Pumpkin Energy Bites (that look like pumpkins!)

These pumpkin energy bites are soft, spiced, and shaped like little pumpkins. 🎃 They’re high protein, low carb, sugar free, and no bake, ready in minutes for a fun fall snack!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Protein Dessert, Pumpkin Truffles

Prep Time 7

Chill Time 30

Total Time 37

Servings Bites

Calories 142.27kcal

Author Olivia Wyles

Ingredients

Truffles

1 cup peanut butter or other nut butter
2 tablespoon pumpkin puree
¼ cup liquid sweetener (allulose)
1 scoop or serving or ½ cup protein powder (I used Keto Chow)
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Coating

2 tablespoon granulated sweetener (allulose)
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

Combine truffle ingredients.
Scoop 2 tb for each truffle with cookie scoop.
Roll balls in sugar mixture coating.
Use twine to make 4 shallow indents to form ridges.
Top with chocolate chip.
Chill 30 minutes.

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Notes

1. Protein Powder– Feel free to use about ½ cup of your preferred protein powder of choice for this recipe, but please note it will change the nutrition facts drastically as protein powders vary from brand to brand. I use Keto Chow because it’s more than a protein powder, it’s a keto meal mix that provides more nutrition than just protein. It also bakes beautifully and has the best flavor variations.

2. Sweeteners– Use what works best for your lifestyle. I typically make desserts with allulose. For this recipe, I used liquid allulose for the truffles and granulated allulose for the coating. This is natural sweetener that does not affect blood sugar or have weird side effects.

3. Nutrition and carbs– Be aware that some recipe blogs omit sugar alcohols or allulose from the nutrition calculation since it does not affect blood sugar. For transparency, I have included it and calculated the net carbs below. Always use a carb counter app like Cronometer according to the brands you use in order to get accurate nutrition information.

9.74 Total Carbs – 1.73 Fiber – .05 Sugar Alcohols – 4.00 Allulose = 3.96 Net Carbs per Truffle.

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