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    Birthday Cake Energy Balls

    Published: Jan 21, 2021 · Modified: May 1, 2025

    Birthday Cake Energy Balls
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    Raw birthday cake energy balls are the perfect sweet treat to whip up in an instant! These birthday cake bites are made with healthy ingredients like protein powder, flax seeds, coconut flour, and more!

    My Birthday Cake Energy Balls are:

    Gut healthy

    Hormone friendly

    Gluten Free

    Dairy Free

    Vegan

    Totally delicious!

    Craving ice cream but in a healthy way? Try my Thick Smoothie Bowl Recipe! Smoothie bowls are a super quick, easy and healthy no bake dessert recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth immediately.

    Birthday Cake Energy Balls Ingredients

    Vanilla protein powder. I use a vegan vanilla protein powder, that you can find in the shop page above. You can really use any type of vanilla protein powder that you like in this recipe.

    Ground golden flax seeds. I like to grind my flax seeds fresh when I make energy balls. You can easily use pre-ground flax seeds.

    Coconut flour. I love using coconut flour in energy ball recipes because it makes them so light and fluffy! Coconut flour can soak up a TON of liquid, so you really don't need to use very much at all.

    Sea salt. Make sure to buy unrefined and unprocessed salt, which has microminerals inside that are beneficial for your body.

    Maple syrup. I used just a little maple syrup to make these sweeter. Buy pure maple syrup, and locally if you can find it!

    Creamy cashew butter. Cashew butter has a much more subtle flavor than peanut butter or almond butter. So your nut butter won't overpower the vanilla flavor of these!

    Vanilla extract. Make sure to buy pure vanilla extract!

    Coconut oil. I use unrefined coconut oil.

    Natural rainbow sprinkles for just a little fun! You can totally leave these out if you can't find the natural ones, they'll still tate really good.

    Why you should be eating more fats in your diet

    Throw away the long held belief that fats are bad for you, that they cause heart disease, that they cause you to "get fat." Many of these common misconceptions about fat have been disproven. In fact, refined flours & white sugars cause more issues than fat ever could or would!

    Fat is amazing for your health in so many ways. First, your brain is literally made of mostly fat. The hormones circulating around your body every day are made from fat. Your skin needs fats. Fats even reduce inflammation all over the body.

    So what type of fat should you be eating? I'm not saying go eat fried food that has been drenched in ultra refined oils. Refined oils are actually really disease and inflammation-causing. I'm saying eat fat in its most natural form: nuts, seeds, unrefined plant oils, coconut & coconut products, olives, organic butter & ghee, meat with the skin on, full fat dairy. Eating fat in its natural form is not only extremely satiating, but it comes with a host of benefits like the ability to absorb fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K).

    How to make Birthday Cake Energy Balls

    In a medium sized mixing bowl, add all of your ingredients: ½ cup vanilla protein powder, ¼ cup ground golden flaxseeds, ¼ cup coconut flour, ¼ teaspoon pink sea salt, ¼ cup pure maple syrup, ¼ cup creamy cashew butter, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil, and 2 tablespoons natural sprinkles.

    How to make your own ground flaxseeds

    If you have whole flaxseeds, not to worry! I love making my own ground flaxseeds. You can use a small hand held blender or a coffee grinder for this. I love using the coffee grinder when I am making just a small amount, like in this recipe. Simply add your whole flaxseeds to your coffee grinder or blender and pulse until it is fully ground up. And that's it!

    Mix your ingredients well to combine.

    Let your dough rest for about 10 minutes so that the coconut flour can absorb all the liquid and make these much easier to roll.

    Finally, roll your dough into 12 equal sized balls.

    Enjoy!

    These birthday cake energy balls can be stored in the fridge for up to a week. I like to leave them at room temperature for about a half hour before eating them for the perfect texture.

    Birthday Cake Energy Balls

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    Birthday Cake Energy Balls

    Birthday Cake Energy Balls

    These birthday cake energy balls are so easy to make! Soft & sweet, these healthy birthday cake bites are made with coconut flour, vanilla protein powder, cashew butter and more! Just a mixing bowl required to make them! My birthday cake energy balls are also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan friendly.
    5 from 3 votes
    Print Recipe
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    resting time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 balls
    Calories 120 kcal

    Equipment

    • Mixing bowl
    • coffee grinder/ blender (if grinding flax seeds)

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup vanilla protein powder
    • ¼ cup ground golden flax seeds or brown flax
    • ¼ cup coconut flour
    • ¼ teaspoon pink sea salt
    • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
    • ¼ cup creamy cashew butter
    • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 2 tablespoon unrefined coconut oil, melted
    • 2 tablespoon natural rainbow sprinkles

    Instructions
     

    • In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine all of your ingredients: ½ cup protein powder, ¼ cup flax seeds, ¼ cup coconut flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ cup maple syrup, ¼ cup cashew butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil, and 2 tablespoons natural sprinkles.
      Mix well to combine.
    • Let your dough rest for 10 minutes.
    • Roll into 12 equal sized balls.
      Enjoy!
    • Store these birthday cake energy balls in the fridge for up to a week.

    Video

    https://youtu.be/Le7gXH7w7ec

    Notes

    Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1ballCalories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 5gFat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gPotassium: 71mgFiber: 3g
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    1. Christie

      January 22, 2021 at 5:54 pm

      5 stars
      I love birthday cake anything and these energy balls would be amazing to have as a snack! YUM!

    2. [email protected]

      January 31, 2021 at 5:32 pm

      they taste just like birthday cake!!

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