Vegan Cookie Dough Balls

Ever since I saw this post by Angela at Oh She Glows I have been dying to make her Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls. Chocolate and cookie dough? Double win.

So last night, giddy with excitement, I stocked up on the ingredients at Whole Foods and set out to make my own cookie dough balls.

The best part about these balls is that they contain no eggs, so they are safe to eat raw; and they don’t contain any butter or sugar like normal cookie dough, so they are actually good for you! They are also no-bake, and take only a few minutes to make.

The worst part about these balls is that you may get dough on your keyboard when you make them and then try to type your blog post :)

Vegan Cookie Dough Balls (inspired by Oh She Glows)

Ingredients

1/4 cup almond flour (or crush ~3/4 cup of your favorite kind of nut in the food processor until it becomes a powder)
1/2 cup oats
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
10 dates, finely chopped
1 dessertspoon vanilla essence
As many chocolate chips as you like! (I used about 1/4 cup of dark vegan chocolate chips)
~ 1/4 cup agave nectar (add last- only use enough to bind the ingredients without making it “wet”)

Directions

1- Cover finely chopped dates with water and microwave for 1 minute
2- Mix all ingredients together. Add agave nectar last so you don’t get a mixture that is too wet. Feel free to mix it with your hands- I did!
3- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Store in refrigerator… or eat them all then and there!

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!