As I add and create more Balls & Holes, I plan to periodically update this post. Enjoy!!!!
The ordering of this post is:
First, all the raw/high raw vegan balls
Then the raw/high raw vegan donut holes
Then, optional add-ins, tweaks, and extras that can be applied to the recipes, when appropriate.
Then, jokes!
High Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
When Are You Making These?
with Vegan Chocolate Chips & (non-vegan) Butterscotch Chips
These Vegan Caramels and Stuffed Carmels are sooo easy...3 ingredients, Gluten/Soy/TreeNut-Free, and the the flavor is totally spot-on, authentic, melt-in-your-mouth goodness! I hope you make them!
GF Vegan Sweet Seed Crackers (i.e. Homemade Mary's Crackers)
Donut Holes
Raw Vegan Donut Holes
Optional Add-In's, Extras, Tweaks, Variations for the Previous Recipes:
- Use Christmas Cookie Cutters and make Stars, Reindeer, Gingerbread men, etc.
- Shape into logs, bars, biggerballs, squares, hearts
- Decorate with Sprinkles!!!
- Frosting or Icing (see my Raw Vegan Icing Recipe Here)
- Roll finished product in: Cinnamon-Sugar, Brown or White Sugar, Carob, Coconut, Cocoa Nibs, Cocoa Powder, Powdered Sugar, Shredded Coconut
- Dip in Maple Syrup or Agave
- Add in Carob, Coconut, Cocoa Nibs into the "dough" mixture
- Rather than adding in chocolate chips, add raisins
- Use raisins instead of dates, gogi berries instead of raisins, dried cranberries instead of dried cherries, etc.
- Use or combine multiple types of dried fruit rather than solely using dates: gogi berries, raisins, cranberries, craisins, apricots
- Dash of agave or coconut oil if mixture is too dry
- Dehydrate for a more "cooked tasting" version. But I love the raw dough taste so this is out for me generally speaking!
- Flatten or mold into larger cookie shapes
- Double the recipe to share with others. I like to make dessert recipes that don't make a ridiculous quantity so you're not tempted to eat the whole thing in a sitting! But also, smaller batches are nice because that way you get to try it, but then move onto something new & different. I need variety in my dessert life, I tell ya!
Tip of the Day: What Makes Up a "Good Recipe"
For me, a recipe has to encompass many things if I am going to actually make it and then continue making it as it becomes a go-to favorite.
Some of those recipe elements include:
1. Easy. The less steps the better.
2. Time Involved. If I cannot make the entire thing from walking into my pantry to grab the dry goods to the last dish is dried and put away 30 minutes later then I am probably not going to make it. I have a life outside of the kitch, too.
3. One appliance. For me, this is my Vita-Mix. For you, it may be your food processor or Magic Bullet. Dehydrated food is lovely, but it can be a lonnnnng wait and too much advance planning. And also the amount of dishes involved factors in here too. If you need a whisk, spoon, spatula, mixer beaters, Vita canisters, dehydrator screens, 7 bowls, forget it. One Appliance Please!!
4. Very simple and short ingredient list. Nothing exotic. Nothing too expensive.
5. Taste. Must be excellent and if it's a raw approximation of Something Else, it's gotta taste like the Something Else it's trying to be otherwise why bother. Just eat the Something Else or skip it entirely. Unless I can make a raw approximation that is spot-on in the flavor department, I'd rather just not have it.
And now, I present you with Ball Humor. If you don't have a sense of humor or you're mind is firmly out of the gutter, then go ahead and stop reading now. For the rest of us, enjoy my little Ball Jokes!
Juicy Balls
Stay Tuned For This Recipe List & Post to Continually Grow and Increase, as I create more Raw Vegan Balls, Holes, Treats, and Desserts...
141 comments:
Holy balls!!!
biting into my computer screen!
thanks for this post. gettin ingredients for those cherry balls today. i have heard cherries are supposed to help with inflammation. whatever works!
