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!
No Bake Energy Bites Recipe | 1-Minute Video
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!
Third Time Making It
I excluded the chia seeds and chocolate chips and only did 1/3 c of flaxseeds. I really enjoy this recipe!
I live in the Caribbean, really hot with really high humidity, so the fridge time is a must. No ground flaxseed available on Island so I went ahead with the whole seed, it’s just fine, just a bit pungent. Love these little frozen treats! Please provide the nutritional information.
I buy whole flax and grind them myself. Much fresher that way! You really need to grind to get the nutritional value out of them.
I couldn’t find ground flax when I wanted to make them so I bought the whole flax and just ground it in my food processor! 🥰
Hi. My husband loved these but he’s asking what’s the macros
Hi! :) I use a coffee bean grinder for whole flax seeds- works well!
I love these and make them all the time (without coconut). Wondering the nutritional value, mainly the calories, sugar and protein information?
You can put all the ingredients into an online fitness tracker and it will calculate it for you. Super easy! I use MyFitness pal.
I put it into my fitness pal to calculate. It looks like if you make 25 balls with the amounts she gave each ball will come out to approximately 95 calories.
Love this recipe more than others I’ve found because of the large amount of flax seed. I have a bit of trouble getting to stick together, so I add a little more peanut butter and I teaspoon of coconut oil. I omit the chocolate chips bc (I love chocolate but) I think it’s unnecessary here. I prefer the balls smaller, so the recipe makes about 30 balls for me. Thank you from a breastfeeding mama!
LOVE this recipe! Other add-in ingredients that I use are minced dried cranberries and KIND brand Dark Chocolate Clusters which I thrown in a blender on pulse to break them down. The chocolate clusters add a wonderful crunchy texture to the p.b. balls. You can experiment with other flavors too. Calories ? – who cares – Just eat them. Everything in moderation.
Made these for the first time today. Excellent balance of flavor! Highly recommend and will add this to a regular rotation!
Where is the list of all the fat, fiber, carbs etc?
Exactly what I was scrolling for!
I loved this recipe and it was so easy to make. Without the coconut, the entire recipe contains approximately 2183 calories and 59.2 grams of protein – I didn’t calculate any of the others. You can easily put any recipe into chat gpt and tell it to calculate for you.
I altered the recipe a little and added a full 1/2 cup of hemp seeds (no chia) for some extra protein and fat. I did the math on them and got about 5g protein, 4g fibre, and 12g fat per ball (mine were each about 27-29g per ball). Using them to support my milk supply breastfeeding and very happy with this nutritional breakdown! I do recommend hemp hearts in this recipe, they’re a superfood if you’re trying to get more protein and healthy fats!! They add a little crunch but don’t change the taste.
I also would like to have the nutritional value. It would be helpful for me. Love this recipe.
I used chatgpt and got this estimate on fat, fiber and carbs:
Here’s the estimated nutritional breakdown for the No-Bake Energy Bites recipe, focusing on fat, fiber, and carbohydrates per batch. These values are based on the ingredients and common nutritional data for each item.
Ingredients Breakdown (per batch):
Old-fashioned oats (1 cup)
Fat: 5g
Fiber: 8g
Carbs: 54g
Toasted shredded coconut (2/3 cup, unsweetened)
Fat: 21g
Fiber: 14g
Carbs: 10g
Creamy peanut butter (1/2 cup)
Fat: 64g
Fiber: 6g
Carbs: 24g
Ground flaxseed (1/2 cup)
Fat: 24g
Fiber: 11g
Carbs: 16g
Semisweet chocolate chips (1/2 cup)
Fat: 24g
Fiber: 4g
Carbs: 60g
Honey (1/3 cup)
Fat: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Carbs: 92g
Chia seeds (1 tbsp, optional)
Fat: 3.5g
Fiber: 5g
Carbs: 5g
Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
Fat: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Carbs: 1g
Total (for entire batch):
Fat: 141.5g
Fiber: 48g
Carbohydrates: 262g
Per Bite (assuming 25 bites):
Fat: 5.7g
Fiber: 1.9g
Carbohydrates: 10.5g
These are rough estimates, and the actual values may vary depending on specific ingredient brands and measurements used.
These are so easy to make, which I do often. Hands down the best recipe I have tried. Absolutely delicious. Thank you. 😊
My husband is VERY fussy. He’s diabetic and likes very little. I try to get flax and chia in when possible. He doesn’t like almond butter but loves peanut butter. I’ve been able to sneak them all into this recipe and he loves it. I prefer to use honey but his numbers don’t always allow. When that happens I opt for Sugar Free Maple syrup in this recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
These are delicious and easy for alput pumpkin seeds
My kids love these! Healthy alternative to pricey granola bars and cookies.
I did the math, just calories, and this seems to be 2888 for the entire recipe. Therefore depending on how many balls you make, divide the total by number of balls and that is calories per ball.
I love these! I make these on the regular but I am currently receiving chemo so everything I eat needs to be nutrient dense. I like how forgiving it is & have tweaked it to suit our tastes. White sugar is my addiction & can set me off on a binge so I replace raisins or mixed dried fruit for the chocolate chips & often add finely chopped nuts. I also cut back the honey as I find it’s just too sweet. My husband is a type 2 diabetic & finds these a great treat.
These are a staple in our house! Our toddler (2 years old) loves them!
These are amazing!! They are so delicious and so easy and quick to make whenever!! Perfect little treat for anytime. :) <33
I have made these twice and both times they have came out amazing! Super quick and easy, but every time I get down to last couple of balls the mix stops sticking and I have to throw the rest away because it falls apart but I usually get about 10 balls out of it.