Generally speaking, I detest "no bake" recipes...they are up there with "no sugar" recipes (which invariably have a metric tonne of sugar, just not in the granulated form...I think the record I saw was a "no bake sugar-free cake" that was in fact 35% by weight pure sugar (the rest being a mix of nuts, fat and other vaguely grim items)......however,I was in need of some easy-to-handle calories for a ride planned on a Sunday, and I'd been the victim of poor planning, and had nothing to hand. I had a quick look around online, and then did some adjustments based on what was sitting in the cupboard, and came up with these. I did a small batch, as you don't really want a lot of sweet, tasty carbohydrate-rich snacks lying around!
I did some maths, and if you make 9 bites from the batch they are 100-110 calories/20-22g each. Each "bite" was about an inch across, and good for a single mouthful. This means that they are good for ride food at the rate of about 2 bites/hour.
No-Bake Energy Bites - Recipe
Ingredients
- 80g rolled oats
- 40g sultanas
- 2g cinnamon powder
- 1g ground nutmeg
- ½g salt
- 35g honey
- 70g almond butter
1) Place all the dry ingredients (oats, sultanas, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt) in a bowl, and stir together to mix
2) Add the honey and almond butter to the bowl
3) Mix until all combined/coated, and is clumping
4) With clean hands, separate into 9 separate balls and firmly roll together
5) Wrap each ball in foil and chill overnight