If there’s one factor I realized about myself over time, it’s that I completely should have snacks (like these peanut butter vitality bites) accessible or I develop into an out-of-control raging hypoglycemia animal.
Suppose Tom Cruise blended with a wolverine. Very scary stuff.
Ever since I’ve been little, my blood sugar has all the time been on a inflexible 3-hour dive schedule. As in, I’m the kind of one who has to have one thing to eat each few hours or I’ll crash. My mother says that when she introduced me someplace, she all the time needed to be sure that she had meals together with her in any other case I’d destroy the day and throw a match. Horrible, proper?
After all, after I’m working or hanging out with the kiddos at dwelling it’s fairly straightforward to seize snacks, however I’ve (in fact) been in conditions the place I used to be removed from each dwelling and meals (particularly when touring). To keep away from a meltdown into starvation oblivion, I began creating my very own little vitality bites and path mixes for wholesome snacking anyplace I went. Not solely are they a lifesaver, however they’re SO scrumptious and extra satisfying than any store-bought snacks I can discover.
Components in peanut butter vitality bites
These fantastic no bake peanut butter vitality balls are loaded with a few of my favourite issues. They take 5 minutes tops and you’ve got your self a nutritious, home made snack with wholesome fat, omega-3s, and over 5g protein per serving!
- Peanut butter: I like to recommend utilizing an all pure drippy creamy peanut butter with solely peanuts + salt because the components. I’ve additionally made them with almond butter, and cashew butter works, too, however everybody is aware of peanut butter reigns king on Bold Kitchen.
- Oats: make sure to use old style rolled oats, and in the event you’re gluten free, make sure to use licensed gluten free rolled oats.
- Sweetener: excellent news, you should utilize honey, coconut palm syrup or date syrup in these vitality bites! If you wish to make these vegan, use coconut palm syrup or date syrup. Somewhat sweetener offers them that peanut butter cookie taste.
- Flaxseed meal: this gives a lift of wholesome fat, fiber, protein and nutritional vitamins. It’s additionally nice for lactating mamas.
- Chia seeds: a lift of wholesome fat and omegas to assist preserve you fuller, longer.
- Vanilla extract: the one and solely. Be at liberty to skip in the event you don’t have it, or learn to make your personal right here!
- Protein powder: I choose to make use of unflavored collagen peptides or this vegan protein powder, however you should utilize no matter protein powder you like.
- Cinnamon: a splash of cinnamon helps these style like Teddy Grahams, I swear.
- Mini chocolate chips: as a result of who doesn’t love somewhat chocolate of their life? Be at liberty to make use of vegan/dairy free chocolate chips in the event you’d like.
- Elective: I personally love so as to add unsweetened shredded coconut as a result of I’m a coconut addict, however it’s undoubtedly not obligatory.
Can I make them with out protein powder?
Certain! These peanut butter protein balls needs to be simply nice with out protein powder. It’s possible you’ll simply want so as to add extra oats if the combination feels too moist.
Simply make them nut free
Be at liberty to swap the peanut butter and use sunflower seed butter as an alternative! They’ll be nice for lunch containers for kiddos.
How one can make no bake vitality bites
- With a meals processor: add within the peanut butter, honey, vanilla, protein powder, flaxseed meal, oats, cinnamon and chia seeds. Pulse collectively till effectively mixed. Add in chocolate chips (and coconut if utilizing) and pulse a couple of extra instances. Use a medium cookie scoop or your palms to seize dough and roll into 10 balls.
- And not using a meals processor: add moist components to a medium bowl, combine to mix. Add in dry components and blend collectively till mixed. I normally have to make use of my palms to combine and work with the dough. At this level it is best to be capable to kind balls that stick collectively. It’s possible you’ll want so as to add a bit extra nut butter and/or sweetener to assist them stick collectively.
Need to make bars as an alternative?
As an alternative of rolling the combination into balls, press the vitality chew “dough” into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan earlier than inserting it within the fridge. Lower into bars and luxuriate in!
Watch me make the peanut butter vitality bites
Storing suggestions
- To retailer: these peanut butter vitality bites will final for 1 week in an hermetic container within the fridge.
- To freeze: be happy so as to add them to a freezer-safe bag or container and retailer them for as much as 1 month. I choose these vitality bites straight from the freezer, and I’d advocate letting them soften up for about 5-10 minutes within the fridge or at room temp earlier than consuming them.
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5-Minute Protein Peanut Butter Power Bites
No bake protein packed peanut butter vitality bites that style like peanut butter cookie dough with an incredible chewy texture. These wholesome peanut butter vitality bites are loaded with nutritious components like flaxseed, chia and oats for the proper no bake snack.
Components
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1/2
cup
pure drippy peanut butter (or sub almond butter) -
1/4
cup
honey (or date syrup or coconut syrup) -
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract -
1/3
cup
protein powder of alternative* -
1/3
cup
flaxseed meal -
1/2
cup
rolled oats (gluten free, if desired) -
1/2
teaspoon
cinnamon -
1
tablespoon
chia seeds -
1
tablespoon
mini chocolate chips (vegan, if desired) - Elective
-
1/4
cup
unsweetened shredded coconut
Directions
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Within the bowl of a meals processor, add within the peanut butter, honey, vanilla, protein powder, flaxseed meal, oats, cinnamon and chia seeds. Pulse collectively till effectively mixed. Add in chocolate chips (and coconut if utilizing) and pulse a couple of extra instances. Use a medium cookie scoop or your palms to seize dough and roll into 10 balls, place in an hermetic container.
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To make with out meals processor: add moist components to a medium bowl, combine to mix. Add in dry components and blend collectively till mixed. I normally have to make use of my palms to combine and work with the dough. At this level it is best to be capable to kind balls that stick collectively. As a result of all peanut butter/nut butter consistencies are completely different and relying on what protein powder you utilize, it’s possible you’ll want so as to add in additional nut butter or sweetener to assist the balls stick collectively.
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Retailer within the fridge for as much as 1 week, or the freezer for as much as 2 months. Take pleasure in!
Recipe Notes
To make nut free: use sunflower seed butter.
See the complete put up for straightforward methods to customise these vitality bites and even how you can make them into bars!
Vitamin
Servings: 10 balls
Serving measurement: 1 vitality chew
Energy: 150kcal
Fats: 8.8g
Saturated fats: 1.2g
Carbohydrates: 14g
Fiber: 3.2g
Sugar: 7.7g
Protein: 6.6g
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Bold Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats
This put up was initially revealed on February seventeenth, 2016, republished on December thirtieth, 2019, and republished on April 18th, 2023.
