Happy Friday! (At it again with another protein energy ball recipe!)
I’m going to spend the weekend cooking some new recipes for the blog, attending yoga, going out and playing around with my new camera, lunch with friends, and just catching up on some yardwork (assuming& hoping the rain will pass.) Before I get started with this delicious recipe post, I wanted to let you know that I’m running a fun spring giveaway on my Instagram! I get asked about my Nespresso maker all the time, so I thought it would be cool to give one away! I’m hoping to do a lot of giveaways this year as an appreciation to you guys! My blog wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for you! 🙂
A couple of weeks ago, I made these 5-ingredient white chocolate macadamia nut energy balls to keep in the house. Kyle was so obsessed with the chocolate chip peanut butter ones that he asked if I could come up with another. I figured he’d enjoy a white chocolate macadamia nut one, so that’s what I did! Verdict? HE LOVED THEM! & so did my mom. I brought some over for my parents, and I asked my dad the next day what he thought. He said he didn’t get to try them because my mom ate them all! I’m assuming she enjoyed them. Hiding them from my dad? Savage. 
I know I’m totally late to the “ball” game, but I finally get the hype. You don’t have to bake them, you can pretty much use any ingredient you’d like, and they are so convenient. I took some of the lemon energy balls I made (recipe coming soon) on my weekend trip to Asheville, and they held up great. If you have picky eaters in your household, energy balls may be the trick.
These white chocolate macadamia nutballs are gluten-free and can be made vegan by using dairy-free white chocolate chips. (You can find those here.)
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Energy Balls
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Almond Butter
- 1 Cup Oats
- 1 Cup Vanilla Protein Powder (I used plant base)
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Macadamia Nuts
- 1/2 Cup White Chocolate Chips
- water or almond milk for texture
Instructions
- In a large bowl (or electric mixer) combine the almond butter, oats, vanilla protein powder, macadamia nuts, and white chocolate chips together.
- Gradually add in the water or almond milk until you get a texture that you can roll into balls. Add by the tablespoon.
- Scoop 2 heaping tablespoons of the mixture and roll into a ball. This recipe makes about 24-26 servings.
Notes
I hope you guys have a great weekend! I’m off to yoga 🙂
Questions for you!
- Have you ever made balls? If so, what flavor?
- Almond butter or peanut butter?
- White chocolate or dark chocolate?
These look awesome!! I’m definitely looking forward to the lemon ones; it’s one of my favorite flavors! I’ve made energy balls a couple times, including chocolate hazelnut ones a couple of weeks ago. I like them for a quick snack on the go, as we tend to spend a lot of time driving.
I love almond butter, but I can’t say I’d eat it out of the jar quite like peanut butter. I love the Justin’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups, but dark chocolate in general is awesome. I could never wrap my head around white chocolate in general, though admittedly, I ate a ton of white chocolate macadamia cookies from Subway when I was in college. 🙂
Hi, Krista!
Thanks so much! I’m excited to post the lemon ones soon!
mmmm hazelnut would be delicious! one of my favorite nuts lol
omg…………i ate so many white chocolate subway cookies in my lifetime! lol I actually posted a healthier/almond flour version on the blog years ago!
These look awesome! Is there any substitution for the protein powder? Or is it possible to just omit it- I’ve tried a lot of different protein powders and have never been a fan of the taste. To answer your questions- I’ve never made balls but always wanted to try to make them! I love all nut butters but I think peanut butter over almond, and def dark chocolate over white chocolate. I do love white chocolate macadamia nut cookies so I’m sure I’ll love these as well!
Thanks for the recipe and have a great weekend!
Hi, Rebecca!
You don’t have to add the protein powder at all! 😀 If you love white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, you’ll LOVE these!!
Have a great weekend!
Chocolate protein balls? Count me in! Sounds like heaven! 😉 ❤️
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Thanks, Charmaine!
I’ve been waiting on this recipe!
Thanks for posting!
Enjoy!!!
OMG these look so good! White chocolate macadamia is my favorite flavor of anything ever haha I have made chocolate peanut butter energy balls in the past, and ‘monster cookie’ ones with mini m&m’s in place of chocolate chips. I haven’t made them in forever though because I don’t have enough self control to only eat one, theyre so good!
I just tried almond butter for the first time a few months ago and I’m obsessed. It’s so good! I love it on apples. My go to chocolate is usually dark chocolate!
Also, I just made your cranberry carrot chicken last night for dinner and it was sooo good! I didn’t have a can of cranberry sauce, but I had dried cranberries so I just heated some of them up and mashed them in place of it and it worked well! Ended up throwing the leftover veggies on my salad today!
Hi, Meghan!
So happy you enjoyed the cranberry chicken!! Now I may have to make that! 🙂 yummy!
ohhhhhhh yes dark chocolate for the win! Try it with almond butter!
MONSTOR COOKIE BALLS? yum!!!!
These look super easy. I also use plant based protein powders, I just wondered if they make it more crumbly. Anyway I’m going to make these today.
