tweak and nourish

NEW TWIST ON ENERGY BITES: PUMPKIN DATE NUT SNOWBALLS. I was inspired to make these energy bites after watching the show Jazzy Vegetarian on the PBS Create Channel. I even made it a point to buy pumpkin pie spice just for this recipe. I didn't follow the exact recipe but it still turned out so good. I will probably omit the powdered sugar next time to lessen the added sugars for this treat. I think the unsweetened coconut flakes will be sufficient as a coating. The ingredients are: dates, pecans (may use other nuts), pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup, unsweetened coconut flakes and powdered sugar as coating.

I had leftover cooked sweet potato so I made mini pies and used the snowballs as crust. I also used up the extra coconut flakes in the container where I stored the snowballs and mixed it with the sweet potato.