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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 they have cooled before adding in the chocolate chips, or the chocolate may heat and turn a bit melty.)
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.
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.
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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.
Prep Time: The prep time listed does not include time for the mixture to chill. To speed up the chilling, I recommend spreading the mixture out on a small baking sheet and popping it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes until the mixture is cool.
I love getting recipes on the web. Just wish more had the calories and nutritional information. Thanks for a great recipe.
Vonda —
you can go here https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp put in the recipe informaton and it will give you nutrional value
Jennie —
@Mendy – you can add all the ingrediants into the “my recipes” on myfitnesspal.com and it will give you the calories per serving with nurtitional information.
NotMarcia —
I used sparkpeople to calculate nutritional information — 127 calories each. (I used flaxseed and made 25 smallish balls.)
Thank you so much for this recipe! I now make a batch of these every week. Two of these, a boiled egg, and coffee are the perfect hectic morning breakfast. So simple yet so delicious.
Absolutely loved this! I did change it a bit though. I used PB2 instead of peanut butter and I used agave instead of honey. I didn’t reconstitute the peanut butter so I melted the chocolate and the agave together. The texture was great and they stayed together no problem. Also I used carob chips. : )
Tracy N. —
Leah, can you tell me more about how you uses the PB2? I’d love to try that to cut the fat content a bit. It sounds like you added it as the powder; about how much did you use? Did you substitue 1/2 cup agave for the 1/2 cup of honey? or did you use less agave? Sorry for so many questions!
I used extra oats and slivered almonds in place of the coconut and instead of honey used a little light Caro syrup and some agave nectar. They came out delicious…my 7 year old loves them!! Will definitely make these again and again. So easy!
These are the BOMB! I made these almond every week and am bringing them in to work tonight to share with the other nurses :-) I like to add sunflower seeds, walnuts, chia seeds, chocolate chips, and raisins and it tastes just like cookie dough! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!
I love these. With 2 kids and being a full time student I live on these. But I didn’t have no flax seed so I used smashed chocolate cheerios . And tasted wonderful!
I too am also thinking of adding dried berries to this, and I’m also planning to remove the chocolate chip option to lessen the calories. Thank you for this, im sure to do this on the weekend.
For those vegans or honey-allergic types in the UK, try subbing golden syrup for the honey – it solidifies perfectly to hold everything together and still tastes gorgeous.
Made batch today. Taste great did not have flaxseed so used more oats. Turned out great.. Trying to get my husband addicted. This would be healthier than commercial trail mix. Thanks for posting recipe.
I love these! I forgot to toast the coconut, so I can only imagine they would taste even better. I did find it hard to keep them together but I found the more chilled the mixture was the easier they were to roll. Once in the fridge they were perfect nice and chilled. Will definitely make again. Perfect little sweet pick me up. Although, I don’t think you are supposed to eat the whole batch in 5 days ;)
I read that you have these for breakfast on the go. How many do consider a serving? I just mixed them up and they are in the fridge now. I am running a 10K and I thought I would see how they work out for a pre run snack. Thanks.
Here is the nutritional info from www.caloriecount.about.com
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 45 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206 Calories from Fat 109
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.2g19%
Saturated Fat 4.2g21%
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 59mg2%
Total Carbohydrates 21.2g7%
Dietary Fiber 3.8g15%
Sugars 12.8g
Protein 5.5g
Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% • Iron 7%
Nutrition Grade C
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
Tiffannie —
This is a great website to calculate calories. And you can play with the recipe to get the calories where you want them.
I saw this recipe and had to try them. I am so glad I did. No Bake, or Mississippi Mud, as we call them where I am from, are my FAVORITE cookie!!! I have been cutting sugar out of my diet for the past few days, so these tasted awesome. My 9 yr old loved them too!! Trying to eat healthier, so this is going to be a recipe I will make a lot! Thank you so much for sharing.
I doubled the ingredients so that I could share some with neighbors and friends. However, after 30 minutes of refrigerating, they crumbled when I attempted to roll them into balls. Should I just add more peanut butter? or would more honey to it? I will trouble shoot this evening when I get home, I just would hate to waste all of those yummy ingredients. Thanks for any help all!
