Healthy Treat for Today: Mudballs
ByWho wouldn’t want to eat a Mudball?! These treats give the idea of making mud pies a whole new meaning!
These are great fun to make…and great fun to eat!
Just ask my boys…who have gone through about 4 double batches of them since Jayme sent me the recipe!
As Jayme put it…
“Sometimes we eat them warm right out of the pan…sometimes we eat chill them and then eat them…but mostly…we just EAT them!”
Perfectly said!
You have to try these! They are a great snack to have on hand in the fridge. And they really do just take about five minutes to make.
Mudballs
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup sesame seeds
Cook the peanut butter on honey over low heat until melted. Add remaining ingredients. When cool enough to handle roll into oohey gooey mud balls.
Have fun! Let me know if you don’t like the name of these treats just as much as my boys do!
I just made these with my 5 year old son and 9 year old daughter. We used carob chips in place of the chocolate chips. They are really yummy! Thankyou for the great recipes!
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I’m new to your blog. I am very health conscious, too and careful about what my 2 children (5 & 2) eat. Thank you for this recipe. I also struggle with snacks, so I am looking forward to trying many of your suggestions!
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Would ground flax seeds work as a sub for the wheat germ? I’m gluten-free and can’t have any wheat. Or would you recommend something else? I bet that these would be good with homemade almond butter or cashew butter too!
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These are so good. I made up a double batch tonight and put them in truffle wrappers (or mini muffin cups) and boxed them up for my childrens teachers. Thanks so much.
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I doubled the recipe but forgot to double the oatmeal. I used sunflower seeds instead of sesame, and crunchy peanut butter and they turned out fabulously! I’m making them again this morning:)
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So good. I did not have the seeds or wheat germ. I subbed wallnuts and almonds (chopped). Not only are they yummy, the kiddos had fun making them!
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I think my kids would love to help me make these (& help eat them!). Thanks for all your great recipes!
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We made these yesterday and my 3 year old daughter LOVED them!! She kept asking for more.
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Thanks for this recipe!! My 6,5 and 3 year olds had a blast rolling the balls. I used almond butter, flax meal instead of wheat germ, and 2T. sesame seeds and 2T. coconut. The six of us polished them all off after lunch, and we will definitley be making them again!
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OK, my husband and I are making these like every other day! Much better desert than getting baked goods from the grocery store!
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O.K. This took all of 10 minutes to make and oh my goodness!, they are good. I had to substitute Flax meal as I didn’t have wheat germ and I forgot to put in the sesamee seeds but they were still great! Thank you again for another great recipe, a special surprise snack to have for my kids when they get home from their first day of school in about five minutes.
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