Рецепт Cherry Cheesecake Energy Bites
These cherry cheesecake energy bites are healthy, super delicious little oat cookies that come together in just 20 minutes! A banana oat base makes the cookies moist and chewy, while the cream cheese frosting adds the perfect amount of decadence. They are great for breakfast or as a snack!
Cherry Cheesecake Energy Bites
My love of cooking began with cookies. I suppose that’s probably pretty normal. I don’t think many people decide to learn how to cook starting with creme brulee or baked Alaska. No, cookies are a good starting point. Mix a few yums together, plop them onto a pan, bake, eat them all….repeat. But now that I have a health food blog, my once a month ritual of whipping up a batch of entirely unhealthy chocolate chunk cookies has taken the back burner in lieu of healthy desserts.
But when I took my first nibble of these Cherry Cheesecake Energy Bites, I realized you can have your cake and eat it too. These oat bites are healthy, easy, and most importantly, they’re cookies!
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To make these energy bites you’ll need:
2 ripe bananas
½ cup fresh cherries, pitted and chopped
1 ½ cup rolled oats
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ cup cream cheese
1 Tbsp maple syrup
½ tsp vanilla extract
Kitchen tools you may find useful:
Bowl
Fork
Parchment paper (I’m partial to the sheets!)
Baking sheet
Airtight container
I based this recipe off a similar recipe I made last year, Strawberry Chia Oat Bites. But that recipe had quite a few ingredients, so I set my sights on creating a similar kind of cookie with fewer ingredients, and ones that you’d be more likely to have in your pantry. And after a bit of adjusting, I arrived at this recipe.
OH SO DELICIOUS!
With a squished banana and rolled oats base, the cookies are really chewy and moist. The cherries are little bursts of flavor, and a simple cream cheese frosting drizzle packs in some major decadence, without being all that unhealthy. Which means not only can I eat these energy bites for dessert, but I can have them for breakfast or pop them in a to-go container and have them for a snack. I think you’re really going to love them!
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More breakfast ideas you might like:
If you’re one of those people that says they don’t have time for breakfast, this coffee smoothie is right up your alley.
If you love smoothies but want a sit-down breakfast, try this delicious mocha smoothie bowl tomorrow!
Maybe you’d like to try your hand at homemade granola. It’s easy to make and delicious as a snack or breakfast!
Want even more free recipes? Be sure to join my newsletter for FREE recipes and craft ideas sent to your email inbox every week. Cherry Cheesecake Energy Bites Print Prep Cook Total These cherry cheesecake energy bites and little oat cookies that are good for you! Great for snacking or taking with you on a hike or to soccer practice. Author: Sarah Bond Category: Breakfast Servings: 16 Ingredients 2 ripe bananas ½ cup fresh cherries, pitted and chopped 1 ½ cup rolled oats 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ cup cream cheese 1 Tbsp maple syrup ½ tsp vanilla extract Instructions In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Stir in cherries, oats, and cinnamon. Roll tablespoon-sized rounds of dough into balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet (you can put these pretty close together, they won’t rise or expand). Bake at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes, until golden brown. While cookies bake, prepare icing by combining cream cheese, maple syrup, and vanilla. Whisk with a fork until smooth. Allow cookies to cool slightly, then drizzle on the icing (either with a fork or by spooning icing into a baggy, cutting off the corner of the bag, and piping the frosting over the cookies). Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Nutrition Information Serving size: 3 energy bite Calories: 120 3.5.3208 About Latest Posts