I'm drooling now... bring some over!!!! ;)
book marking this page right now :)
happy day lovemuffin!! <3
I am soooo excited about all your "balls" recipies, I can't wait to try them! I saw that you visited one of my blogs. The one I post to most frequently is:
www.runnakedsquirrelrun.blogspot.com
Averie...I wanted to make your peppermint donut holes and the recipie calls for 1 c of flax seeds...what is the equivalent in ground flax??
Woot! Thanks for this. Now it will be easier to find out what I might contemplate to make.
I think ease of recipe is how unmessy something is. If it involves a flowered surface and lots of sticky dough, it's so not for me
I can't imagine the number of ball jokes that will ensue as a result of this post...you are a brave woman :-)
These balls look to die for, btw!
Wholly yum! I'm in ball heaven!
Enjoy!
What amazing balls! Thanks for this nice compilation!
Balls have taken over my computer!!!!
Stop, just stop. I am "ball"ing my eyes out over your ball jokes.
you're killing me!
really though.. you're killing me. I am hungry and a few oranges don't quite do a raw donut hole justice.
they should...they're just another ball to laugh at but no...nuts and dates and all the other amazing ing are great!
time to go find some dark chocolate to nibble on.
sheez
xoxoxo
Oh gosh. Your ball humor totally has me cracking up.
All of your balls look delish!!
hahah "don't freeze your balls off!" These all look SO good. I'm bookmarking in this page too :) you are a genius!
i'm pretty sure you should make a cookbook and call it "balls"
You have the BEST ball recipes anywhere! Once again "Schweaty Balls" from SNL is playing in my mind : )
I was just eating a chocolate ball as I was reading this, yum! I'll keep this bookmarked for sure!
Nicole
SOOOOOO many balls! I wish I could make some, but alas I am now sans food processor/blender. They look delish, though.
god. i just died and went to heaven! this post was food porn at its very, very BEST! bookmarked!! you know what i loved most? those macaroon balls you sent me! nom nom nom.
I love all your balls! (tehe). I def. plan to make some in the future :D
Love your balls! ;) Now deciding which ones to make next...wish I could just eat one of these on the screen! Thanks, you rock!
I've got to give some of your balls a try! Ah,the ball jokes are endless, and hilarious!
Oh, I wish I had seen this post before I posted today! I just made some of your balls and put them up on my site. I'll update the link now! I used flax and dates and made mocha baby balls. YUM!
I wish I could count the number of times you wrote "balls".
What a recap!!! You rock :)
Hey there Averie - you won my headband contest, so pick a color from the photo and email me your address at mnowac@gmail.com.
Congrats!
1st step: book mark this page
2nd step: have a ball-a-thon!!!
Thanks for compiling all the ball recipes:D Now we all have a one stop shop for all of Averie's balls! (bahaha)
I love balls in my mouth! I mean cookies and donut holes! YOU my dear are a genius! How's teaching progressing?
Do you know about this contest? It seems right up your alley :)
http://www.yogajournal.com/blogcontest
I'll never be too old to giggle at "ball jokes" ...haha!
Hope you're having a great week! :)
Ashlei
Ah, a true treasure trove of a post.
This post made me smile a bit Averie. Thanks! Not feeling well tonight and just overloaded on sugar...should have stopped! No wonder my tummy is so funky....but oh well...deal with it...hope i make it thru tommorow :)
Nice balls Averie...I like the pb ones a lot I think. Maybe someday I will try to make these things if i ever have time, patience, space, money :)
ah you always have amazing desert recipes... drool.
yes... I love your balls... and i said so on my blog today!!
I'm addicted to these!!
hahah so many BALLS!! love it tho..they all look awesome!! i could never stop eating them at just ONE.
hope you had a great tuesday girl! lots of love!
Ahaha! Really never thought I'd say this, but I just love your balls! Your whole blog is terrific. I tried your original choc chip recipe and it was too good. My husband is icked out by the idea of eating raw cookie dough because of the eggs, and he loved them, too.
I'm barely eating sweets these days and one of the things I love about these is the serving size. Just a bit is so satisfying.