I found these on Pinterest and did a little adaption to them. I substituted Nutella for the peanut butter, I put in 1/4 cup (instead of 1/2 cup) white chocolate chips instead of chocolate and added 1/4 cup of Craisins. They turned out delicious! My husband and 17 y/o who don’t like coconut didn’t mind it in this recipe. Will definitely try again!
I made mine with the following ingredients:
dry oats
honey roasted mixed nuts
honey
peanut butter
vanilla
nutella
scrumptious true blueberry duet cereal (blueberry flavored corn/wheat flakes, real blueberries, and granola oat clusters)
I have made these 3 times now while mixing it up with butterscotch choc. chips, white choc. chips, mini choc. chips, and sometimes extra p-butter. Very awesome and versatile! Thank you!
These are great! I’ve taken my No-Bake cookie recipe as far as I can to make it healthier, but I’ve been looking for something like this. Lacking the wheat germ, coconut and chocolate chips I added trail mix and all natural raisin bran. I kept adding peanut butter and honey until the consistancy was right, and then dropped them by spoonfuls onto a pan before refrigerating them. I imagine that they would freeze as well as regular No-Bake cookies or even peanut butter cookies. I also think that if you add two eggs and bake them in a 9×13 pan you’d have granola bars! Being pregnant and having two energetic boys, these are the perfect snack/pick-me-up anytime of the day or night!
Im super excited to try these balls. After reading the ingredients they have many of the same ingredients as a lactation bread or cookie and could be used to increase milk supply for nursing mothers. I’m going to make these and add brews yeast for extra milk making deliciousness.
I found this recipe because someone posted it in comments on the Sunflower Market Facebook page. Thank you for sharing this! It will become a staple in my house, especially during the school year since I have to fight my son to stop and eat! I love the versatility of this recipe. Thanks again!
Do I have to include the flax seed? I am making this for my husband (a health junky) and flaxseed makes him sick. Is it just for the health or a need ingredient?
Jay Hon —
Hi, made them today for the first time – didn’t ad the flax seed – they were great – disappointed so many calories !!!
I was wondering if you could substiute maple syrup in for the honey and after refrig it kind of crumbled when making the balls. What could you add to firm those up
Ran across your recipe when looking for a healthy snack. My gf and I work lots of hrs and its hard to eat healthy on the run. These work out perfectly. We love them!! Ty
we added done nuts and dried fruit. And used half and half of the flaxseed and wheat germ. Trying them in bar style this time. Thanks again.
I saw this recipe awhile back and just finally got to making them. I absolutely love them! I made it with half of the chocolate chips and chopped dates. Delicious!! Thanks for sharing this recipe & your substitution tips.
Made these with a few substitutions: almond butter instead of PB, gluten-free rolled oats, and brown rice syrup instead of honey…OMG these are amazing!!!
found on pinterest.. so very good, :) Thank you. Just wanted to note, I used whole flaxseed (did not have ground) I ground up my oatmeal instead and it worked good :) crunchy :)
These are good. My husband used a powdered peanut butter that is healthier than the regular stuff, but I think they would have tasted a bit better with ordinary peanut butter. He also added raisins, which I thought threw the taste off a bit in the wrong direction. Next time I will make them following the recipe. :-)
I love getting recipes on the web. Just wish more had the calories and nutritional information. Thanks for a great recipe.
you can go here https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp put in the recipe informaton and it will give you nutrional value
@Mendy – you can add all the ingrediants into the “my recipes” on myfitnesspal.com and it will give you the calories per serving with nurtitional information.
I used sparkpeople to calculate nutritional information — 127 calories each. (I used flaxseed and made 25 smallish balls.)
These are absolutely delicious….thank you!!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I now make a batch of these every week. Two of these, a boiled egg, and coffee are the perfect hectic morning breakfast. So simple yet so delicious.
Wow! Thanks for a delicious sounding recipe. I can hardly wait to make them!!
do you know what the calorie, sugar, sodium amount is?
