Granola Bites

These are terrific. I really appreciate others sharing their substitutions. A friend has lost her appetite due to medical treatment but she loves little bites like these that she can grab. I think they left her spirits, too. I’d love to make some savoury ones for her. I’d love suggestions.

Delicious sugar-free recipe, very easy!

These Granola Bites are superb and delicious. I made them per the recipe except I swapped pumpkin seeds for the sunflower seeds. They were quick and easy to make. I thought they would be very sticky to roll into balls, but it was just like rolling cookie dough. The coconut I used had large shreds and didn't adhere to the balls all that well. In the future, I would process large coconut into smaller pieces before starting the recipe. I like the suggestion of trying hemp or flax seeds instead.

Oh boy! This is crazy-good! Made a half batch just to try out the recipe. That was silly! Now I have to make more! Really great. Only change was pepitos for sunflower seeds as I was out.

These are delicious! I left out the seeds because I am allergic. If they freeze well, next time I may press whole batch into an 8x8 pan lined with parchment, pressing onto 1/2 of the coconut, flipping and pressing the rest of coconut onto the other side, then cutting into bars and wrapping individually in wax paper. Sharing this recipe!

I toasted the raw oatmeal in a skillet with a bit of olive oil before adding it in—added a nice nutty flavor and made it a little extra crispy. Substituted in roasted cashews and dried cranberries (because allergies)—very good all around! I rolled the balls into smaller bites, probably 1/2 the size recommended, and I thought it was pretty perfect. This was a nice project to do with my 2.5 year old, but would be better with a child that is capable enough to help roll up the balls.

I didn’t have sunflower seeds. Used raw pistachios instead. DELICIOUS.

Delicious! I honestly preferred to omit the dried cherries and I used chia seeds instead of sunflower seeds. It's wild how much it tastes like cookie dough :D

Oh my…these are more like healthy oatmeal cookies. Instead of dried cherries I used dried apricots but it seems to me any dried fruit could be substituted. I highly recommend these. Warning: I rolled out 13 cookies, which my diet app calculated at 272 calories per cookie. Next time I will rollout smaller cookies for fewer calories because these are like eating potato chips, it’s hard to eat just one.

5/15 for senior tea Wet hands when making balls Pretty much as written except used toasted raw almond slices.

I needed to use up maple syrup that I heated up for pancakes so I found this. I didn’t have dates, but I had dried figs so I gave it a go. Followed the recipe otherwise and used pumpkin seeds instead of sunflower seeds and they were great! Easy to roll. I think a longer mixing time in the processor than you may initially think is key.

Because it’s Easter and I didn’t have all of the ingredients, here is what I did: - Salted, roasted cashews instead of the almonds - 3/4 of a vegan chocolate bar (with nuts and coconut in it) instead of the cherries - unsalted almonds instead of the sunflower seeds - and for rolling, I didn’t have coconut, but used unsweetened cocoa powder instead These are divine and they look professional! (And my hands smell great.) I could put them in a box and give them as a gift!

Love this recipe. I just made it for the first time as written. Only change might be to suggest rolling balls with damp hands so that the coconut sticks a little more easily. I do think the comment about substituting apricots for the cherries is a good idea every so often simply for a change of pace.

I used a small chopper (like another commenter) but just halved the recipe. Subbed 1/8 cup (1/4 cup for full recipe) sunflower seed butter to make this preschool ok. Otherwise followed recipe and thought it was good.

1/4 c maple syrup = 85g