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!
I cannot find the nutrition for the No Bake Energy Bites. Can you help me out with that please?
Are there chia seeds featured in the pictures of this recipe?
I just made these and they’re super yummy! Very easy, also. I know a lot of ppl are asking what the nutritional values are- so here’s what I came up with- I made them exactly as is except no chia seeds bc I didn’t have any. I used my cookie scooper to make the balls and got a total of 25 balls. I put the exact recipe into MyFitnessPal (minus the chia seeds and using my exact brands) and got 62 calories per ball. I got 6.9 carbs, 1.6g fat, .7g protein. I was hoping for more protein but alterations could definitely be made.
7 grams of protein PER ball??!! That’s actually more than I was expecting! Do you think you can run the stats including the chia? I’m also very curious about the fiber. I am not familiar with my fitness pal.
These are a favorite snack in our house! My daughter isn’t able to eat oats so I swap them out with chopped almonds. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
These look awesome! What are the macros?
That’s a wonderful idea!
I think mine turned out a bit too grainy. They held together but I think there were too many larger ingredients so it feels more like taking a bite of cereal or something, just falls apart in your mouth. Also this may be personal preference but when I make them again I’m gonna try to cut back the honey and add more peanut butter, the honey flavor was pretty overwhelming. Overall I think the recipe needs some work but it’s extremely simple and adaptable, I just gotta find what works for me! Thanks for sharing!
I used more peanut butter and also maple syrup instead of honey.
I put a couple tablespoons of coconut oil in to keep from being too dry & crumbly, works well & has a hint of coconut. I do honey 1/3 cup & honey peanut butter. 1 tsp vanilla flavoring too!
These are very yummy!
DO you have the nutritional information ? I’m on Noom and need it before I actually make them
You can look up a recipe calorie calculator on google and you just put in the ingredients with the amounts and it will give you all the nutritional info.
My daughter made these & I had 2 & they are amazing!!! I didn’t expect them to be so sweet! So yummy & highly recommend them! I had to get the recipe from her!
Only difference is she didn’t add chia seeds so I want to make some w/ the chia seeds:)
Just made these and they are fabulous! I put in a pitas instead of chocolate as I love to have these for breakfast before I go work out! Do you have any info on the nutritional analysis? I am diabetic and wondering how many carbs are in one of these?
My child is diabetic too, so I enter new recipes into MyFitnessPal to figure out the carbs. I entered this one as written and it is 15g of carbs for each ball if you make 20. MFP will also give you fat, protein, fiber, and more.
Hi! I’m very excited to make these they came highly recommended! Two questions: 1, can I use “quick oats”? And 2, any substitutions for chocolate in general that you’d recommend? Thanks! Love your blog!
I used salted caramel and butterscotch chips in lieu of chocolate
I made it! And we’re traveling is a snack tomorrow at work, really easy to make. I didn’t use flaxseed coconut or chia seed I use chocolate almond butter and vegan chocolate chips
I used natural peanut butter, sprouted oats, honey from our own bees (Yum) and Lily’s semisweet chips. Turned out great! I can see changing out ingredients for some variations would be quite simple. Great recipe. Thanks!
Using Bob’s Red Mill for the rolled oats and shredded coconut, wild harvest honey, enjoy life semi sweet mini chocolate chips, Justin’s peanut butter, and Carrington farms flax chia blend: if u make 28 servings, they will be 99 calories each