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!
Just want to say thanks for this recipe, have been making these for a while now for my 4 year old and she loves them, have made them into bars as well, so versatile. She has been sick for 4 days now and not wanting to eat much of anything, and the only thing she wanted for dinner tonight was one of these and a bowl of mini wheats lol. I loaded them up with flax since she is constipated with all this going on so I was so glad to have this recipe on hand!
Awesome!! So glad you both enjoyed them. (And hope your daughter feels better soon!) :)
This sounds so delicious! I think it would make a great snack while on the go. I can’t find flax & chia seeds very easily here, what else can I sub it with? Can’t wait to gobble these yummies!
Thanks!
Thanks Rachita! If you aren’t able to find flax or chia seeds, you can just leave them out and add more nuts or coconut or dried fruit. Hope you enjoy!
can flax seeds be omitted
Definitely!
This has been a favorite recipe of mine for a long time. So many ways to play with it!!
I just realized how many recipes I have bookmarked from you site. I’m trying hummus crusted chicken tonight, and possibly coconut oil biscuits this weekend as well.
So far everything of yours I have tried has been amazing. Just the right mix of healthy, indulgent, and delicious.
Thank you!
Thanks so much Amanda, I really appreciate that! And yes, the combinations are endless! I hope you enjoyed the chicken and the biscuits as well! : ) Cheers!
I’ve made these a few times in our house and they are always a hit!
I find the honey give them just the right amount of “sweet” to satisfy a craving, without going overboard!
Our little one likes them without the chocolate and cranberries and slivered almonds instead!
Thanks so much for the fab recipe, keep them coming! :)
Thanks Julia, and yes, the possibilities are endless! Such a good snack for kiddos to help make and eat. : ) Thanks for the sweet words!
Just made this & they are great! Didn’t have the flax so I doubled the chia seeds. Used sweetened peanut butter & ommited honey. Taste great and kids love! Thanks!
Thanks Kristin, I’m glad you and your kiddos love them!
My family loves these. We make them again and again. And it was a perfect recipe for my cub scouts! They couldn’t eat them fast enough! Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks Kristie, I’m glad to hear that!
what is the nutrition information on the no bake energy bites?? they are so so good- almost too good to be true…. wondering if they are super high cal??
Hey Diana, unfortunately we’re not featuring nutrition facts on the blog at this time. The nutrition calculators available are not 100% accurate, and we never want to publish anything that might be misleading. That being said, many of our readers love the My Fitness Pal nutrition calculator, so feel free to try that for an estimate — hope that was helpful!
Yum, these look amazing!! Does anyone know how long they stay good at room temperature? I wanted to send them to my boyfriend who is deployed.
For those wondering, I used My Fitness Pal to find out the calories per granola bite and it’s about 47 calories each. I don’t use the coconut flakes in mine and I only use about two tablespoons of the peanut butter (that’s enough for me!).