No Guilt Holiday Dessert Recipe - Chocolate Hazelnut Bites

Hi Everyone,

Here is a great, healthy dessert to try over the holidays from our friend Dr. John Berardi at Precision Nutrition. This is a great Anytime snack. Test it out and let us know what you think of it.

Chocolate Hazelnut Bites
Prep time 80 minutes

Ingredients
2/3 cup hazelnuts, roasted
4 omega-3 eggs
3/4 cup Splenda
1 tsp espesso coffee powder
5 scoops chocolate protein powder
2/3 cup pecan meal
2/3 cup crushed walnuts
2/3 cup unsalted peanuts, crushed

Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On a baking sheet, spread hazelnuts and roast them in the oven for 6 to 8 minutes. When finished, pull hazelnuts out of the oven and place onto a towel. Put 8 of the hazelnuts aside for later. Next, use the towel to rub the skin off all but the 8 hazelnuts you put aside.

With an electric mixer, mix together the omega-3 eggs, Splenda, and espresso coffee powder. Next, add protein powder, one scoop at a time, mixing thoroughly. Finally, add the de-skinned hazelnuts (leaving the 8 full hazelnuts aside), pecan meal, crushed walnuts and peanuts. Mix well. The mixture should become thick and dough like.

With wet hands, separate the mixture into 8 equal portions. For each portion, place one of the 8 hazelnuts set aside earlier into the centre of the portion, rolling the portion into a small round shape until it completely covers the hazelnut in the centre. Place each bite-sized shape onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place the sheet into the oven for 10 minutes. When complete, pull from the oven and allow to cool. These can be eaten warm, or stored in an air-tight container in the fridge and served cool later.

Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition Information (per serving)
Calories 394 kcal
Protein 22g
Carbohydrate 9g
Fat 30g
Saturated 3.1g
Monounsat 15.8g
Polyunsat 11.2g

For more information on the Precision Nutrition program feel free to contact us @ info@focusfitness.ca or by phone (204)488-6611 or go directly to www.precisionnutrition.com.

Hope you enjoy the dessert. Train smart, train hard and fuel your body with quality nutrition.

From all of us here at Focus Fitness we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

Jeff