Chocolate + pumpkin is the perfect Fall combo and these cake pops are the perfect Fall treat.
They come at half the calories of a typical Starbucks cake pop, with ingredients that are all completely good for you (even a little fruity pumpkin action) and 5g protein per pop to boot!
To boot? What the heck does that mean.
But anyway, try these for an afternoon pick me up and thou shall not be disappointed.
Small-batch Chocolate Pumpkin Cake Pops
Servings: 6 cake pops
Calories: 104kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree (60 g) sub mashed banana
- 2 tbsp nut/seed butter (32 g) I use almond butter
- 1/4 cup oat flour (30 g)
- 1/4 cup vanilla (plant-based) protein powder (30 g) I used Orgain simple vanilla
- 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- drop of vanilla
Chocolate coating
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips (45 g)
- 1 tsp coconut oil (5 g)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl stir together pumpkin, nut/seed butter, salt and vanilla. Add protein and oat flour and stir until a smooth dough forms. It should be soft and non-sticky like cookie dough. If too wet, add a pinch of flour, if too dry add a drop of water.
- Make balls of dough between your palms and freeze on a piece of parchment paper until solid, at least 1 hour.
- Microwave chocolate and coconut oil 30 sec at a time and stir until all melted. Cover each frozen ball in chocolate, (optional) add sprinkles and freeze or refrigerate again to set.
- Keep the balls frozen or refrigerated. Enjoy from refrigerated or room temp because they will harden in the freezer.
Notes
- If you don’t have protein powder you can use more oat flour instead but I would also add some sweetener, about 1 tbsp.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cake pop | Calories: 104kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1600IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg
What would you recommend substituting for the protein powder if I don’t have any?
hello! i would recommend more oat flour or almond flour but also add some sweetener like sugar or any granulated sweetener. let me know if you try this!