A healthy snack that’s also the perfect mix of nutty and sweet
You know you want a snack. No, you NEED a snack. You want something sweet, but also something that’ll keep you energized and won’t make you crash later.
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Enter peanut butter balls. They’re sweet (but not overly so) from the dried fruit and honey, but they’re also packed with protein from the peanut butter to keep you going. Whip up a batch and keep them handy in the fridge for when the need strikes!
Makes 15 to 18 balls
Analysis based on one of a total of 16 balls
Calories: 198
Total fat: 15.3 g
Saturated fat: 3 g
Trans fat: 0.0 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 10.5 mg
Total carbohydrate: 9.9 g
Fiber: 3.6 g
Sugar: 5.2 g
Protein: 8.3 g
— Skinny Liver: A Proven Program to Prevent and Reverse the New Silent Epidemic — Fatty Liver Disease by Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, with Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD (© 2017 Da Capo Lifelong Books).
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