I've been blogging about getting my palate back to enjoying simple foods if you're interested in checking it out at thesimplicitychallenge.wordpress.com.
-Elle
Love your balls!
This is the food porniest of all food porn and I love it.
WOW, that is a lot of tasty balls!
I need to make those some time...
YUM!
That's a whole lotta BALLS, lady! I WISH I could make ALL of those but alas - I'm sans food processor (I know I know, how do I live, right?!). But probably first on my list would be raw chocolate cherry balls. Mmm!
Wow girl. You got ballllllsss.
Mmm, thanks for posting all of these! I LOVE the gingerbread balls and pumpkin spice donut hole ideas!
Also, I love the tip to make "biggerballs" lol! If the biggerballs aren't cutting it, just grab the spoon.
The perfect exit would be to say that I'm off to nibble on my balls, but I have to be honest, I'm ball-less right now. :(
Fave: Don't get your balls in a wad and stack-a-ball- hee hee- I love puns.
Huge mistake to read this post on an empty stomach. Huge.
YEs, my idea of a good recipe is that it's easy and has few major ingredients...some of mine qualify and others don't. Having said that, one of my absolute fave recipes ever in my life is a (stick fingers in your ears vegans and veggies) rib recipe and the rib rub has about 39395 spices. HOWEVER, I made it once and it changed my life, and everyone else for whom I make the ribs (I have also used the rib rub on tofu, salmon, chicken etc)...So I make spice packets ahead of time- takes about 30 minutes but lasts months and months. From there it's dead easy. :-)
yes!! Im so glad you compiled these all into one easy location. Sweet!! Thanks! I cannot get enough of these balls thats for sure!=) I think next up though Im going to try the donut holes. They look amazingly good and its something new to me. Cant wait! Take care love!
I never get tired of that cookie dough, but I've had to stop making it for awhile. I'm trying to slow down with the agave. I've barely touched the stuff lately. I'm so proud of myself.
I keep wanting to make these- how have I not done it yet? I know I'll love your balls....There are too many TWSS on this posting, its not even funny. Thanks for your sweet comments on my blog! I wish we could do a meet up at some point! You rock girl!!
Love the ball humor Averie! I still need to try some of these balls, so thanks for the post!
When are you opening up a bakery!! (Un-bakery?)
bahhh I love all of your balls :) seriously SO GOOD! you need to open up a shop, K?
what makes a good recipe...it has to be easy to follow, healthy and tastyyyyy of course!
the already 46 ball joke comments are great, I mean you had to know that was coming right?!
xoxox
this post cracked me up :) and I love the gingerbread and choc. peppermint ones!
Haha great post!
Will be bookmarked right away!
These all look so great! I just started being vegan and love new recipes!
Alright so either you are making a ton of these! Or you are begging me to make some myself! Either one, I'm bringing my butt to the store to get the ingredients. Thank Averie!
AVERIE!
You are going to force me on the BALL bandwagon, huh?
Nice job, and great collaborative post! I love seeing them all in one place!!
XO,
Erin
Averie! I love your site - I read it haphazardly and bit by bit just to cheer up or inspire myself. I have to admit that the term 'ball' has kept me from trying some of your delicious recipes (I'm even a gutter girl!) because somehow ball just doesn't sound appetizing (perhaps my life-long aversion to Hostess Sno Balls :P), but after seeing this mouth-watering list I've just resolved to call them 'raw cookies' and dive in. Thank you! :)
These look AWESOME! The thing I love about your recipes is that they are so easy. I can't wait to try 'em!
You craaack me up. :)
Props on the compilation Averie, thanks for the links. (Obviously, people are way lazy because I use your recipes, all the freaking time, but at least now they have this!)
xoxo
I just found the recipies so I deleted the above question.
Love your blog and recipes. I was searching for raw snack ideas and well...I won't be searching any longer. Can't wait to try them ALL.
Thank you.
haha cracked me up!! love all your little balls :) just found your blog, looks great!