For some reason mine will not stay together! Although it’s super yummy even with a spoon!
Absolutely loved this! I did change it a bit though. I used PB2 instead of peanut butter and I used agave instead of honey. I didn’t reconstitute the peanut butter so I melted the chocolate and the agave together. The texture was great and they stayed together no problem. Also I used carob chips. : )
Leah, can you tell me more about how you uses the PB2? I’d love to try that to cut the fat content a bit. It sounds like you added it as the powder; about how much did you use? Did you substitue 1/2 cup agave for the 1/2 cup of honey? or did you use less agave? Sorry for so many questions!
Love this, I would add a scoop or 2 of my protein powder.
This recipe rocks….love them….
This is great, Thanks. My kids all have gluten and corn issues and they can have this. Wonderful.
Can you substitute for the coconut? or just leave it out? I am allergic.
Errors to avoid (oops!):
Cool the coconut before putting it in… it melts the chocolate.
Don’t use the hot spoon from toasting the coconut… it melts the chocolate.
Sincerely,
Amateur No-Baker
I used extra oats and slivered almonds in place of the coconut and instead of honey used a little light Caro syrup and some agave nectar. They came out delicious…my 7 year old loves them!! Will definitely make these again and again. So easy!
These are the BOMB! I made these almond every week and am bringing them in to work tonight to share with the other nurses :-) I like to add sunflower seeds, walnuts, chia seeds, chocolate chips, and raisins and it tastes just like cookie dough! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!
I love these. With 2 kids and being a full time student I live on these. But I didn’t have no flax seed so I used smashed chocolate cheerios . And tasted wonderful!
I too am also thinking of adding dried berries to this, and I’m also planning to remove the chocolate chip option to lessen the calories. Thank you for this, im sure to do this on the weekend.
Great recipe and super easy to make!
If prepared as written here, they are 4 pts each on Weight Watchers if you make 25.
For those vegans or honey-allergic types in the UK, try subbing golden syrup for the honey – it solidifies perfectly to hold everything together and still tastes gorgeous.
Made batch today. Taste great did not have flaxseed so used more oats. Turned out great.. Trying to get my husband addicted. This would be healthier than commercial trail mix. Thanks for posting recipe.
We love these! I substitute sunbutter because of a peanut allergy. We also skip the ball rolling and call it sunbutter crumble!
Thanks!
I love these! I forgot to toast the coconut, so I can only imagine they would taste even better. I did find it hard to keep them together but I found the more chilled the mixture was the easier they were to roll. Once in the fridge they were perfect nice and chilled. Will definitely make again. Perfect little sweet pick me up. Although, I don’t think you are supposed to eat the whole batch in 5 days ;)
can i freeze these? they look delicious, would love to make a bunch and take them out the night before!
I read that you have these for breakfast on the go. How many do consider a serving? I just mixed them up and they are in the fridge now. I am running a 10K and I thought I would see how they work out for a pre run snack. Thanks.
I just tried making these and they are my new favorite snack! I put in mini m&ms for the kiddos. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It has quickly become a family favorite!
Here is the nutritional info from www.caloriecount.about.com
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 45 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206 Calories from Fat 109
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.2g19%
Saturated Fat 4.2g21%
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 59mg2%
Total Carbohydrates 21.2g7%
Dietary Fiber 3.8g15%
Sugars 12.8g
Protein 5.5g
Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% • Iron 7%
Nutrition Grade C
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
This is a great website to calculate calories. And you can play with the recipe to get the calories where you want them.
I saw this recipe and had to try them. I am so glad I did. No Bake, or Mississippi Mud, as we call them where I am from, are my FAVORITE cookie!!! I have been cutting sugar out of my diet for the past few days, so these tasted awesome. My 9 yr old loved them too!! Trying to eat healthier, so this is going to be a recipe I will make a lot! Thank you so much for sharing.
