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Easy Vegan Carrot Cake Bites Recipe! These Spiced Carrot Cake Balls Need just 8 ingredients and 15 minutes. No refined sugar or oil. Roll in coconut or dress with vegan cream cheese glaze. Vegan Glutenfree Grainfree Soyfree Raw option Jump to Recipe
I can’t wait for some sunny Springy days! Meanwhile, I am making batches of these refreshing and quick Carrot Cake Bliss Balls! I made this carrot cake ice cream with roasted carrots and walnuts way back when and loved the roasted carrot flavor in it. The carrots in these balls are roasted for a bit to enhance the flavor, the get sweet and add a baked cake like profile. The carrots then get processed with the rest of the ingredients to make a dough that is shaped into balls or bars. Even with the baking, it takes just 15 mins of active time! Walnuts, spices, dates and coconut flour make these a fudgy spiced delicious treat. These would be no bake if you use raw carrots.
These Carrot Cake Energy Bites are Easy, taste like carrot cake, are grainfree, oilfree, are naturally sweetened and are ready within minutes! Lets make some.
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Step by Step Photos
Pulse the walnuts in a processor
Add the carrots, dates, spices and vanilla and pulse again. Then add the flours and pulse to make a dough.
Shape using a scoop or your hands, then roll in shredded coconut.
How to make Carrot-Cake like Carrot Cake Bites
- Roast the Carrots! Roasting makes them sweeter and adds a baked like flavor to the bites. If in a hurry, you can directly use raw carrots.
- Cover the dish with parchment while baking. This helps cook the carrots faster and prevents drying out.
- Pulse the larger nuts before adding the rest of the ingredients. This ensures a smoother texture.
- Use soft dates or a combination of dates and raisins or dates and sugar.
- Add lemon zest for a fresher flavor.
- Dress with just coconut or a vegan cream cheese glaze for more decadent cake like balls.
Vegan Carrot Cake Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped carrots
- 3/4 cup walnuts
- 15 soft dates, (regular size), use 2 less if using large medjool
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup almond flour, add more if needed
- 3 tbsp coconut flour, or use more almond flour
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut , for coating
Instructions
- Chop the carrots into 2 inch pieces. Add to a baking dish, cover the dish with parchment (optional) and bake for at 400 deg F (200 C) for 20 to 25 mins(longer time for fatter carrots). (You can skip this step and use raw carrot, you will need a few tbsp more almond flour later).
- Add walnuts to a food processor and pulse to chop into an even coarse mixture
- Add the roasted carrots, dates, vanilla, spices and salt and process until the mixture is well combined and doughy.
- Add the almond and coconut flours and pulse again to combine. (You can also add other ingredients such as chia seeds, some vanilla protein powder etc instead of some of the almond flour)
- If the mixture is too sticky, add a few tbsp more almond flour and 1 tbsp more coconut flour and pulse. Taste and adjust flavor with a tbsp of coconut sugar or maple syrup for sweeter if needed, or add more spices.
- Shape into balls and roll in shredded coconut. Alternatively, drizzle some vegan cashew cream cheese frosting or, 3 tbsp coconut butter mixed with 1 tbsp of maple syrup, a good pinch of lemon zest and cinnamon.
- Store refrigerated for upto a 5 days or freeze.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These are delicious. Family devoured them. Trying your other bites.
This sound delicious.. would it be ok if I use whole wheat flour instead? And what would be the measurement?
As a substitute for what?
You have used almond and coconut flour which I do not have. So is it ok to substitute the almond and coconut flour to whole wheat flour?
You can make your own almond flour by blending up almonds in a blender or use cashews as they make a finer flour much more easily. Use the cashew flour for the almond flour and 2-3 tbsp wheat flour for the coconut flour. All wheat flour will make the mixture too pasty and uncooked dough like flavor.
Made them yesterday- soo good! The consistency is on point and the taste really resembles that of a carrot cake. Another great recipe! Thank you, Richa!
Delicious! I made them with soft prunes and ground sunflower seeds instead of almond/coconut flour because that’s what I had. I will make these again.
Amazing recipe, Richa! They really DO taste like carrot cake!
I made this amazing carrot cake bliss balls. I added a table spoon of maple syrup. The taste is absolutely delicious and frozen one is even better.
yay!
Absolutely delicious! Followed the recipe and they turned out perfect. They actually taste like a healthier drier version of carrot halwa. Love it and will definitely be making more of them. Thanks Richa for sharing your creative yummy recipes. 🤗
awesome!! add more cardamom and they will taste even more like halwa.
Great recipe!
I tried it with raw carrots, because I haven’t got an oven at home, but im curious to know if i could possibly steam the carrots and dry w paper towels afterwards for a similar result to the baked ones?
yes you can steam them, let them air dry and cool completely then use
Do you think I could add vanilla protein powder instead of the almond& coconut flower mix? Or at least sub one of them? Thanks!
yes you can sub the coconut flour
These are fantastic! I think I am going to make this for Easter. This would make a great plant based ‘sweet cheese ball’ served with graham crackers. I hope to shape it like a bunny like the cakes I’ve been seeing with a fluffy tail. Thanks so much for this great recipe!❤️
great idea!