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Get your apple pie fix with these raw, gluten-free, vegan and refined sugar-free apple pie bites! Ready in 20 minutes and will totally satisfy your sweet tooth for dessert or a snack.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I am so inspired by fall flavors! Apples, squash, pumpkin, sweet potato… the list goes on. I’ll never tire of creating new fall recipes!Â
I love apple pie and apple crisp but sometimes I just want a quick snack that doesn’t take much effort. Enter: apple pie bites. These apple pie bites are ready in 20 minutes and made with just a few key ingredients! The only kitchen appliance you need is a food processor. Let’s get to it!
Packed Full of Energy!
These little snack bites are packed with nutritious ingredients to keep you satisfied and energized all day long. The combination of dates, dried apples and oats provide a great sense of fiber, the cashews provide healthy fats and protein and the cinnamon and nutmeg help round out this snack in the flavor department! They’re perfect for breakfast, snack or dessert – both at home and for on-the-go snacking.
Apple Pie Energy Ball Ingredients
- Dates
- Dried apple rings
- Rolled oats – make sure you get gluten-free oats if necessary.
- Cashews
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Sea salt
How to Make Apple Pie Bites
STEP 1: Add the dates and apple rings to a food processor and pulse until they are pea-sized.
STEP 2: Add in the cashews and process until the dates, apples and cashews come together in a sticky ball.Â
STEP 3: Carefully break up the ball with your hands and add in the oats, spices and salt. Process until all of the ingredients are well combined and have a sticky consistency.
STEP 4: Roll into 15-20 balls.Â
How to Store Energy Balls
Store your energy balls in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. They will last up to a week in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.
PrintApple Pie Bites
Get your apple pie fix with these raw, gluten-free, vegan and refined sugar-free apple pie bites! Ready in 20 minutes and will totally satisfy your sweet tooth for dessert or a snack.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 15-20 balls 1x
- Category: Snack
- Method: Raw
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 1 cup unsweetened dried apple rings, chopped
- 1/2 cup rolled oats, gluten-free if necessary
- 1 cup cashews
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Add dates and apple rings to a food processor and process until pea-sized.
- Add in cashews and process until dates, apple rings and cashews come together in a sticky ball.
- Break up the ball with your hands and add in the oats, spices and salt.
- Continue processing until all ingredients are well combined and have a sticky consistency.
- Roll into 15-20 balls, depending on size.
- Store in fridge or freezer.
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hehehe! I can’t even imagine Thanksgiving without the traditional foods. In fact, my brother and I are SO about tradition that my mom has tried to do slight variations on our usual menu and we both threw a fit 🙂 I totally understand why you’re boycotting Canadian T-day! Or maybe you should go around doing demos to show canadians the right way to do it? 😉 Did you live in America at all while growing up?
Haha I never knew much about Canadian Thanksgiving, but glad to know I’m not missing much. Thanksgiving is for watching football and the original Home Alone movie (to get you ready for X-mas season). Yams and marshmallows are DEFINITELY a must-have too! Favorite Thanksgiving foods (in order of importance) are: yams/marshmallows, corn pudding, pumpkin pie, cranberry mold (my mom’s recipe), and then turkey.
Haha okay, well are you going to celebrate American Thanksgiving then? A year without any Thanksgiving sounds like a very sad year indeed!
Of course, you’ve done it again … made me smile, AND made me drool. Looks delicious! (And I’ll be sure NOT to wish you Happy Thanksgiving on Monday!)
These look so good. I’m just waiting on that food processor..
I didn’t know Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving in October. I think it’s funny you’re boycotting the whole thing. I have to say I’m probably letter B in those list of options 🙂
Go you for making best use of your dual citizenship and celebrating Thanksgiving whichever way suits you best! I fall into group c) but I wish we had Thanksgiving over here. Just the whole idea of another weekend spent celebrating with the family in those cold fall months is awesome. I’ll admit I wasn’t quite aware of the difference between American and Canadian Thanksgiving – aside from the dates – until now. Thanks for shedding some light onto it – though I’m sorry Canada disappoints you on that term.
Seriously, those look AMAZING!! I LOVE apples in the fall time… it’s a great way to bring in the new season!
Canadians put ZERO effort into anything, unless it’s hockey or drinking. Even Canada Day sucks – we usually head down to Montana to celebrate July 4 (which also happens to be my bday!).
That recipe looks amazing!
last year we went over to a friends house for Canadian Thanksgiving. It was in October and a Sunday. She is from Canada, but her husband is in the military and is stationed here in Florida. She doesn’t have any family here so she really wanted to still have a huge Canadian Thanksgiving with all of her closest friends. I most certainly expecting “thanksgiving” type foodies, but nope! We didn’t even have turkey! It was like a mix of all kinds of food including, shrimp, and beef. Oh, and yes they had football on until it was time to eat!
Lol oh girl. I’m Canadian and I’m totally with you on our lack of Thanksgiving OOMPF. First off, it just comes too early. I love the whole holiday season thing that the Americans got going on… but I guess we gotta do it early in Canada because it just gets so dang cold by November. Gah. Nevertheless, my family still celebrates with a turkey dinner and lots of good food. There’s still ways to make the most of it.
Oh… and these bites look delicious 🙂