Happy Halloween! Chocolate Pumpkin Power Balls!

What better to celebrate Halloween than spooky chocolate pumpkin power balls? Well, maybe they could be a little spookier, but with 8.91g of Protein per serving, that's frightfully great!

Laura's Chocolate Pumpkin Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

2.5 c. Oats

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

3 scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

0.5 c. Mini Chocolate Chips

Mix Wet Ingredients:

2 Egg Whites

1 tsp Vanilla

0.5 c. Water

1.5 c. Canned Pumpkin

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

Makes Approximately 58 Power Balls.

Nutrition Facts Per Power Ball: (3-4 Per Serving)

42.31 Calories

10.29 Calories from Fat

2.23g Protein

1.18g Total Fat

0.46g Saturated Fat

5.92g Carbs

3.36mg Cholesterol

Run Fast Blue Devils! These Power Balls Are Waiting For You To Eat Them!

Despite attempts to remain relatively anonymous in my affiliations, that seems rather difficult given the title of this blog stemming from the name I've given these Power Balls: Blue Devil Power Balls. Tomorrow is the big ACC cross-country meet, so in honor of that I thought I'd show some team pride with Power Balls named after a certain school's mascot. There's blue from the dried blueberries and white from the white chocolate chips and coconut, so hopefully they'll replenish the Blue Devils that cross the finish line tomorrow!

Laura's Blue Devil Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

3 c. Oats

3 scoops Vanilla Protein Powder

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.5 c. Dried Shredded Coconut

0.5 c. White Chocolate Chips

0.75 c. Dried Blueberries

Mix Wet Ingredients:

2 Egg Whites

1.5 c. Applesauce

0.5 c. Water

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

Makes Approximately 60 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Ball: (3-4 Power Balls Per Serving)

51.33 Calories

12.42 Calories from Fat

2.03g Protein

1.44g Total Fat

0.76g Saturated Fat

7.85g Carbs

3.25mg Cholesterol

Uncreative Title #2: Banana Chocolate Chip Power Balls

Since everyone knows banana bread with chocolate chips is delicious, I decided to try to recreate that with these Power Balls. It's a pretty straightforward recipe, but I found there weren't quite enough wet ingredients, so I added some water and that seemed to make things better. I've also just realized that I think I've been turning my camera off too quickly after taking that picture, since I seem to missing some pictures that I was pretty sure I took. Sorry for the lack of pictures :( I'll stop doing that after the next post.

Laura's Banana Chocolate Chip Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

3 c. Oats

3 scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

1 tsp Cinnamon

Mix Wet Ingredients:

2 Bananas

2 Egg Whites

1 tsp Vanilla

0.5 c. Orange Juice

0.5 c. Water

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Add 0.5 c. Mini Chocolate Chips.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

There should have been a picture there of nice looking Power Balls, but sadly there is not.

Makes Approximately 57 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Power Ball: (3-4 Power Balls Per Serving)

48.40 Calories

10.65 Calories from Fat

2.30g Protein

1.22g Total Fat

0.47g Saturated Fat

7.32g Carbs

3.42mg Cholesterol

Uncreative Title #1: Orange Coconut Blueberry

These Power Balls were inspired by people's demands for more Power Balls with coconut in them and a can of mandarin oranges and some blueberry Craisin's in my pantry. At first I was a little suspicious about using mandarin oranges in Power Balls, but they gave it a little orange kick that I think turned out deliciously. Here's the recipe:

Laura's Orange Coconut Blueberry Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

3 c. Oats

3 Scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

0.5. c. White Rice Flour

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.5 c. Wheat Bran 

Mix Wet Ingredients:

0.5 c. Orange Juice

1 tsp Vanilla

1 10.5oz Can Mandarin Oranges, crush with whisk

2 Egg Whites

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Mix in:

0.67 c. Dried Shredded Coconut

1 c. Dried Blueberry Craisins

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

Makes approximately 57 Power Balls

Nutritional Facts Per Ball: (4 Power Balls Per Serving)

46.44 Calories

8.16 Calories from Fat

2.20g Protein

0.95g Total Fat

0.38g Saturated Fat

7.51g Carbs

3.42mg Cholesterol

Catching Up... Pineapple Coconut Cake

After falling a little bit behind on my blog posting duties, but not Power Ball making duties, watch out for 3 posts all in a row! Bam Bam Bam! These Power Balls, while similar to my previous Pina Colada Power Balls, had a different texture after running out of oats and instead using a mixture of various previously used dry ingredients plus some apple cider instead of grapefruit or orange juice. I think they were deemed pretty tasty though, so hooray for making power balls without going to the grocery store! Here's the recipe:

Laura's Pineapple Coconut Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

6 c. Ritz Bitz, chopped

1 c. Graham Cracker Crumbs

0.5 c. Flaxseed Meal

1 c. Wheat Bran

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

3 Scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

Mix Wet Ingredients:

1 20oz can Crushed Pineapple

2 Egg Whites

1 tsp. Vanilla

0.5 c. Apple Cider

1 c. Dried Shredded Coconut

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 10-12 minutes.

Makes approximately 71 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Ball: (4 Power Balls Per Serving)

42.32 Calories

8.77 Calories from Fat

1.74g Protein

1.02g Total Fat

0.48g Saturated Fat

6.69g Carbs

2.75mg Cholesterol

A Little Bit of Summer in Autumn...Coconut Blueberry Power Balls

And now since I'm catching up on my posting, my most recent creation as of today are Blueberry Coconut Power Balls! With I think one of the least amount of ingredients I've ever used! This recipe also reminded me of my very first power ball creations of Coconut Banana Bread and then Blueberry Yogurt and how many recipes I've made so far - a lot! And hopefully more to come! So here ya go!

