This No-Bake Energy Bites recipe is easy to make, full of feel-good ingredients, and irresistibly delicious!
Friends, have you tried this no bake energy bites recipe? ♡
It’s one of my all-time favorite recipes here on the blog, and one that I’ve personally made about a zillion times since I first published it here eight years ago.
I love these little energy bites because they are easy to make with simply pantry ingredients that I almost always have on hand. They are super easy to mix up and roll into cute little energy balls. (Or if you would like to save time, you can press the mixture into a parchment-covered baking dish, and then cut them into energy bars.) They are the perfect make-ahead recipe to keep on hand for healthy snacking or breakfasts. And most importantly, they are just irresistibly good.
Over the years, thousands of our readers have made and loved this classic energy bites recipe too. So I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a try!
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No Bake Energy Bites Ingredients:
To make this no bake energy bites recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- Old-fashioned oats: Also called rolled oats — these will serve as the base ingredient for our energy bites.
- Shredded coconut: Which I highly recommend toasting — either briefly in the oven or in a sauté pan — before adding to the energy bites. (Just be sure that the coconut has cooled before adding in the chocolate chips or the chocolate may melt.) Feel free to use either sweetened or unsweetened shredded coconut.
- Creamy peanut butter: I have used both traditional creamy peanut butter and natural creamy peanut butter in this recipe, and both work!
- Ground flaxseed: To add some extra protein, fiber and omega-3s to our energy bites.
- Semisweet chocolate chips: I photographed this recipe with standard-sized semisweet chips, but mini semisweet chips mix in easier.
- Honey: To add some natural sweetness and also help to bind the energy balls together.
- Vanilla extract: For a touch of extra flavor.
- Chia seeds (optional): Feel free to skip the chia seeds if you do not have any on hand. But I love adding in a tablespoon or so when I do!
How To Make Energy Balls:
To make these energy bites, simply…
- Stir everything together. Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Chill. Cover the mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture is chilled.*
- Roll into balls. Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Serve. Then enjoy immediately! Or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
If you have trouble getting the energy balls to hold together, I recommend adding in more peanut butter to make the mixture a bit more sticky. Or if you would rather, you can also just press the mixture into a square baking dish to make flat energy bars instead of round energy balls.
Possible Energy Bites Variations:
There are all sorts of ways that you can customize this energy bites recipe, so feel free to get creative! For example, you are welcome to…
- Make energy bars: Press the mixture firmly into a parchment-lined 8×8-inch baking pan, chill, and then slice into energy bars (instead of rolling the mixture into energy balls).
- Use a different nut or seed butter: Use almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, or any other nut/seed butters that you prefer in place of peanut butter.
- Omit the coconut: I’ve heard from many of you over the years who don’t love coconut. If that’s the case, no prob, just omit the coconut and add in an extra shake of oats instead.
- Add spices: If you would like to give these energy bites some extra flavor, feel free to add in a few pinches of ground cinnamon or some pumpkin pie spice.
More Healthy Snack Recipes:
Looking for more healthy snack inspiration? Here are a few of my favorite snack recipes!
- Chocolate No Bake Energy Bites
- Seed Cycling Energy Bites
- Easy Refrigerator Pickles
- Nooch Popcorn
- Beef Jerky
- Sea Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips
No Bake Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup toasted shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or vegan chocolate chips)
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Stir everything together. Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Chill. Cover the mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture is chilled. (This will help the mixture stick together more easily.)
- Roll into balls. Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Serve. Then enjoy immediately! Or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
These have been a go-to for months now. Make them at least every other week (takes 10 mins). Constantly giving them away and always being asked for the recipe. They adapt well to substitutions (depending on my food mood) but I keep coming back to the original recipe. Thank you!
Love! I made a few substitutions: instead of 1cup of oats I used 1 cup of cashews, almonds + pumpkin seeds (all raw + unsalted) into the food processor first. I also added 1 tbsp cacao powder (no sugar) and 1 tsp of coconut butter. I used just under the recommended 1/3 cup honey and these were almost perfect – just a tad too sweet for me! Next time, I’m going to decrease honey to 1/4 cup and try 1tsp of cinnamon. Thanks for the recipe – I’m loving making all the tweaks to find my perfect fit!
Awesome, sounds delicious! :)
I used myfitnesspal to calculate about 92-100 calories if you end up with 15 rolled energy balls at the end. This recipe is so good! I used cacao nibs and they added a tart element to all of the sweetness. Just 2 of these give me a boost of energy, getting me through the afternoon slump. Thanks for sharing!
I think you’re light on your calories.
I use mini chocolate chips! And add some nutritional yeast too, for even more nutrients.
My kids and I all love these little bites for a yummy snack. They love to help make them, too. We use sun butter because of a peanut allergy, and it works perfectly. Sometimes we add a bit extra if the mixture seems too dry to hold together.
Wonderful, so happy to hear it! Glad that the sun butter has worked out! :)
Taste great and will get rid of a sweet craving.
Wonderful, so happy to hear it! :)
Can you leave out the coconut?
Really excellent energy bites. I leave out the chocolate chips, because we prefer them less sweet and use crunchy peanut butter for the added fibre of the nuts. . I have made these at least 20 times since I found the recipe, and this is our staple energy bite recipe.
We <3 them!
Really excellent energy bites. I leave out the chocolate chips, because we prefer them less sweet. I have made these at least 20 times since I found the recipe, and this is our staple energy bite recipe. We <3 them!
Awesome recipe and very tasty energy balls!
For those who use the metric system:
– 90g dry oatmeal
– 50g toasted coconut flakes
– 125g peanut butter
– 75g ground flaxseeds
– 90g chocolate chips
– 115g honey or agave nectar
– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
– 1 tablespoon chia seeds