Gelatin Free Tropical Coconut Energy Balls
These no-bake bites are a little taste of the tropics packed into a single, satisfying bite — chewy dried mango, creamy coconut butter, bright lime zest, and warm spices like Ceylon cinnamon and ginger all rolled into one. The base comes together in a food processor, so there's minimal effort and almost no cleanup. Many packaged energy balls and snack bites rely on gelatin-based binders or coatings to hold their shape, but here ripe banana and coconut butter do all the work naturally, no animal-derived setting agents needed. Cassava flour gives the dough just enough structure to roll cleanly, and a quick chill in the fridge firms everything up beautifully. Rolling them in extra shredded coconut adds a snowy, slightly crunchy finish that makes them look as good as they taste. They're the kind of snack you can feel genuinely good about grabbing from the fridge on a busy afternoon.
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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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