tastiest pre-workout snack // pb&j protein balls

hey friends!! as part of creating more of a schedule for my workouts, it really helps me to have a bit of food in my stomach that fuels me as I’m warming up and running. since it’s right before a workout, its really important that it has a good amount of protein and also a bit of natural sugar to make sure my blood sugar doesn’t drop too much (I get really grumpy haha). I found this recipe on YouTube and its been my favorite snack all around recently! hope you guys love these as much as I do : )

instructions

start out by wrapping a plate in tin foil. then using your favorite jam, spoon dollops of a teaspoon worth of jelly across the plate. then set it in the freezer for 30 minutes.

while your jelly filling is hardening, continue with the outer peanut butter shell

what you need :

15 pitted dates

1/3 oats

3 tablespoons of peanut butter (occasionally I add more so make it sticker)

2 tsp honey (for a little more sweetness + stickyness)

how to make the shell

its so simple. lol.

put all of your ingredients into a blender. (i have a ninja blender)

i like to put the dates in last to make sure they get blended, and put a table spoon of peanut butter in between it and the oats and at the bottom and top of the blender to make sure everything mixes together well. this pic was before realized that worked better lol

make sure to blend until everything in incorporated together, and around this time your jelly shoulder be hardened!

how to combine the jelly + peanut butter

take a small ball of your peanut butter dough and flatten it out without ripping it. spoon one of your hardened jelly balls in the middle, and shut the peanut butter around it. then put it in the freezer IMMEDIATELY to make sure it doesn’t fall apart. proceed to do the same with the rest of the jelly + peanut butter mixture.

that’s all for today’s post! now its your turn! what is your favorite way to get protein in during the day? do you think you’ll try these?

check out Anna’s video for a visual tutorial on how to make these delicious snacks!