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Make Energy Balls with your kids to teach them about healthy eating #31DaysOfLearning

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Today we have Petra from A Mum Reviews. Take it away Petra!

My children are always extremely hungry and a bit cranky after school and a snack always helps. Over the past few months, we’ve made energy balls together nearly every week to have as an after-school snack. I love doing this with the children for a few reasons.

Make energy balls with your kids and teach them about healthy eating!

Why energy balls are a good after school snack?

There are a few reasons why energy balls are a good after school snack:

  • Great way to talk to your children about healthy eating and nutrition as you choose the ingredients to go in. You can discuss each one and talk about why it’s good for you and what it will do in your body,
  • Healthier snack option than pre-packaged options. I don’t follow a strict recipe (I will share what we do further down) but all ingredients are healthy except for a few chocolate chips which add a treat feeling to an overall healthy snack. The kids love them thanks to the chocolate chips. But the majority of ingredients are really healthy and ones that they might not normally eat,
  • Making these creates a lot less waste than individually wrapped snacks and reducing waste is an important topic to discuss with your children these days too, and finally
  • They’re really cheap to make as well!

Energy Balls for kids

A baker is carefully sprinkling sesame seeds on freshly-baked chocolate doughnuts in an indoor kitchen.

These are a great after school snack for kids, and while you are making them you can even help them to learn about healthy eating too. Talk to them about the ingredients that you are using and how they effect your body.

This makes 14 large balls - as the ones pictures here.

You can roll these in coconut, instead of the sesame seeds if you want, and vanilla essence is also a great addition to the recipe too.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200ml Oats
  • 4 heaped tablespoons of peanut butter
  • 1 bag chocolate chips (100g)
  • 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped nuts
  • Tablespoon of hot chocolate powder

Instructions

  1. Mix the nut butter with the oats and add vanilla or hot chocolate powder/cocoa at this stage too, if using. If needed, add a bit of water to loosen up the texture.

    A pitcher of chocolate is poured into a cup on a table set with food and tableware indoors.
  2. Add the bits – chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, seeds, etc. – and mix well
  3. Roll into balls and roll these in sesame seeds or desiccated coconut if you wish. This makes them less sticky to hold

    A bowl of rice and food grains indoors on Kiddy Charts.
  4. Chill for a few hours before eating. I use airtight boxes and they last for at least 4 days, but have usually been eaten by then!







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My children love the activity of making these and know that it’s a healthier option than shop bought snacks as we always talk about the ingredients as we make the energy balls. They love that they get to have a few chocolate chips within their snacks. This is something that I don’t mind at all. Plus I know that they’re getting a snack that’s full of energy and nutrients that are important for growing children.

Thanks so much to Petra for sharing this with us. Do check out her site, A Mum Reviews, for lots of other great ideas and inspiration for mums.

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Thanks for coming to see us and take care,

Helen

Petra runs the blog A Mum ReviewsA Mum Reviews which is a review and lifestyle blog. Petra is Swedish but lives in Sheffield and is a mum of three girls. Her hobbies include design of all kinds, books, good food and travelling.


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A Mum Reviews

Monday 2nd of March 2020

Thank you so much for sharing my recipe! :)

Charlotte Stein

Monday 2nd of March 2020

Looking forward to making these for myself as well as the kids!

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