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!
These are so amazing! I skipped the vanilla extract and replaced it with raw vegan vanilla protein powder so they can refuel me post-workout! :) THANK YOU!!
Thanks Tiffany, we’re happy you liked them! :)
These are delicious! Can you please post the calories, fat, sugar and other nutritional facts based on the ingredients mentioned. Thanks.
Thanks Christina, we’re glad you like them! Unfortunately though we are unsure of the nutrition facts/amount of calories in this recipe. We currently are not publishing nutrition facts on the site, as the nutrition calculators available are not 100% accurate, and we never want to publish anything that might be misleading. However, a lot of our readers love the My Fitness Pal nutrition calculator, so feel free to try that for an estimate. We hope that helps!
Might be a silly question – can you bake “no bake” treats such as these? If so, what temperature/time would you recommend? They are delicious as-is but I am craving something warm out of the oven. :)
Hi Lindsey, you can try baking these at 350 for about 5-10 minutes, but they will not spread, just FYI. We hope you enjoy!
I’d be afraid to take anything with peanut butter. Although they look delicious they could
be fatally dangerous, your seat-mate may just have that dangerous peanut allergy.
Thanks for some really delicious recipes.
That is a good point Rex, thanks for sharing. Also, you’re welcome!
I was wondering, what could I substitute for wheat germ? Thanks!
Hi Kavya! Did you mean flax? You could use wheat germ instead of the flax, but they are different. Or you could just add more nuts, oats and/or seeds if you wanted. We hope you enjoy these!
Can you leave out the chocolate chips
Hi Oliver, you sure can! We hope you enjoy! :)
Thank you for this wonderful recipe – ‘power balls’ as me and my sister call them, have totally changed my life – snacks are difficult for me but these are perfect!
I am eating one right now and it is a joy to behold!
You’re welcome, and we think “power balls” is great! haha We’re so glad you like them! :)
I did the math. With all the ingredients listed, but using dark chocolate chips, they were 86 calories per ball. I’m excited to try them. I’m in a nursing school and will try anything to give me some extra energy!! Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome Kate, thanks for sharing that! We hope you love them! :)
One of the girls in my boot camp class made some of this and brought it in to our early morning class. OMG! These are AMAZING!!!! Of course I immediately went home and Googled the recipe and yours came up first. Such simple and healthy ingredients and the fact you can really change out the ingredients to make different kinds. Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe!!! I am about to run out and buy some oats since that is the ONLY ingredient I am lacking :)
Thank you Liezele, we’re so happy to hear that — we hope you have fun making them! :)
I first discovered these tasty morsels at a local bakery that is only open on Tuesday mornings. Fell in love with them immediately so I had to find a great recipe to make them at home. These were super easy and fun to make with the help of my 6 year old daughter. Both kids love them, as does my husband. I will definitely be adding this recipe to our rotation! I added the chia seeds and also added about half a cup of chopped pecans. Used honey and dark chocolate chips. Yum, yum, yum! :)
A bakery that is only open on Tuesday mornings?! Wow, what is the bakery, and where? We’re intrigued! We’re so glad to hear you and your family love the energy bites! And the pecans, honey and dark chocolate chips sound wonderful! :)