DEFINITELY my favorite post ever. I love the balls. Now I just need to make some!!! xoxoxo
OMG - the raw vegan caramels look to die for!
I want to make the raw chocolate chip dough ball! (and I'm planning on making them reaaaaaal soon!)
i think i'd defs try the raw vegan caramels - the pinenuts pique my curiosity.
I would love to try the pumpkin spice donut holes.
I would love to make the vegan caramels!
Averie, I've actually made several raw cookie balls - but haven't posted about it yet. Isn't that awful?! LOL - I'm going to have to dig through my photos and blog drafts and get them published!
But out of what you're showing here, I'd most love to make those caramel bites. Yum! Caramel is my FAVE!
The Gingerbread ones look amazing....so making those :)
i would LOVE to make ur chocolate chip balls. to me, there is nothing better than eating raw chocolate chip dough!
I just came for the choco chip cookie dough recipe. Excited to try it out!
I got so carried away with all those raw balls recipes that I had to come back and leave a comment!
yummm those caramels looked delicious... going to try those for sure!
Your rum balls look so good. Too bad I'm not much of an alcohol drinker and don't have any rum!
Honestly I want to try all your balls lol, but so far I've only tried the chocolate chip and pumpkin spice. Next I want to try the gingerbread. Mmmm gingerbread.
Still wanting to try those rum balls <3
I would dieeee to try your Raw Vegan Almond Butter Cookie Balls :)
The cookie dough balls look delicious, will try them out!
I want to make the pumpkin spice ones! Look GREAT
I'm dying to try your raw, vegan caramel bites! :-D
Tried the vegan caramels with a little coconut oil to offset the drier Medjool dates. Delicious! They indeed went quickly, so I tried with walnuts. Different flavor, but delicious also. Thanks!
I want these! Vegan Chocolate Chips & (non-vegan) Butterscotch Chips
I want to make all of these! But I think the dark chocolate fudge balls will be first.
I am DEFINITELY going to make the Dark Chocolate Cherry Balls! Dark chocolate + cherry = Heaven!
chocolate chip cookie!!
Omgsh, if I wasn't already craving sweets I am now!! Those look incredible! I am going to be making one of those very soon.
Chocolate chip is my all time fave but those pumpkin spice ones look amazing!! so many yummy choices!
I've made (and blogged!) about my take on your raw chocolate chip cookie balls, and they are amazing, I've made them several times now! :)
I would LOVE to make your peanut butter balls! I'm drooling all over my computer-I need to order some supplies to make those..Yumm!!
I would make the cookie dough balls again!
These all sound great, especially the Raw Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Donut Holes!!
Chocolate chip will always be my favorite. I need so make some of those :)
i want to make the raw chocolate cherry balls...the raw oatmeal cookies...the raw caramel...i'm totally drooling and hungry right now and it's 12 a.m....
I've made and can't wait to make again the raw chocolate chip cookie dough balls! So yummy!
I want to make the Sugar Balls and the Oatmeal Raisin balls in my new food processor!
I've already bought the medjool dates, and want to try all of the recipes that use those, but I know it's going to be difficult in my crappy blender.
Would love to make those raw chocolate fudge balls. You make so many awesome recipes I want to make them all! I want to dedicate one full day to making all of them...yum!
Wow i'm really amaze by your blog...great recipes...i will surely try them all! Thanks and keep the good work!
Love,M.
magikphoto@hotmail.com
although i love ALL your balls.. i think i would like the cookie dough ones best. in greek yog, of course!
Cookie dough = The Best
If I won the food processor, I'd make the Raw Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Donut Holes
I would LOVE to make the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough balls... or the peanut butter balls.. or the sugar cookie balls... okay all of them!
Cookie dough for sure!!! I love cookie dough!
i would make nut butter filled caramel bites with almond butter... droolworthy!!!
yummy chocolate mint donut holes. Love them!
i want the gingerbread ones!!!
The raw donut holes are da bomb! No more excuses for not eating your flax seeds.
High Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls must make an appearance in my kitchen soon!
