Beef Free Tropical Coconut Energy Balls
These no-bake bites are a little taste of the tropics packed into a single, satisfying ball — chewy dried mango, sweet ripe banana, and a bright hit of lime zest all wrapped up in a coconut-forward base. The food processor does most of the heavy lifting, breaking everything down into a sticky, cohesive dough that comes together in minutes before a quick chill in the fridge sets them perfectly. Cassava flour and coconut butter give the mixture just enough structure to hold its shape without any animal-derived ingredients getting involved, making these a genuinely effortless snack for anyone steering clear of meat. A whisper of Ceylon cinnamon and ground ginger adds warmth that plays beautifully against the tropical sweetness, and rolling each ball in extra shredded coconut gives them a gorgeous, snowy finish. They're the kind of thing you make once and immediately double the batch because they disappear fast.
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12 servings
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup dried mango, roughly chopped
- 1 medium ripe banana, mashed
- ¼ cup cassava flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened coconut butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp vanilla powder
- ¼ tsp ground ceylon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp lime zest
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
For serving
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, for rolling (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the dried mango to a food processor and pulse 8–10 times until broken down into small, sticky pieces roughly the size of a pea.
- 2
Add the shredded coconut, mashed banana, cassava flour, coconut butter, honey, vanilla powder, Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, lime zest, and sea salt to the food processor. Pulse 10–15 times until the mixture comes together into a cohesive, slightly sticky dough that holds its shape when pressed between your fingers.
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