I’ve never made them with anything other than plant-based, but adding the liquid helps them stay together!:)
Looks amazing! Currently eating my oatmeal raisin protein balls while I’m reading this, I bring two to work with me every day for afternoon snack/pick me up! Similar ingredients to the ones you used, except instead of white chocolate chips & macadamia nuts, I used raisins, honey, vanilla extract, and chia seeds!
Can’t wait to try these out!
Yum! Adding those to the list!
Sounds so good! 🙂 I used chia seeds in lemon ones!
Could you bake these?
I wouldn’t recommend it! 🙂
I made them this afternoon! I didn’t have almond butter but used sunflower butter and they were a hit with the kiddos.
That’s so great to hear 🙂 Glad the sunflower butter worked out. I may have to that with another ball recipe.
I LOVE this flavor combination. In Boulder we have this place called Boulder Baked (see what they did there…) and it’s fresh baked cookies to order. I ALWAYS get this flavor! But this is the perfect way to satisfy that craving without taking a huge nosedive into a calorie sugar fat pool (although I won’t say that’ll never happen…).
We do energy balls all the time, usually just a basic chocolate chia version!
Almond butter all the way (I’m obsessed with Nutzo right now too).
And if it’s chocolate… I’ll eat it!
Have a great weekend Taralynn!
Hi, Susie!
Hahaha! True! These are a better alternative to my FAVE cookie…the white chocolate macadamia nut! I had so many of those Subway cookies as a little kid. Hahaha no chocolate discrimination happening! 😉
Have a great weekend, Susie!
I found you on google from your last ball recipe! I look forward to making these!
Yay for google! Enjoy 😀
Can I omit the white chocolate?
Yup!
These look delicious and easy to make for my Sunday meal prep!
Very easy to make 😀
Can I use another nut butter? I don’t like almond butter.
You can! 😀 You can’t taste the almond butter that much in this recipe, but you can most certainly swap it out!
You absolutely can! This is a fairly simple recipe and you can use any Nut Butter 🙂
Where did you get your flower napkin
I just buy the fabric at the craft store and sew the edges! 🙂
My fave combo ever!
Mine too 🙂
how many carbs
It’s all on the recipe card:)
I want an espresso machine!! I feel like I’ll never win though. You have so many amazing followers and everytime I enter a contest it never seems to go my way, haha.
Also, have you ever tried pili nuts?
And also, what is this new camera that you talk of?! I am so into that kind of stuff since I also blog.
I do have some pretty amazing people who read my blog:) Including YOU!
I haven’t!
I’ll be doing a post on all the new equipment!
Did you and kyle break up? 🙁
lol no?
I’m seriously loving the energy balls/energy bites trend! They’re so perfect for taking to school– I commute and park over a mile from campus, so the less stuff I have to carry while walking that distance, the better. These can just be thrown into a small container and stored in a small compartment in a book bag! They also seem relatively inexpensive to make, which is even better 🙂
When I was a kid we used to make peanut butter balls all the time! I don’t recall the exact recipe, but it involved peanut butter, powdered milk, chocolate chips, and honey. Other than that, I haven’t made any energy balls recently, but looking at your recipes I’ll have to start again 🙂
To answer your other questions, I really like the taste of almond butter, and dark chocolate >>> white chocolate, especially when it’s paired up with oranges or strawberries!
I’ve only ever made energy balls one time and they turned out terrible. I didn’t care for the recipe and it really turned me off to them. I would be willing to give these a try because white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are my favorite.
I totally prefer peanut butter to almond butter, am a huge fan of cookie butter😄 but let’s be honest I like them all.
When it comes to chocolate I will take any and all forms it comes in lol. Hope you have an amazing week. Love your recipes!
I still make your oatmeal cream pies every year for thanksgiving and every raves about them.
Hi, Tori!
I think you’ll like these!:D
omg those oatmeal cream pies are my weakness.
I made these using ProGranola instead of oats since I eat keto. Delicious! I might try doing the same with your recent muffin recipe.
I’ve never heard of ProGranola! May have to look into it:)
1. Have you ever made balls? If so, what flavor? Yes! There’s a recipe I found on pinterest that has like 10 ingredients so it can take a while to make, but that’s my favorite recipe I’ve made. I tried your simple recipe and my first attempt was too crumbly (I didn’t add enough water!) The second attempt was much better as far as moisture – I shredded an apple for Apple Cinnamon energy balls, but something is still off about the flavor. I’m pretty sure it’s the brand of protein powder I’m using. I bought a giant tub from Walgreens and HATE the flavor so I’ve been trying to use it in other recipes so I don’t waste it. I’ll buy another kind and try it again.
2.Almond butter or peanut butter? Oh goodness that’s hard to choose. I love both! Maybe peanut butter for this recipe so it’s more smooth.
3.White chocolate or dark chocolate? Again hard to choose! I really like the Brookside dark chocolate covered berries. I bet those would be awesome in the energy balls!
I’ve made some with chocolate chips, raisins, oats and PB and they’re super addicting! Can’t wait to try these!
I prefer PB over AB and white chocolate over dark!
Yum!!!!