Peanut butter coconut protein balls

Ingredients:

3 cups rolled oats (old-fashioned)
1 cup vanilla whey protein powder
2-3 Tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup all-natural (no sugar) peanut butter
6T honey or real maple syrup
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
8 T milk of choice
1/2 - 3/4 cup mix ins (we used unsweetened coconut flakes and white and semi-sweet chocolate chips) You could try dried fruit, raisins, chocolate chips, etc.  Add some flax if you want too! Make them your own.

To make:

Mix the oats, protein powder, chia seeds and cinnamon together in a bowl.  Add the peanut butter, honey or syrup and vanilla and stir to combine.  The mixture will be very thick. Add 4 Tbsp milk, mix and add more milk 1 Tbsp at a time until you have a good consistency to roll into balls.  Stir in your mix ins and then get rolling! Use your hands to roll into balls. I rolled them slightly packing them as I rolled and put right into a storage container to keep in the fridge. If you prefer you could roll and place on a cookie sheet until they set up in the fridge but I didn't feel like making extra dishes/taking this extra step and they came out fine.  You can store in the freezer if you don't plan on eating them all within the week - but in our house this is never a problem.

We made some with just coconut, some with coconut and regular chocolate chips and some with coconut and white chocolate chips for my little white chocolate lover.  They were a hit!

Based on the recipe from:
http://www.thehealthymaven.com/2015/08/no-bake-oatmeal-protein-energy-balls.html