I doubled the ingredients so that I could share some with neighbors and friends. However, after 30 minutes of refrigerating, they crumbled when I attempted to roll them into balls. Should I just add more peanut butter? or would more honey to it? I will trouble shoot this evening when I get home, I just would hate to waste all of those yummy ingredients. Thanks for any help all!
Dianne
I have to make these every week! My husband loves them & is always asking for them!
I found these on Pinterest and did a little adaption to them. I substituted Nutella for the peanut butter, I put in 1/4 cup (instead of 1/2 cup) white chocolate chips instead of chocolate and added 1/4 cup of Craisins. They turned out delicious! My husband and 17 y/o who don’t like coconut didn’t mind it in this recipe. Will definitely try again!
My family can’t get enough of these! I have been making a double batch each week. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful recipes.
I made mine with the following ingredients:
dry oats
honey roasted mixed nuts
honey
peanut butter
vanilla
nutella
scrumptious true blueberry duet cereal (blueberry flavored corn/wheat flakes, real blueberries, and granola oat clusters)
YUMMMMMM
and butterscotch chips ;)
I have made these 3 times now while mixing it up with butterscotch choc. chips, white choc. chips, mini choc. chips, and sometimes extra p-butter. Very awesome and versatile! Thank you!
These are great! I’ve taken my No-Bake cookie recipe as far as I can to make it healthier, but I’ve been looking for something like this. Lacking the wheat germ, coconut and chocolate chips I added trail mix and all natural raisin bran. I kept adding peanut butter and honey until the consistancy was right, and then dropped them by spoonfuls onto a pan before refrigerating them. I imagine that they would freeze as well as regular No-Bake cookies or even peanut butter cookies. I also think that if you add two eggs and bake them in a 9×13 pan you’d have granola bars! Being pregnant and having two energetic boys, these are the perfect snack/pick-me-up anytime of the day or night!
These are one of my favorite post run snacks. I have a bunch in mu freezer right now!
Im super excited to try these balls. After reading the ingredients they have many of the same ingredients as a lactation bread or cookie and could be used to increase milk supply for nursing mothers. I’m going to make these and add brews yeast for extra milk making deliciousness.
Delicious, and my grandson loves them. He does not eat many nutrious foods so I was thrilled he could not stop eating them. Making another batch now!
I found this recipe because someone posted it in comments on the Sunflower Market Facebook page. Thank you for sharing this! It will become a staple in my house, especially during the school year since I have to fight my son to stop and eat! I love the versatility of this recipe. Thanks again!
Do I have to include the flax seed? I am making this for my husband (a health junky) and flaxseed makes him sick. Is it just for the health or a need ingredient?
Hi, made them today for the first time – didn’t ad the flax seed – they were great – disappointed so many calories !!!
I was wondering if you could sub maple syrup in for the honey
I was wondering if you could substiute maple syrup in for the honey and after refrig it kind of crumbled when making the balls. What could you add to firm those up
Ran across your recipe when looking for a healthy snack. My gf and I work lots of hrs and its hard to eat healthy on the run. These work out perfectly. We love them!! Ty
we added done nuts and dried fruit. And used half and half of the flaxseed and wheat germ. Trying them in bar style this time. Thanks again.
I saw this recipe awhile back and just finally got to making them. I absolutely love them! I made it with half of the chocolate chips and chopped dates. Delicious!! Thanks for sharing this recipe & your substitution tips.
Made these with a few substitutions: almond butter instead of PB, gluten-free rolled oats, and brown rice syrup instead of honey…OMG these are amazing!!!
Ohhh…and I used vegan chocolate chips!
Do you know the calorie count?
found on pinterest.. so very good, :) Thank you. Just wanted to note, I used whole flaxseed (did not have ground) I ground up my oatmeal instead and it worked good :) crunchy :)
These are good. My husband used a powdered peanut butter that is healthier than the regular stuff, but I think they would have tasted a bit better with ordinary peanut butter. He also added raisins, which I thought threw the taste off a bit in the wrong direction. Next time I will make them following the recipe. :-)
Thanks for this great recipe….it’s so easy and flexible.
I will definitely prepare these:)!
Must make these when we go camping.