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This No-Bake Energy Bites recipe is easy to make, full of feel-good ingredients, and irresistibly delicious!

Easy No Bake Energy Bites Recipe

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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Energy Bites Ingredients

No Bake Energy Bites Ingredients:

To make this no bake energy bites recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

  • Old-fashioned oatsAlso called rolled oats — these will serve as the base ingredient for our energy bites.
  • Shredded coconutWhich 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 butterI have used both traditional creamy peanut butter and natural creamy peanut butter in this recipe, and both work!
  • Ground flaxseedTo add some extra protein, fiber and omega-3s to our energy bites.
  • Semisweet chocolate chipsI photographed this recipe with standard-sized semisweet chips, but mini semisweet chips mix in easier.
  • HoneyTo add some natural sweetness and also help to bind the energy balls together.
  • Vanilla extractFor 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 Bites (Balls)

How To Make Energy Balls:

To make these energy bites, simply…

  1. Stir everything together. Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
  2. Chill. Cover the mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture is chilled.*
  3. Roll into balls. Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.
  4. 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.

Healthy 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 barsPress 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.

Healthy Energy Bites with Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter

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No Bake Energy Bites Recipe

No Bake Energy Bites

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  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 20-25 energy bites 1x

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This No-Bake Energy Bites recipe is easy to make, full of feel-good ingredients, and irresistibly delicious!


Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Stir everything together.  Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
  2. 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.)
  3. Roll into balls.  Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.
  4. 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.

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  1. Must make for camping!

    • DO YOU HAVE THE CALORIE COUNT ON ANY OF THESE RECIEPES? I HAVE TO KNOW OR I CAN’T EAT THEM :)

    • I rolled 38 out of this recipe and they are 43 calories per ball.

    • I put them in my fitness pal tonight but didn’t include flaxseed b /c I don’t have any and if you make 20 of them they are 116 calories each, 14 carbs, 7 fat, 2 protein and 1 fiber…..

    • I did the recipe with chocolate chips & without the coconut. Haven’t rolled them out yet, but I put it in a recipe calculator on sparkpeople.com using my specific ingredients. For 25, it’d be about 92cals & 12carbs. If you’re a member of sparkpeople, you can actually look at the recipe I put in & click “Make a recipe makeover”, then enter in your own additives or change whatever. I tried a small bit & they’re SO very good! This will definitely be a do again recipe!!

  2. I am going to make these tomorrow…..These sound Wonderful and so versatile.. Thanks for sharing!

  3. Oh my goodness! These are absolutely AMAZING! Even my picky kiddo keeps sneaking them out of the fridge and eating them! I was seriously shocked at how good these are and so simple to make! I rolled mine small, made 38 from this batch and they came out to being 43 calories per ball! Perfect for parties, deserts, breakfast and much more! Thanks for this recipe!!!

  4. Thank you so much for this recipe. I have been making them for my gymnast daughter to have as a mid-practice snack. All of her teammates have been intrigued and now I have their moms asking for the recipe! This last time, I substituted about 2 T of the peanut butter with Nutella for an extra chocolaty punch! Mini chocolate chips work the best for us, I have found. And I love the versatility of this, and the ability to substitute dried fruits, different kinds of nuts, chips, etc.

  5. about to make these! excited

  6. Hi, just discovered you through Pinterest and I’m so excited! I’m making these yummy looking energy bites right now….thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes!!

  7. i made these over my lunch break to take back to work because I always forget to pack snacks! These are delicious and I love the clean ingredients! Thanks!

  8. great recipe – I make them all the time. A few changes I made. I use the mini chocolate chips so the balls stay together better. Also, I keep the chips in the freezer prior to making the balls, so the hot toasted coconut doesn’t melt the chocolate. Also using chunky pea nut butter is great.

  9. These are amazing. I am a dessert a holic and these taste like cookie dough to me! My 2 year old can’t get enough, and I love knowing they are decently good for you! Thanks for an awesome recipe!

  10. I made these for the NUMB (Nebraska United Methodist Bike ride for hunger) bicycle ride and they were gone in a flash! Fortunately we stopped in the town my sister lives and was able to make another double batch for the next day, they didn’t last long! Even people that say they don’t like coconut were snarfing these!

  11. Finally got around to making these! They are easy, delicious and I’m thrilled to have a new healthy snack for the fam! Thanks for sharing!

  12. Saw this recipe on pinterest. Made them the other day. They are seriously delicious. My husband couldn’t stop eating them. I can’t wait to experiment with different flavored chips and dried fruit. This will be a constant in my fridge. I’m going to have to buy a bigger jar of honey!

