Holiday recipe swap-peanut butter balls-free from refined sugar!

I’ve written a few times about my sugar cravings and with Christmas coming up, it’s sure to be difficult. I found this delicious recipe for chocolate covered peanut butter balls that can be free from refined sugar and they are delicious! You can find the original recipe here.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup smooth peanut butter
• -I used Skippy, but you can use the brand Old Home, found in the refrigerated section that has no sugar! 
• 
  
• 2 1/2  tbsp maple syrup
• 
  
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 
  
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 
  
• sea salt
• 
  
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or 2 dark chocolate bars (at least 80% cacao)
• -I found that half a cup wasn’t enough to cover all of the peanut butter balls. The second time I made this,  I used about 3/4 instead and I was able to cover them all.
• 
  
• You can also use Lily’s dark chocolate chips, which has no refined sugar. 

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine peanut butter, coconut flour, maple syrup and melted coconut oil in a bowl and mix until well combined.
2. Make quarter-sized balls with the peanut butter dough and place on a plate. Sprinkle with sea salt, if desired.
3. Add balls in the fridge to harden for 30 minutes.
4. To make chocolate coating, melt the chocolate over low heat in a sauce pan. I added a bit of coconut oil the seconomy time around, which made the chocolate even smoother.
5. Dip the peanut butter balls in the chocolate, and roll them around until they are fully covered.
6. Place covered balls onto a plate.
7. Add to freezer for 30 minutes, then take leftover melted chocolate and drizzle on the balls.