There are Golden Oreos and white chocolate involved, hence “healthy-ish,” but the other ingredients like the Medjool dates, cashews and almond meal turn these cake pops into somewhat of an energy bite recipe too. The colorful sprinkles alone make me feel so happy! I like to think of these as being acceptable for a snack or dessert and certainly not only reserved for birthday celebrations! You can keep them stashed in the freezer for a yummy birthday inspired snack to have any time. You can find me regularly snagging one out of the freezer for a mid-week treat! You’ll love that there is actually no cake you need to make for this recipe which means no waiting around for the cake to cool completely. All you’ll need is a little freezer time with this recipe which gives you a chance to do some dishes or fold a load of laundry! If you love cake pop or cake ball recipes, check out my Protein Energy Bites and Mint Chocolate Brownie Energy Bites too! You can scroll down to the recipe card for the full list of ingredients and measurements.
Almond butter: You can switch this out for something more subtle too like cashew butter. Just make sure it’s a creamy nut butter. Other options include: peanut butter, hazelnut butter or even a sunflower butter! Medjool dates: Medjool dates are having a big moment and I love using them to add natural sweetness to recipes. They’re super tasty and full of potassium and fiber so they are like glorified candy! Cake batter extract: This extract gives these cake pops that nostalgic birthday cake flavor we all love. If you don’t have any, I’d recommend using vanilla extract and maybe even a splash of almond extract too! Cashews: you can use the cashew pieces or whole cashews, both will work. I make these with unsalted cashews. Almond meal: almond meal is made from ground almonds and almond flour is blanched and finely ground almonds. You can use either interchangeably for this recipe, it won’t matter much! Golden Oreos: Feel free to substitute these for rolled oats if you’d like a healthier version! ~1/2 cup should be plenty. Note: flavor will be less sweet overall! White Chocolate: Instead of a cream cheese frosting you’d find on a typical cake pop recipe, this recipe uses white chocolate chips. You can use a sugar-free white chocolate if you prefer. Rainbow sprinkles: Let’s talk sprinkles! I like to use the jimmies rainbow sprinkles for mixing into the cake pops (these are sprinkles in the short rod shape). Jimmies bleed minimally so they are great for mixing in your goodies. For decorating, I like to use the rainbow nonpareils to sprinkle on top of the white chocolate. Nonpareils are the tiny multi colored ball shaped sprinkles and their colors do bleed a lot which is why they are used simply for decorative purposes in this recipe.
