I just made my first Protein balls and they were DELICIOUS a great way to have a "Dessert" and yet not feel guilty about having one of them because it's healthy.

I altered the recipe I found and made it a vanilla-orange like flavor. Best thing of it all is no baking is required!!

Kitchenaide is best to be used but otherwise you just need a wooden/really strong spoon

1 cup Almond Butter (called for Peanut Butter but almonds are healthier)

1 cup Agave (you can replace this for honey as well)

5 scoops of vanilla (or vanilla like) Protein powder

3.5 cups old-fashioned oats

1 tsp vanilla extract

Shredded coconut

Orange extract added until taste is reached

Milk added (not a whole lot) for consistency

Added all the above to kitchenaide (except the coconut) and then rolled them into balls and coated them with coconut. Refrigerated overnight, and keep them refrigerated to keep the consistency right.

Made 27 balls and I figured it out it was about 167 calories per ball and about 6-8 (depending upon how much milk you use) of protein per ball.

Also bought BSN's Syntha-6 peanut butter cookie protein powder that is delicious in milk or Water both. I'm thinking about trying that protein powder next for these and replacing the almond butter for peanut butter with the peanut butter cookie protein powder. Yum.

Syntha-6 is awesome... its the only protein powder I use. It is a satisfying quality blend with heathy fats and 5g of fiber per scoop. Choco-PB is very good, also check out Chocolate Mint (if you like mint). IMO that is the best flavor... litterally liquid Andes mints. I also love the Strawberry,