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No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

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No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls are full of antioxidants to help you boost your immune system while you enjoy a sweet treat.

No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls
No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

Back to school shopping is in full swing for supplies, clothes, backpacks and school snacks. It’s amazing how much less my kids eat during summer holidays compared to when they are in school and needing fuel throughout the day. Baking snacks in advance, like these power balls, and freezing is one way to get ready for back to school before it arrives.

No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls
No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

Elderberries are full of antioxidants, vitamins A, B and C plus are anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and are the most commonly used medicinal plants in the world. When it comes to antioxidant power, elderberry is higher in flavonoids than blueberries, cranberries, goji berries and blackberries.

Known as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms, Feel Good Elderberry Syrup can also be used when cooking or baking as a food flavouring.

No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls
No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls are a protein packed recipe you can freeze and pull out for breakfasts, pop into lunches or enjoy while out hiking or camping.

Using only 7 ingredients, they are loaded with nutritional foods like elderberry syrup, chia seeds, nut butter, hazelnuts (also called filberts) and dried cherries. This combination of super foods offer immune boosting antioxidants, protein, fiber and healthy fats.

Ingredients for the no bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls
Ingredients for the no bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

Teaching our kids to make healthy choices is easy when you have great ingredients to work with. For more inspiring healthy recipes or back to school snacks check out our Date Energy Balls, or Pepperoni Pizza Muffin recipes.

No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls
No Bake Elderberry Syrup Power Balls

We are working in collaboration with Feel Good Syrup on this post. All opinions, views expressed and recipe development are, as always, my own.

Sticky No Bake Cereal Bars

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A no bake cereal bar that is all things sticky, tasty, and the perfect treat to take with you on the road, or hiking, camping, even picnics. Check with your school’s policy about peanut butter before you send them to school however. This recipe came about shortly after my son was born and my desire to create treats vs buying them all the time. Plus I like to know my kids are putting healthy-er things into their bodies.

The first time I made this recipe it called for corn syrup and that’s how it went. Sticky nonetheless. This time I wanted to remove the corn syrup from the mix. Instead I tried cinnamon honey, with a splash of maple syrup and a second splash of regular squeeze bottle honey. While I’m not quite sure the honey keeps them together as well as the corn syrup did (it’s been about 6 years since I last made them), the feeling of knowing we are using natural, healthier choices, made everything ok. Or maybe we need to use less honey, definitely not more I reckon.

Recipe testing can sometimes take several goes before success. I’m sure a few more goes at this one will get it to perfection or close enough. In the meantime it comes together nicely, stays together for the most part after firming up in the refrigerator and tastes delicious.

 

Sticky No Bake Cereal Bars
Sticky No Bake Cereal Bars

 

Substitute any nut butter for the peanut butter and get the kids involved making them. Mine love helping to make these squares. I even let them pick one item out of the pantry to make their own version of these no bake cereal bars (like other dried fruit, chopped nuts, chocolate chips, pepitas). Relatively healthy and I know what all the ingredients are that go into these bars.

They are sticky, gooey and might even fall apart as you eat them, but that’s part of the fun. Wet wipes in the truck go a long way if you are taking them to go.