Vegan Carrot Cake Bites Recipe

5 from 17 votes

Vegan Carrot Cake Bites Recipe

Easy Vegan Carrot Cake Bites Recipe! These Carrot Cake Balls Need just 8 ingredients and 15 minutes. Grainfree No refined Sugar or oil Carrot Cake Bliss Balls. Roll in coconut or dress with vegan cream cheese glaze. Vegan Glutenfree Grainfree Soyfree

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American, Grain-free, Vegan

Keyword: carrot cake balls, carrot cake bliss balls, carrot cake energy bites, vegan carrot cake balls

Servings:

Author: Vegan Richa

Ingredients

2 cups chopped carrots
3/4 cup walnuts
15 soft dates (regular size), use 2 less if using large medjool
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup almond flour add more if needed
3 tbsp coconut flour or use more almond flour
2 tbsp shredded coconut for coating

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Instructions

Chop the carrots into 2 inch pieces. Add to a baking dish, cover the dish with parchment (optional) and bake for at 400 deg F (200 C) for 20 to 25 mins(longer time for fatter carrots). (You can skip this step and use raw carrot, you will need a few tbsp more almond flour later).
Alternatively, grate the carrots in a grated or using a food processor. Then add to a skillet with a teaspoon of oil or vegan butter, cook over medium for 3 minutes. Add 2 tsp maple syrup and a splash of water, cover and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
Add walnuts to a food processor and pulse to chop into an even coarse mixture
Add the roasted carrots, dates, vanilla, spices and salt and process until the mixture is well combined and doughy.
Add the almond and coconut flours and pulse again to combine. (You can also add other ingredients such as chia seeds, some vanilla protein powder etc instead of some of the almond flour)
If the mixture is too sticky, add a few tbsp more almond flour and 1 tbsp more coconut flour and pulse. Taste and adjust flavor with a tbsp of coconut sugar or maple syrup for sweeter if needed, or add more spices.
Shape into balls and roll in shredded coconut. Alternatively, drizzle some vegan cashew cream cheese frosting or, 3 tbsp coconut butter mixed with 1 tbsp of maple syrup, a good pinch of lemon zest and cinnamon.
Store refrigerated for upto a 5 days or freeze.

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Notes

Optional add ins:

1/2 tsp lemon zest adds a fresher profile.

1/4 tsp cardamom, because cardamom!

Roast the walnuts for 10 mins with the carrots for variation.

Add some raisins or currants into the dough before shaping.

Nut-free: It would be difficult to get the same flavor without nuts in these balls without the walnuts. You can possibly use roasted sunflower seeds and more coconut flour.

Use all almond flour or all coconut flour if omitting one or the other.

Date-free: Use 2-3 tbsp coconut sugar or other sugar, and 2 tbsp maple syrup. You might need to add a bit more almond flour

Nutrition is for 1 ball

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