Laura's Blueberry Coconut Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

2 c. Oats

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.5 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

3 Scoops Vanilla Protein Powder

0.5 c. Dried Coconut

Mix Wet Ingredients:

1 can Blueberry Pie Filling (21 oz)

2 Egg Whites

1 tsp Vanilla

0.25 c. Orange Juice

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.

Makes approximately 67 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Ball: (4 Per Serving)

39.17 Calories

7.39 Calories from Fat

1.76g Protein

0.85g Total Fat

0.32g Saturated Fat

6.29g Carbs

2.91mg Cholesterol

Back! And Mint Chocolate Chip Power Balls

Sorry for the little hiatus from posting about power balls, but it's back! And with mint chocolate chip power balls! To get that minty-chocolatey taste I used cocoa powder, mint extract, and chopped up Andes Mints Bits. I didn't really know what to use as a good liquid, so ended up mushing up 2 bananas and added a little more grapefruit juice than usual. Overall though, I think they turned out well, so here's the recipe:

Laura's Mint Chocolate Chip Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

4 c. Oats

3 scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

0.25 c. White Rice Flour

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.25 c. Cocoa Powder

0. 25 c. Wheat Bran

Mix Wet Ingredients:

2 Egg Whites

0.75 c. Grapefruit Juice

2 Bananas

0.5 tsp Mint Extract

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Add 0.75 c. Andes Mints Bits.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

Makes approximately 65 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Power Ball: (3 Per Serving)

50.41 Calories

14.18 Calories from Fat

2.26g Protein

1.57g Total Fat

0.86g Saturated Fat

7.52g Carbs

3.00mg Cholesterol

No Mint, So... Strawberry Banana Power Balls!

I know I said I was thinking of making mint chocolate chip or chocolate mint Power Balls for Wednesday, but I didn't have any mint, so instead made Strawberry Banana Power Balls! Not to be confused with the previously made Strawberry Banana Smoothie Power Balls - these don't have yogurt in them - are a little bit more pink, but just as tasty! I also had run out of Bulgar Wheat and so tried to add more oats mixed with some water, but think that was a bad choice, since the batter was a little liquidy, but then the PBs are more moist, so maybe that's good! Here's the recipe:

Laura's Strawberry Banana Power Balls

Mix Dry Ingredients:

4.5 c. Oats + 1.5 c. Water

3 scoops Chocolate Protein Powder

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.25 c. White Rice Flour

Mash Together:

2 Bananas

21 oz. Strawberry Pie Filling

Mix With Wet Ingredients:

0.5 c. Grapefruit Juice

2 Egg Whites

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 12-15 minutes. 

Makes approximately 87 Power Balls.

Nutrition Facts Per Ball: (4 Balls Per Serving)

36.24 Calories

4.51 Calories from Fat

1.54g Protein

0.53g Total Fat

0.10g Saturated Fat

6.37g Carbs

2.22mg Cholesterol

99 Balls of Cinnamon Apple Pie on the Wall...

With all this fall weather I've been inspired to try to stick to the fundamental flavors of fall. And so came up with another apple-based Power Ball (previous apple-based PBs were the Caramel Apple PBs) this time with apple pie filling instead of fresh apples and no caramel bits. Hence...

Laura's Cinnamon Apple Pie Power Balls

Combine 1.25c Bulgar Wheat with 1.75c Water. 

Let soak for ~1 hour.

Mix Dry Ingredients:

3.5 c Oats, chopped

3 scoops Vanilla Protein Powder

0.5 c. Wheat Bran

0.5 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.5 c. White Rice Flour

1.5 tsp Cinnamon

Mix Wet Ingredients:

1 can (15 oz) Apple Pie Filling

0.75 c. Applesauce

0.5 c. Grapefruit Juice

1 tsp Vanilla

Combine Wet & Dry Ingredients:

Add Bulgar Wheat & Water Mixture. 

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 10-11 minutes.

Makes approximately 99 balls.

Nutrition Facts Per Ball: (4 Balls Per Serving)

36.81 Calories

4.62 Calories from Fat

1.58g Protein

0.53g Total Fat

0.09g Saturated Fat

6.63g Carbs

1.97mg Cholesterol

I've also got a request for Mint Chocolate Chip flavored PBs, so look out for that in the next couple of days (hopefully).

You Know What October Means... PUMPKIN! Currant Power Balls

It also means I'm almost done (1 away!) with med school applications - hooray! So look out for better posts soon, but in the meantime enjoy the start of pumpkin season with these balls:

Laura's Pumpkin Currant Power Balls

Combine 1 c. Bulgar Wheat with 1.5 c Water. 

Let soak for 1 hour.

Mix Dry Ingredients:

4 c. Oats, chopped

0.25 c. Flaxseed Meal

0.5 c. Brown Rice Flour

1 tsp Cinnamon

0.5 tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Mix Wet Ingredients:

15 oz. Canned Pumpkin!

0.25 c. Syrup

2 Egg Whites

0.5 c. Grapefruit Juice

1 tsp Vanilla

0.5 c. Dried Currants

Bulgar & Water Mixture

Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes.

Makes approximately 97 Power Balls.

Nutritional Facts Per Ball: (4 Balls Per Serving)

32.44 Calories

4.28 Calories from Fat

1.63g Protein

0.49g Total Fat

0.08g Saturated Fat

5.68g Carbs

2.01mg Cholesterol