  13. Seriously! What a GREAT recipe!! I made these while making dinner. I omitted the coconut and added raisins, also used my all natural peanut butter, and they are AWESOME. What a great treat for something sweet, or a better version of anything “granola” without all of the added chemicals and fats that are found in store bought items. THANK YOU!!

  14. I love these!!! However, I see that there are a couple different ideas of how many calories are in these….Im very curious as too the carbs and protien and calories…pretty much all of it! haha. Let me know. Thanks for the recipe…and the help!

    • https://www.sparkrecipes.com/

      You can enter all of the ingredients and how many servings you got out of it, and it will give you a breakdown of the calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc. It’s a really handy tool to have if you are counting calories and do a lot of cooking. :)

  15. I just made these for our treat for today :)!! Awesome snack! Glad I made a double batch to begin with. I will be making these to take on our vacation for sure! Thanks!

  16. Love your recipes! Have you considered interfacing with www.PepperPlate.com? It’s for the nook and Kindle Fire. Will synchronize the recipes on this website with their website and supported devices. Not affiliated, yada yada yada, just a happy Pepper Plate customer!

  17. Just made these and added some chia seeds and almond extract. Delicious, thanks for the recipe!!

  18. I just made them and am so excited to try them out. If my husband likes them we will start using them to take with us on our hiking trips. So excited!!!

  19. No Cocoa?

  20. wow I have been searching for a nobake oats recipe! This is exactly the one I love!

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. Oh these look awesome, and so easy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

  25. 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.

  26. 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!

  27. 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

  28. Thanks for this recipe! I have been looking for something small, easy to travel, and packed with flavor & protein. This is fabulous!

  29. Can you tell me what the serving size is approximately?
    Thanks!
    These look amazing!!!

  30. These are delicious. My 21 month old just inhaled one by my side lol. mmmmmmm, so good

  31. LOVE LOVE LOVE these! I use almond butter and they are the PERFECT thing for that 3pm crash. I re-posted your recipe on my blog www.thingsthatglitter.blogspot.com. Great recipe–thanks again!

  32. I advocate adding Nutella (a wet ingredient) and/or Nesquik powder (dry) or carnation instant breakfast powder in chocolate flavor (also dry). More chocolatey flavor = win.

    The smaller the diameter of the dry ingredients (nuts, chocolate chips etc) the better balls will be formed.

  33. My boy’s grew up on these…they will be excited to have a heathy version.

  34. I tried these tonight and they are AMAZING!!!! thanks for the recipie. i love how it is very flexible. My boyfriend doesn’t like coconut so i had to make 2 batches, one with and one without… lol

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  36. My hubby is a cyclist so made these last week to take on his races and he loved them!! They will now become a regular in our home. Couldn’t find flaxseed so used an LSA mix ( linseed, sunflower seed and almond). Just wondering if these can be frozen so that we can make in bulk? Thank you!

  37. Wow that was odd. I just wrote an very long comment but after
    I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say great blog!

  38. Also try with dried goji berries (no chocolate chips)! Really good :) Thanks for this recipe.

  39. These are amazing!! All three of our kids devour these! We have made them three separate times :) We did not use the coconut and added shelled hemp seed and substituted the chocolate chips for vegan chocolate chips. Absolutely delicious!!! Thank you so much for posting!

  40. I HIGHLY suggest adding cinnamon to this

  41. I just made these following the instructions all except I microwaved the mixture to melt the chocolate chips, mixed it all together, and not only do they look a lot like no-bake cookies, but taste remarkably similar as well–but way healthier!

  42. I just made these and popped them in the fridge:). I added 1 scoop of vanilla egg white protein powder, 2 tbsp. carob chips, and 1 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds.
    Cannot wait to try them!!!
    Thanks for the fabulous raw recipe!!!

  43. Can you use the instant oats?

  44. Any suggeston for replacing the peanut butter. (We don’t eat peanut butter)

  45. I was just wondering if you the coconut flakes were a necessity? I want to make them tonight, but have none :(

  46. YUM!! No bake cookies (or preacher cookies as we’ve always called them) are my absolute favorite, but dare I say after making these, they top it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  47. Thank you so much for posting this! Saw a similar one in a magazine recently and couldn’t remember which one…thank you google! Such a delicious and natural treat!

  48. Any idea how many calories in these wonderful little guys?

    • OMG!!! (1) You can figure it out by taking the calorie count from your ingredients and dividing it by the number of balls you eat and (2) There are about 40 comments on this thread that break down the nutritional information for you!!!

  49. I love making no-bake Shakeology cookies, but I wish it was easier to have them “on the go” without them melting while I’m out! They’re SO much better cold, do you take them with you as snacks anyway? Have you ever tried freezing yours?

  50. Just made the mixture and waiting for them to chill so I can roll them :)
    Mmmm they look so good~ can’t wait to taste them! Thanks for the recipe <3