Chocolate Almond Coconut Quinoa Rice Crispy Balls (DF,GF)

Ingredients:

1 cup puffed rice cereal (use brown rice cereal - no other ingredients)
1 cup almonds, chopped
1/2 cup natural peanut butter (no sugar)
1/4 cup Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Ground Flaxseed
1 banana, mashed
2 Tbsp unsweetened almond milk
1 cup Quinoa Flakes 
1 cup  Unsweetened Shredded Coconut  (I use Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 cup date syrup 

Directions:

Mix everything together in a bowl until well combined.

Form into balls and put in freezer to firm up.  Each day these balls tend to get more flavorful.  I actually stored them in the freezer.  

I've started using the  Farberware Cookie Scoop for forming the snack balls, instead of using my hands.  It is not as messy and the balls are a more uniform size.

Estimated Nutritional Value per ball based on 45 balls:  Calories 72, Total Fat 4.4g, Cholesterol 0mg,  Sodium 3mg, Carbs 6.7g, Fiber 1.5g, Sugars 3.1g, Protein 2.5g

But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.  He was beaten so we could be whole.  He was whipped so we could be healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)