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!
Made these for my son and he loves them! I made 24 balls about 1.5 tbsps in size.
I used a nutrition calculator based on the recipe for everyone else also looking for the facts. Not claiming it’s exact because I obviously don’t use exact same ingredients as everyone else. But you can easily find nutrition information calculators for yourselves. Copy and paste works wonders.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1.5 tbsp
Servings: 24
Amount per serving
Calories 179
Total Fat 11.7g
Saturated Fat 7.4g
Cholesterol 5mg
Sodium 38mg
Total Carbohydrate 15.5g
Dietary Fiber 3.3g
Total Sugars 9g
Protein 4.7g
Calcium 12mg
Iron 4mg
Potassium 142mg
A few people asked for Nutritional Info, so I added up all the ingredients’ nutritional info based on the recommended ingredients from the recipe. This includes chia seeds. This is what was found:
All Ingredients 25 Balls 20 Balls
Calories 2,863.67 114.55 143.18
Total Fat 182.42 grams 7.30 grams 9.12 grams
Saturated Fat 74.65 grams 2.99 grams 3.73 grams
Trans Fat 0.00 grams 0.00 grams 0.00 grams
Cholesterol 0.00 grams 0.00 grams 0.00 grams
Sodium 22.27 grams 0.89 grams 1.11 grams
Total Carbohydrate 294.23 grams 11.77 grams 14.71 grams
Dietary Fiber 52.03 grams 2.08 grams 2.60 grams
Sugars 167.43 grams 6.70 grams 8.37 grams
Added Sugars 154.67 grams 6.19 grams 7.73 grams
Protein 60.57 grams 2.42 grams 3.03 grams
Hi! I’m not rating this particular recipe which I haven’t tried, but have made similar balls with raw oats, raw honey, creamy sunflower butter, semi-sweet chocolate, etc. Two comments: watch how the raw oats affect your digestion, especially if you’re old or have gut health issues. Also, I added up to 2 tablespoons of water to add moisture and stickiness. I rolled the balls before refrigerating. Excellent! They can even be cut in half.
These are delicious! My kids love them too.
I would make sure that you are using unsweetened coconut and unsweetened natural peanut butter. They are perfectly sweet with only the honey and chocolate chips as sweet elements.
I wonder if some of the people saying they are overly sweet used sweetened coconut or regular peanut butter that contains sugar. I can see the sweetness becoming overwhelming that way.
Highly recommend. I have one child who needs more calories, and another who I’m trying to steer toward healthier, more satisfying snacks. These work for both!
Absolutely love these! Was wondering if anyone knows about calories, carbs, proteins and other nutrition facts
My honey had crystallized, so I heated it and then accidentally melted my choc chips. The whole family prefer it with melted chips. Happy accident!
Hi!! I’ve been making these for years and they are always a crowd pleaser. However, I seem to remember the recipe using a couple of tbsp of coconut oil in addition to the peanut butter and heating the these and the honey before adding to the remainder of the indgredients. Chocolate chips obviously added once ‘dough’ has cooled. Am I remembering correctly? Thanks :)
Nutritional info?
Awesome recipe high five
Does anyone know the nutrition the information for the recipe as stated? I am curious about the protein, carb and sugar information