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These Peanut Butter Energy Bites are SUPER easy to make (They’re no bake!). You can customize the ingredients too – plus they’re DELICIOUS!
Peanut Butter Energy Bites – Easy and No Baking Required
If you’re looking for a quick snack to make for your family – these Peanut Butter Energy Bites might be just the ticket!
They are so simple to make, and are such a great snack when you’re in a hurry. With oats and peanut butter as the star, they’re fairly healthy. PLUS you can easily adapt the recipe with a few added ingredients (anyone for mini chocolate chips?).
An additional plus is that they are no bake. You can whip these up easily for any season and you don’t even have to turn on your oven.
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Energy Bites:
- peanut butter
- flaxseed meal
- oats
- honey
- vanilla
- chocolate or peanut butter chips
- coconut
- any other add ins you might want
The flax seeds and quick oats (you can use rolled oats too!) are great additions for fiber. The shredded coconut could be left out if you don’t like coconut. If you don’t have flaxseed meal, you could add in hemp seed or chia seed.
Feel free to add in your favorite protein powder too.
One of the reasons I love this recipe is that it is SO customizable. Plus, it’s a healthy snack that you can whip up in less than 30 minutes.
Can I make these no bake energy balls without peanut butter?
You can absolutely use a different nut butter, almond butter, or sunflower butter instead of the creamy peanut butter (or give peanut butter honey a try!).
If you prefer a smoother texture, you could also blend this all together in a food processor rather than mixing by hand.
How long do these no bake energy bites last?
Since these no bake bites don’t have any dairy or milk products, they can last up to two weeks. If you prefer to keep them in the freezer, you can store them up to 3 months!
Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup Old Fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup coconut flakes
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup ground flax seed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips or chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup of honey
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl
- Cover refrigerate for an hour
- Use a cookie scoop to make them the shape of balls or just use your hands.
This recipe was adapted from Gimme Some Oven.
If you’re looking for more peanut butter recipes, you might like these Reeses peanut butter pudding cookies!
I’ve made something similar to this for my husband. He’s an athlete and is always looking for quick and easy things to take on his runs or to eat after a workout. I like to add sunflower or pepitas along with chia seeds. We do keep ours in the fridge. I make a double batch every week and he likes to freeze a few for emergencies. Emergency protein needs?? 🙂
I love those additions, Susan! Freezing them is such a great idea, too~thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
The recipe says 1/2 peanut butter or chocolate chips. Is that a 1/2 cup?
So sorry for the confusion Janet ~ yes, 1/2 cup peanut butter chips or chocolate chips! 🙂 Just updated the post ~ thanks!
My boys and I make these all the time! We love them!! They are perfect for lunchboxes. We have to make peanut free ones for my husband – I use almond butter and some crushed almonds. Then we add mini M&M’s to the peanut butter ones and chocolate chips to the almond butter ones.
That’s awesome Amanda – thanks for sharing with us, I love to hear that! (The M&M’s and chocolate chips are a GENIUS idea to make them extra yummy)
I’m thinking chopped almonds (or other nuts) would be a good add, along with chocolate chips of course!
That sounds super yummy Diane! 🙂
Would like to know nutritional value.
Hi! Should these be stored in the fridge? Or could I… Say… Leave them in a ziploc on counter overnight?? Thanks!
Hey Carla! The should be stored in the fridge.
Do you know the nutritional value. ?
Hello! These look and sound amazing but we don’t like coconut around here… I’ve seen lots of recipes that call for coconut, is there an alternative or can we just leave it out? 🙂
Thanks! Lauren 🙂
Hey Lauren! You can leave coconut out for sure!