Carrot Cake Balls

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5 Prep 10 min No cook Serves 8

Is it an energy ball? Is it a cake ball? How about both? Instead of frosting, the cream cheese is rolled right in, helping to hold all the ingredients together.

½ cup graham cracker crumbs (from about 3½ whole graham crackers) 3 tbsp light cream cheese 2 tbsp coconut oil 5 tbsp finely shredded carrot, divided 3 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes, divided 3 tbsp chopped walnuts, divided 3 tbsp chopped raisins, divided 2 tbsp flaxseed meal ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1. In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, cream cheese, and coconut oil and mash with a fork.

2. Add 4 tbsp shredded carrot, 2 tbsp each coconut, walnuts, and raisins, the flaxseed meal and cinnamon and combine with fork or your hands until mixture holds together.

3. Roll rounded tablespoons of the mixture into 8 balls. In a small cup, combine the remaining 1 tbsp each carrots, coconut, walnuts, and raisins in small cup.

4. One by one roll the balls in the mixture to coat. Place the balls on a plate and cover with plastic wrap or store in a sealed container with waxed paper between layers and refrigerate until serving.

Per serving (1 ball) 121 Cal, 8 g Total Fat, 5 g Sat Fat, 75 mg Sod, 11 g Total Carb, 4 g Sugar, 2 g Fib, 2 g Prot.

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Feel free to mix and match the nuts and dried fruit combos. Pecans and dried cranberries or almonds and chopped dried apricots would also go deliciously with the flavors here.