No-Bake 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Energy Bites are a quick, simple, make ahead snack for on the go!
I love a recipe that I can whip up in a couple of minutes with ingredients that I always have on hand! This is one of those recipes. These tasty little energy balls only have 4 ingredients: oats, peanut butter, maple syrup, and chocolate chips.
They could’t be easier to make. Just stir all the ingredients together, chill for about 30 minutes, then pat into balls.
MY LATEST RECIPESI’ve always been a huge fan of the peanut butter and chocolate flavor combo! However, I’m sure any nut butter, like almond butter, would be great in this recipe.
This peanut butter energy ball recipe is my submission for this month’s Recipe Redux theme, which is supporting fellow Recipe Redux members. I chose to do a recipe inspired by Rachel from Delicious Balance. She has a recipe for Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Date Balls on her site that looks fantastic! It inspired me to make an easy energy ball recipe. She’s a fellow dietitian who creates lots of great recipes, so be sure to check her out!
Watch the step by step recipe video for these No Bake $ Ingredient Peanut Butter Energy Bites below.
No-Bake 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a large bowl. Mix together until well incorporated. Cover and chill in a refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Grab about a heaping tablespoon full of the mixture and press it into a ball with your palms. Repeat with the remaining oat mixture, making about 16 energy bites.
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
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My kind of snack! I think almond butter would be yummy too!
I did put almond butter instead of peanut butter and added two ripe bananas and ground flax seed. Yum!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I love how you made it simpler by just adding the chocolate chips right in!
To reduce fat and sugar I made this with PB2 and sugar free maple syrup and it turned out really well!
Do you know the adjusted calories with your mods? Thanks!
Can I use one minute oats?
I did, they tasted great with them! I’m not sure if that will change after they’ve been in the fridge for a few days, but I don’t anticipate them lasting that long!
I’m loving this but binding the individual bites together is giving me a difficult time. I’m using organic creamy peanut butter, organic pure maple syrup, ghiradelli chocolate chips and quaker old fashioned oats. Any tips?
Try adding 1/2 cup of ground flax seeds. It might help.
I use a ripe banana instead of the maple syrup. I also add 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut, just because we like it! Less sugar and they form into balls easily without refrigerating first. They have to be stored in the frig because of the banana. But are delicious!
I love this recipe and make a double batch because they go so fast! Doing a double batch, instead of 2/3 pure maple syrup, I only do 1/3 cup – still taste great, and I think that means less sugar??
Also, we do dark chocolate chips. Yum!
Also, we do dark chocolate chips. Yum!
Can I use honey 🍯 instead of maple syrup?
I did, they were great!
I added some raisins and milk. IT ended up really liquidy, I don’t know why, but it tasted really good.
Because you added milk.
Can you use honey in place of the maple syrup
I added Chia seeds, coconut and cacao powder and honey instead of maple syrup and rolled them in coconut to finish.
I used cashew butter! Yummy!