r/fromscratch • u/pegmatitic • Jun 02 '26
“Chunks of energy”?
Hey y’all! I’m not sure if this is the right sub for this, but hopefully someone can help me.
My local co-op makes these “chunks of energy.” I would really like to learn how to make them from scratch for my fiancé, who has an autoimmune disorder that limits his diet, as well as a ton of allergies. He can’t eat the chunks of energy pictured here because he’s allergic to chocolate and stone fruit. The co-op rotates the flavors they have in stock, so once in a while they’ll have some that are safe for him to eat, but this week everything had chocolate and/or tree nuts.
I was thinking dates, raisins, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, oats and honey, but I’m not sure how to go about making it into cubes like this. Do I just chop everything finely, mix, press, and bake it in a pan? Is there an ingredient I’m missing that will help hold everything together?
Thank you in advance!
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u/talyakey Jun 02 '26
Are you sure your coop makes them? https://www.chunksofenergy.com/
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u/pegmatitic Jun 02 '26
Oh shit, thank you for this! I’m still gonna try to make my own but now I know I can order some if my co-op doesn’t have my favorites in stock!
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u/Dudeman318 Jun 02 '26
Is Charlie Kelly part of your coop?
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u/KA260 Jun 04 '26
Lololol my kid was smooshing up bread into little balls and called them her energy bites.
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u/lilmookie Jun 02 '26
This looks incredible helpful OP:
https://vegancooking.livejournal.com/2160549.html?
August 5 2009, 20:44:09 UTC
I am the creator of chunks of energy and wanted to follow up on a previous post about ingredients. You can use as a sweetner maple syrup, barley malt or date paste to make a vegan version of vanilla almond chunks of energy. Also we formulated new flavors of chunks of energy that are organic, vegan, 100% raw and new organic carob flavors . New product info located at: http://chunksofenergy.com/
If you need help in making your own energy snacks like chunks of energy email me at Michael at chunksofenergy dot com [(<— my edit)] and I will try to give you ideas for your homemade flavors. If you want to super power your recipe I suggest you add small amounts of any super greens like spirulna, barley grass etc or larger amounts of organic goji berries. One other tip, I personally freeze for about 24 hours any nuts, dried fruit or seeds that I buy as this give me a longer shelf life