The cherry chocolate balls look right up my alley! Very decadent!
Divine! I would like to make the PB Balls :)
Definitely pumpkin spice. I love pumpkin. :-)
i'd like to try your dark chocolate cherry balls!
I am all over your popcorn for dessert...
http://sarahslast10.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-3-raw-challenge-and-colon-cleanse.html
Ohhh I just want to tell you the raw cookie dough balls (with added protein) have now become a family fave. My kids beg me to make them and put them in their lunches (instead of baked cookies loaded with sugar). So finally a dessert the boys love and that I can feel good about giving them. :-) Can't wait to try out some more- although the request is always for these:-)
I love the basics: High Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
I want to try the chocolate chip cookie dough, oatmeal cookie balls, anddd CARAMELS!!! (okay andddd the peppermint choc balls :) such a good combo!) I'm a sweet hound and these look absolutely FAB and EASY! thanks for making my sweets a little healthier!
I love me some chocolate chip cookie dough, but I want to try the chocolate cherry balls too!
I want to make the High Raw Vegan Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes - I love the pumpkin donuts in the fall at Dunkin' Donuts but these have to be a million times healthier and tastier :)
The chocolate fudge balls are calling my name!
Oh my! There's so many ideas to choose from.. I'd love to try the chocolate chip cookie dough balls.. or maybe the pumpkin spice! Oh my there's too many. I definitely will be trying one of these soon!
Honestly, all the raw cookie dough balls and donut holes sound tasty to me but i am a sucker for anything with chocolate...
I would like to make the Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls. Dark Chocolate is so devine!!
I'd like to make the High Raw Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Balls!
I've been wanting to try the AB Cookie Balls for a while now and the Sugar Cookie Balls look great too! I've made the Oatmeal Raisins Balls and PB Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls and they are dangerous! I think I'd make them much more often if I had a food processor - it takes a lot of work with my blender.
Recently made your chocolate chip cookie balls. I'm very new to the "raw" scene and don't even come close to doing all raw, so I have to admit that they didn't quite do it for me, but I'm going to keep trying and perhaps go with one of the chocolate ball recipes next time. Can't go wrong with cocoa!
I'm still dying to try the chocolate chip cookie dough balls!
I would definitely want to try make the gingerbread dough balls! Gingerbread is my absolute favorite cake/cookie/whatever xD
I've made ALL of these except for the rum balls (can't stand rum), pumpkin spice (I'll save those for next holiday season) and the ones with oatmeal in them, which is on my queue of recipes to try out.
dragonmamma/naomi
OMG the peanut butter filled caramels! Swwooooonnnn
mmm i NEED the maple flaxseed ones!
i'm so addicted to maple
I need to try the chocolate peppermint ones they look amazing!!!
Chocolate Peppermint is what I want to try next! I've already tried a couple :)
I've been eyeing the nut butter filled caramel bites and really really want to make them.
The cookie dough balls are making my mouth water...wow!!
I made the pumpkin spice balls last week, OMG they were great. My vegan SO loved them and asked me to make them regularly.
Mmm.. have to save those pumpkin spice balls look the best. I love pumpkin, I love spice, I love--oh wait that wouldn't be appropriate (FILL IN THE BLANK!) -- the combination of all three looks amazing!
i love fudge so i would def want to make the dark choco fudge ballsssss....i love this stuff!
Hmm. I'm thinking I like the caramel. But holy smokes there are SO MANY choices!!! :)
I made those cookie dough balls! They were amazing. Thanks for the recipe!
Love the balls. Ive made a few versions of them actually. My family loves them too!
Hi!!! I already tried some of your balls and my next experiment will be Raw Vegan Caramels!! They look sooo delicious, can't wait to try them on my next high carb day! Thanks for posting so many great recipes!! Ulli
I'd make the car chocolate one, hands down! Pms begone!
I'd like to try the dark chocolate balls.
I would love the cookie dough balls :)
My favourite is the raw chocolate chip cookie balls, with the raw chocolate donut wholes coming 2nd.
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