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!
Woops, I also scoop them with a cookie scoop.
Started to make something similar to these a couple of months ago and we have to have these in the refrierator now all the time. Sometimes I put a tablespoon or two of cocoa in them. Dried cherries, raisins, chopped toasted almonds. Every batch is different!
I substituted cinnamon chips. Fortunately available this time of year. I also added a scoop of chocolate protein powder. Yum!
these look delicious, thanks! have you had experience (good or bad) with freezing these? i intend to double the recipe and freeze most of them if you think they’ll freeze okay.
thanks! :)
I freeze mine all the time and they’re just as good as fresh!!!
I just actually had a brilliant thought. I’ve made these before and they’re awesome; I think this time I might make a big mixture and spread it in a non stick cake pan and make them into bars instead.
Any idea what the calorie count is like?
Although it depends on what products you used for the recipe, here is the nutrition information from the brands I used.
25 balls
Per 1 ball= 92 calories, 5g fat, 11g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 2g protein, 16mg sodium, 6g sugar.
Hope that helps!
very helpful… Thank You. They are very good!
Just wanted to thank you for the healthier no-bakes recipe. I am an addict to them, since I was a young girl. I make them all the time, but now I can make them with less guilt using this much healthier and more natural ingredients that you have suggested. The funny thing is, I love all of the ingredients, but have never thought to add them to the no-bakes.
Thanks again.
Linda
thank you for this wonderful recipe. I was browsing for something healthy. Made these for my tennis team and they devoured them. Everyone asked for the recipe. I did omit the coconut. Made one batch w/cinnamon chips. My teenagers said these are the best. I love how simple it was to make these.
3 things I did different, I did not have honey so I used 1/3 C maple syrup, regular peanut butter and I used wheat germ.
When I added everything up for WW points, and I made 26 balls it was 3 points per ball. I keep mine in the freezer as they taste better more cold than just in the fridge. So delish!!!
Me and my friend made these and are delicious! i would recommend refrigerating mix for 45 min – hour because it was very soft and hard to mould.