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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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Haha, hope you have a great weekend Davida! We don’t celebrate thanksgiving here, but I definitely wouldn’t mind some roast turkey or yams and marshmallows, Can’t believe there is no baking required in this recipe, simply sounds too good to be true!
If you’re going to miss Canada’s Thanksgiving, then you better make your way back down to the States for the American Thanksgiving!! Love that you used cashews in these apple bites….. cashews make everything better!
Oh and, personally I think the American Thanksgiving is TOOOO close to Christmas. At least Canada spreads out their holidays! Who said you can’t put marshmallows on yams anyway? Please tell me you’ll at least be celebrating Thanksgiving at a later date – you can’t boycot it completely!!
these sound so yum! also i LOLed at the “mad respect for trader joe’s” comment. i had no idea you had dual citizenship!
I’m so excited for Thanksgiving! I’m sad that I am not at home to print of DIYs and decorate our house but I’ll still be celebrating over a feast of Turkey, my grandma’s amazing mashed yams, green beans, beets, roasted parsnip, stuffing (though it isn’t my favourite), brownies (because I make the most decadent brownies that appear at every holiday) and of course lots and lots of pies! Is it bad that the appetizers of mini quiches, spinach dip and smoked salmon are also on my list? OH AND baked goods – aka pumpkin everything and gingerbread cookies? We always go apple picking in fall but this year we are also visiting a Pumpkin patch. Usually we take photos because the change in leaves and fall scenery is too hard not to photgraph!
hahaha any rant about a lack of yams and marshmallows is justified in my world! I mean, if you’re going to do Thanksgiving, you gotta do it right 🙂
Hahaha I don’t even like football and I still got a good giggle out of that rant 🙂 I’m with you on Trader Joes being one of the best places ever though so I wish you luck on your raid this weekend (word to the wise though stay away from their pumpkin spice tea…. unless you know you like it then by all means drink up… but I thought it was just a pretty tin with a really gross tea inside!)
Those look amazing!
Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
These look great! I love that the ingredient list is short and clean, and apples are everywhere this time of year. Walking into any market the smell of the fresh apples makes me want to eat all the apples.
Oh my these look like munchkins from dunkin donuts! They look so good, so gonna have to try!