Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods. Thanks for supporting brands that align with my values and help make TFD possible. I was compensated for my time but as always, all opinions are my own!
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Hemp Heart Bites taste like chocolate chip peanut butter cookie dough but are wayyyy better for you. Your back-to-school snack prayers have been answered.
Happy 1 day until the weekend countdown!! I mentioned in a post earlier this week that I’m not ready to give up on summer just yet. I’m still inundated with CSA tomatoes and corn and I ain’t making the jump to apples and pumpkins just yet.
However, if you persuaded me to come around to back-to-school snacks and let’s say bribed me with some oh, I don’t know, peanut butter and chocolate (?), I might just succumb.
That’s what we’ve got today. Peanut butter and chocolate for back-to-school. Parents, don’t panic, this registered dietitian hasn’t lost her mind just yet. The chocolate is minimal. And I’m rounding out this snack with hemp and oats (but feel free to keep that on a as-need-to-know basis for the kiddos).
I’m kind of obsessed with these little snack bites. Probably because I tested them three different times to get the recipe juuuuuuust right. And they now taste like peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough. You’re welcome :).
I made these with Manitoba Harvest’s newest product: Hemp Heart Bites, which have 10 grams of protein and 10 grams of omega-3 and -6 in one serving. They’re a super convenient mid-afternoon or after school snack to get your hemp quota for the day. Plus, you can use them to make delicious cookie-dough-like protein bites. Win!
Ingredients
- 1 bag Hemp Heart Bites
- ¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
- Optional: 1 tsp coconut oil (see note)
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse Hemp Heart Bites, oats, and peanut butter to a fine, crumb-like texture. Add chocolate chips and pulse quickly to combine.
- Take 1 tbsp of mixture and roll into a ball and place on a parchment or wax paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
To make chocolate covered peanut butter hemp heart bites, melt 1/4 cup chocolate chips with 1 tsp coconut oil and roll balls of mixture in melted chocolate to cover and transfer to parchment or wax paper-lined baking sheet. Let cool and harden in refrigerator for at least 15-30 minutes.
Don’t forget about the GIVEAWAY! Manitoba Harvest is giving away FIVE bags of Hemp Heart Bites to one lucky TFD reader in the U.S. or Canada (just no PO Boxes puh-lease). The giveaway will run for one week through Thursday, September 3rd. Good luck ya’ll!
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