kitchen... time to resurrect the power balls!

The basics of these little energy bites are to have oats, a nut butter to make things stick together/add protein, a sticky sweetener like honey or syrup, and a "power" mix-in like chia or ground flax seeds. From there you can add whatever twist you want - think of whatever type of granola bar is interesting to you, from chocolate chip to cinnamon raisin to almond coconut.

Hendrik and I checked out the array of variations on a base recipe from Well Plated, and he immediately zeroed in on the chocolate chip and double chocolate options, so we made both! The standard chocolate chip is our favorite, but the whole family loves both for an easy "power" snack, on-the-go breakfast, or lunch treat.