Peanut Butter and Nutella Quinoa Bites for Dessert

Sorry for the lull in Quinoa bite postage gang! But as with most things, I prefer saving the best for last – the DESSERT!

When I said that Quinoa is a power food, you probably assumed that all these bite recipes would be healthy and good for you. Well – all good things can go bad sometimes.  And when I say bad, I mean the good kind of bad – the AMAZING kind of bad.

I needed a ‘dessert’ quinoa bite.  So I thought of 2 of my favorite things on the planet – peanut butter and nutella – and then I went crazy – and crazy won – love when that happens!

Peanut Butter & Nutella Quinoa Bites

INGREDIENTS
*yields about 2 dozen bites

1 cup cooked quinoa, warm

1 cup quick oats

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/3 cup your favorite brand of creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup Nutella

2 cups corn flakes, crushed into crumbs
(preferably in a food processor)

6 oz. Dark chocolate for drizzle

1) While your Quinoa is still warm, place it in a large mixing bowl.  Add the quick oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter, nutella and corn flakes to the warm Quinoa (the heat from the Quinoa will help all the ingredients to combine together).

2) With a small spatula (or your hands!) mix all of the ingredients together until fully combined.  I started doing this with a spatula but then just went right in for the kill with my hands, and it made it much easier to combine the ingredients (and I got to lick them after!)

3) Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and chill it for about 1/2 hour in the refrigerator.  After the mixture has chilled, take a heaping tablespoon of the mixture, roll it between the palms of your hands to form a ball and place each ball on a wax paper lined cookie sheet.

4) Once all your balls have been formed, melt your chocolate in a double boiler and drizzle over the quinoa balls.  Can be served immediately or stored in the fridge for up to a week! (but trust me, they won’t last that long)

O.M.G.  When I tell you that these are amazing, I’m not lying.  The Corn Flake component may seem a little strange, but I felt the mixture needed a sort of ‘glue’ to hold it together, being that there were no eggs for this recipe.  The Corn Flake crumbs acted almost as bread crumbs do with meatballs, giving them some holding power and a little somethin’ more to sink your teeth into.

So there you have it folks – what’d we learn from this series?

Quinoa is DA’ BOMB!