Double the chocolate, double the fun! Double Chocolate Cherry Chia bites with Chocolate Chips are a healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth while getting an extra boost of omegas and fiber. These bites are grain free, easy to make, vegan friendly, protein packed, and the perfect balance of chocolate with dried tart cherries.
Well, I’m down for another update. Geeze I have a lot of old healthy bite recipe to revamp or retake pictures. But can I be honest? I’m kinda liking this. It makes me think more creatively, plus I can eat the extra or sell them to my gym clients. That’s a win, win right?
Anyway, a few years back I wrote a post on 3 ways to use chia! If you want, you can read it and see the old recipe here (warning, it’s old school). Haha. But the recipe I had used a gluten free cereal and another “fudge” like flavor in the chocolate cherry bites.
Today I decided to take it up a notch. I’m adding and subtracting ingredients to these chocolate cherry bites. In fact, I even used black chia seed. Whoa… so matchy match!
But the main reason I am keeping both is so that you can choose your texture and macronutrient intake. Obviously the bites posted in the old recipe are more crunchy and have a little more sugar and carbohydrate per bite. So they would be great for post workout/recovery fuel.
These bites are grain free and great for pre or post workout. Naturally sweetened and with a bit more healthy fats added… oh and DARK CHOCOLATE.
So here ya go, let me know if you try the new ones!
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Double Chocolate Cherry Chia Bites
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 28 1x
Description
Double Chocolate Cherry Chia Bites {Vegan}
Ingredients
- ½ cup chocolate protein of choice (see notes below for alternative)
- ½ cup coconut flour
- â…“ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup chia seed
- â…“ cup dried cherries or cranberries
- â…“ cup dark chocolate chips (I used enjoy life chocolate vegan chips)
- ½ cup chocolate peanut butter or almond butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp I also use a little cherry/raspberry extract (optional)
- â…“ cup honey
Instructions
- This recipe is super easy because you don’t need to grind anything! just mix up dry ingredients first, then add in nut butter, extract, and honey.
- Mix well, then roll into balls/bites.
- Freeze right away then store in fridge or freezer to maintain freshness.
- Makes around 28 bites, give or take.
- NOTE –>if batter is too dry, add more pb/honey. If it’s too wet, add in coconut flour or protein powder.
Notes
If you don’t want to use chocolate protein, you can use a chocolate peanut flour. You can use another flour but it might not be as chocolatey in taste.
- Prep Time: 13 min
Now, enjoy the weekend and good luck to all those running, racing, training out there. It’s going to be a great weekend for it.
chocolate + cherry = double antioxidants. Would you agree?
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p.s. stay tuned for next Friday. A giveaway for October healthy bites!
These are great!
First time with protein powder
Look forward to making ither version
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
YUM!!! I love this recipe, one of my faves and the switch ups…mmm x1000!
Can’t believe these were one of the first bites I tried!!!! Gah… if only you had a healthy bite assistant! I need some bites asap!
Ummmm these look insane. They remind me of my cacao cherry protein shake, which is delicious. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT MAGENTA PURPLE RAMKIN THOUGH!? Is that what that is? Because I need it in my life.
haha yes! i actually got it at easter time at safeway!
Well I love it! 🙂
I’ll see if i can find it again! xxoo
Chocolate and cherry is one o fmy all time favorite flavor combos. Always has been. And you know the drill: chocolate is a bean, beans are plants, plants make salad, and if you add the cherries, this is the healthiest salad like ever.!
These sounds heavenly!
I think they could help me wean off my crazy sugar habit lately! I gotta make these this week.
Wish I could send them!! So good.
Gosh, I’m so late to the Chia party, I really need to try it out! Your energy bites look perfect, I bet my son would love them for a school snack 🙂
★★★★★
haha never too late! just on board the chia train! p.s did you hear from sizzlefish yet?
Chocolate and cherry is such a good combo. AKA I love Cherry Garcia ice cream…hehe
I’ve started to use coconut flour for snacks and baking – I like it!
yumm.. cherry garica. i need to make a bite liek that
They look so so good!!
I love that they’re food processor free, since I’m currently traveling through Asia and my kitchen resources are very limited.
Don’t have chocolate protein, but will try with vanilla instead and add some extra cacao powder! X
let me know if you do Teffy!
I think this recipe already had me at the “double chocolate”. I like how you used chia seeds for extra omega-3 and fibre.
I think I’m going to try making this with some nuts added as well.
haha double anything is always fun, right?
Haha, I have to share these with my blogger bestie! We have been obsessed with chia seeds lately! OBSESSED!
who’s your blogger bestie? Let’s start a chia club!
That would be me, hi Lindsay! And I’m so glad she did share them with me because A) chocolate cherry chia yumminess, 3 of my favorite things and B) I’ve never been to your site before and I feel like I’ve been missing out on some serious snacking brilliance! Yes, definitely chia obsessed, I eat them everyday. And I LOVE that little purple jar, so cute and such a pretty color! Pinned, and now I’m off to explore your recipe archives 🙂
well so glad to “meet” you Natalie. can’t wait to explore your site! <3
I attempted to make something similar to this last year and failed. Glad you had better luck than I did haha
what? I bet yours were amazing! send me some haha
I think this needs to be on the diet this week. Cherries = good for inflammation. 🙂
these are so for you!
Oh yes. Antioxidants are definitely the first thing I think about when I see these bites. It’s not like I’m thinking… o.m.g freaking DELICIOUS 😛 Hope you’re having a great weekend, lovely lady!
yes, you read my mind. OMG fits right in. xxoo
I am always looking for ways to incorporate more chia seeds into my diet, and these look too good to pass up! PS: I am so with you on the pleasure of updating old recipes to be prettier, easier and more delicious. It’s so satisfying to realize how far you’ve come as a recipe developer!
Yes!! So agree! Chia makes it prettier too haha
mmmm chocolate and cherry is like the best combo evaaaa! and I LOVE that you used coconut flour, thats my fav 🙂
yes, great texture too!
Yum and the use of chocolate peanut butter omg in love and must make these asap! I love adding chia seeds to my energy bites as I never get enough fiber and the use of chia seeds helps me out! Thanks for sharing xo C
it’s so my fav too courtney! <3
totally! fiber and omegas = WINNING! always.
Chocolate and cherry might just be my favorite! Reminds me of those chocolate covered cherries from childhood. If antioxidants make it healthy, even better of course 🙂
haha me too! like a box of chocolates. p.s. these would be great for post 20 mile runs. How did it go?