The no-bake energy bite love continues!
After so many of you readers ate up (ha – literally!) the recipes for classic No Bake Energy Bites and Pumpkin No Bake Energy Bites, I thought it would be fun to make a red and green “holiday” edition of the favorite with these Cranberry Pistachio Energy Bites!
Like the others, these quick and easy little balls are packed with great flavor and nutrition. But there is no baking required! You just need the quick pulse of a food processor (which I happen to be giving one away right now!), or the willingness to do some chopping and stirring to whip these up. And the final result will be delish! I loved the sweet and slightly salty combination of the fruit and nuts. And for fun, I also threw in a few white chocolate chips to brighten things up.
Feel free to play around with the recipe and include what works for you. And hopefully these can provide some extra delicious energy to make it through the holidays!
Cranberry Pistachio Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 8 ounces (about 1 packed cup) chopped dates
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 Tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
- 1 Tablespoon ground flax seeds
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats (dry, not cooked)
- 1 cup shelled pistachio nuts
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Combine the dates, honey, chia seeds, flax seeds and salt in a food processor, and pulse until smooth and combined. You should be able to stir the mixture — if it is too thick, add in another tablespoon or two of honey.
- Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, and stir in the oats, pistachios, dried cranberries, and white chocolate chips until evenly combined. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Once the mixture is cool (and easier to work with), use a spoon or cookie scoop to shape it into your desired size of energy balls. (Mine were about 1-inch in diameter.) Alternately, you can line a small baking pan with parchment paper, and press the mixture evenly into the pan, let it cool, and then cut into bars.
- Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. (Storing them in the refrigerator especially helps the energy bites hold their shape.)
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
The recipe was really easy to put together and it tasted very good, however we could not make them stay in a ball, was very disappointed, because I wanted to be able to just grab and go, not going to happen we ate with a spoon
Sorry most chia recipes ask for the chia seeds to be soaked and I looked and looked and no mention of it. Even in the comments? Sorry. So did you soak the chia seeds?
These do not work. They crumble apart when I try to ball them. No amount of re-cooling fixes this. Do you actually test the recipes? Adding more honey doesn’t help. There is too little moisture. Bad recipe, frustrating and annoying. Not even a good taste. Bah.
My grandkids like it! Got them hooked.
Looks gorgeous…well done
Love these energy bites! Great flavor.
Awesome!
I didn’t think I cared for dates. This recipe has changed that for me. I love these scrumptious little bites!!!
I have made this recipe several times. These energy bites are delicious!!!
This just burnt out the motor on my Cuisinart food processor that I’ve had for 19 years!!!
Maybe if I would have heated/melted the honey it would have helped, but I’m NOT happy!
Oh no! Sorry to hear about that, Angela. :(
Hi am on a kto diet how do v substitute th honey n th dates as v r not allowed both these
Hi there! Hmmm, we’re sorry, but we’re not familiar with that diet. Since we haven’t tried these without honey or dates, we’re really not sure.