These spirulina energy balls are one of my favorite healthy snack recipes. Supercharged with spirulina's immune-boosting phytonutrients, essential minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory properties.
These immune boosters sure pack a nutritional punch and taste delicious. They are sweet, nutty, zesty, and chocolaty.
Spirulina has an acquired taste. I developed this recipe with a healthy dose of raw cacao, orange, lime, and cinnamon to balance the flavors.
What Is Spirulina?
Spirulina is one of the oldest life forms on Earth. In fact, this blue-green microalgae is partly responsible for producing the oxygen in the planet's atmosphere that, billions of years ago allowed the planet's original life forms to develop.
Spirulina is a spiral-shaped microalga. It's the only food proposed by NASA and the European Space Agency to be the Astronauts’ food for long-term space missions.
Spirulina powder can be added to yogurts, smoothies, juices, cookies, bread, and cakes.
What Does Spirulina Contain?
- Between 55% - 70% protein
- Rich in vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, E and K
- Number 1 food source of chlorophyll
- 18 amino acids
- 8 times more anti-oxidants than blueberries
- 3 times more protein than meat
- 6 times more protein than eggs
- 25 times more beta-carotene than carrots
- 26 times more calcium than milk
- 4 times more iron than raw beef liver
- 50 times more iron than spinach
- 10 times more potassium than most fruits and vegetables
- More antioxidants in a single teaspoon of Spirulina than any food known to man
Spirulina Nutrition
Read more about the incredible health benefits of spirulina on my ingredients blog. Spirulina is a true superfood and I highly recommend incorporating it into your recipes.
To reap the full health benefits of Spirulina, it's recommended to take a supplementation course. Here is some more information on taking Spirulina Supplementation for immunity and all round good health.
Ingredients For Making Spirulina Energy Balls
This recipe is a nutritional powerhouse of superfoods:
- Spirulina
- Dates
- Raisins
- Cashews
- Pumpkin seeds
- Goji berries
- Coconut
- Chia seeds
- Cacao
- Spirulina
- Cinnamon
- Lime
- Orange
Imagine the good nutrition you are providing your body by eating these ingredients regularly. Not only are they super healthy... they taste delicious. The cacao and orange balance the flavor of spirulina perfectly.
Quick & Easy To Make
These energy balls are really simple to make:
- Pulse the cashews in a blender until coarsely ground
- Juice the lime and zest the orange
- Add the remaining ingredients to the blender for 20 seconds until the mix comes together.
- Roll into nice bite-sized balls
- Roll them in some extra spirulina or raw cacao powder
- Pop them in the fridge to firm up and you are good to go
I recommend making a weekly batch of spirulina energy balls. Keep them in the fridge and snack throughout the day, or take some with you when you are out and about.
These make a great on-the-go snack to keep you going in between meals. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they are also easy to make. No cooking experience is required, trust me.
Recipe Variations
Try rolling the spirulina energy balls in different ingredients:
Suggestions:
- Spirulina
- Ground almonds
- Desiccated coconut
- Raw cacao
- Hemp seeds
- Ground pumpkin seeds
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📋 Recipe
Spirulina Energy Balls, Immune Boosting with Cacao
Equipment
- Weighing scales
- Mixing bowl
- Blender
- Spatula
- Micro-plane grater
- Tray
Ingredients
- 200 g Dates stone removed
- 100 g Cashew
- 50 g Pumpkin seeds
- 50 g Goji berries
- 50 g Coconut desiccated
- 25 g Cacao powder
- 10 g Chia seeds
- 5 g Spirulina
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- 1 each Orange zest
- 30 ml Coconut oil
Instructions
- Assemble and weigh up all the ingredients.
- Take the stone out of the dates.
- Melt the coconut oil.
- Add all of the ingredients to the blender and blitz well until everything is fully combined. Do not over blend, allow for some coarse texture.
- Transfer the mix to a bowl and season with orange zest.
- Shape the mixture into 25g balls and roll them in spirulina before placing in the fridge.
- Leave to set for at least 2 hour.
Nutrition
Kathi Lomeli
I made this with a few minor changes. I used a tablespoon of Spirulina and added it to the mixture instead of coating the balls. I used unsweetened toasted coconut flakes; that is what I had on hand. I skipped the chia seeds, because I didn’t have any and omitted the coconut oil. I see the point of the coconut oil, but looking at food makes me gain weight, so I skipped those calories. I am not a fan of the bitter tartness of goji berries, yet in this recipe they were well balanced and I think vital to the flavor.
These are absolutely yummy! I will be making these again and again. Thank you!
Jamie Raftery
Thank you for your recipe ideas, Kathi. We're delighted you enjoyed it. Best wishes, Jamie