These little guys are easy to make, tasty, and pretty healthy. I prefer date sugar for these, but since date sugar can be hard to find, turbinado or organic sugar will work as well.
Asteroids
3 cups uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup shredded coconut
1-1/3 cups date sugar (1-2/3 cups other dry sweetener)
1/2 cup peanut butter or other nut butter
1/2 cup soy or almond milk
Combine the oatmeal, cinnamon and coconut in a large bowl. Set aside. In a saucepan, combine sugar, nut butter and soy milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly (it may not be easy) until mixture is smooth and sugar is melted. Don’t boil, and make sure it doesn’t burn to the bottom of the pan. Pour the peanut butter mixture over the oatmeal mixture and stir until combined. Once combined, let the mixture sit for 15-20 minutes to cool and set up. Form the mixture into balls and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Variations: After the mixture cools, stir in 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or cacao nibs, if desired. For chocolate asteroids, add 1/4 cup cocoa powder to the peanut butter mixture.
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