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
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 0 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 20-25 energy bites
Description
This No-Bake Energy Bites recipe is easy to make, full of feel-good ingredients, and irresistibly delicious!
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
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.
Source: Recipe slightly adapted from Smashed Peas & Carrots.
These are delicious. My 21 month old just inhaled one by my side lol. mmmmmmm, so good
Can you tell me what the serving size is approximately?
Thanks!
These look amazing!!!
Thanks for this recipe! I have been looking for something small, easy to travel, and packed with flavor & protein. This is fabulous!
LOWER FAT, CALORIES, CARB, AND SODIUM VERSION!!! Just finished making these amazingly delicious cookies and I am rather impressed! I actually made mine a lil differently to make them have less calories, fat, carbs and sugars. I did not use coconut flakes, ground flaxseed, wheat germ, chcolate chips or honey. Sounds like I changed the whole dang recipe :-) I did use the 1 cup oatmeal (quick oats, not old fashioned), the type of peanut butter I used was called “naturally more,” you can find it in the health food section at any grocery store( it has a bright yellow lid,) it has less carbs, calories, fat, sodium, sugar than any of the other peanut butters out there, plus it already comes with flaxseed in it, so there was no need to add the extra flaxseed the recipe called for. Instead of chcolate chips I used butterscotch chips, obviously for personnel preference :-), used regular amount of vanilla, and lastly instead of using honey, which is extremely high in sugar, I used a sugar free, calorie free, carb free, fat free syrup made by Walden Farms (this can be found in health food section or sugar free/diabetic aisle in grocery stores, mixed all together with hands, cooled in fridge, and heavenly cookies were made!!! Me and my boyfriend are both fitness competitors and with these lil changes these cookies are perfect for a healthy lil pick me up snack! Thank you for posting this recipe! THis will definitely help keep our sanity during season! If you have any questions please feel free to email me. b_ritt0112@hotmail.lcom
So I have been meaning to make these for ages and last night my friend and I were shopping and I decided it was time to buy all of the ingredients and just do it! and I am SO glad I did. I have to admit I am surprised at how much I like them as I often don’t like uncooked oats in things but they’re delicious. I didn’t have any chocolate chips to put in so instead we got dark chocolate peanut butter (it’s even organic) and that made all the difference in the world for me. I can’t wait to try them out with different ingredients. I never leave enough time for a real breakfast so having these around will be great!
Making these now (minus the chocolate chips as I don’t have any)!!!
I made these minus the coconut & chocolate chips. Made 16 balls and according to My Fitness Pal they are:
111 calories each
5.5 g total fat
.8 g sat fat
.1 g poly fat
.1 g mono fat
20 g sodium
53.5 g potassium
14.9 g total carbs
2 g dietry fiber
8.9 g sugar
3.1 g protein
I think I might add protein powder next time.
Oh these look awesome, and so easy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I can’t wait to make and enjoy these. It looks very simple! Thank you!! I will have to try making it with Nutella too.
Delicious and so easy…who cares how many calories are in them! I will make these again and again I am sure. Thanks for sharing.
Just made these and I followed the recipe exactly. But I hard time rolling them into balls. Any suggestions????
Use more peanut butter (the oil in the PB helps them not stick to your hands) which bonds almost as good as honey.