Vegan no bake peanut butter energy bites are a snack or breakfast treat that’ll keep you going all day! Made with just 3 healthy ingredients, gluten free, and naturally sweet.
RECIPE + PHOTOS UPDATED DECEMBER, 2019.
Serious question: do you know someone who doesn’t like peanut butter? Personally, I don’t. My husband goes through copious amounts every week. But for real, unless you have an allergy, do people that don’t like peanut butter even exist? These are the types of things I ponder.
I’m an almond butter addict, but no shade to peanut butter. It’s way less expensive, and the food version of crack.
Whatever type you like best, nuts and nut butters are always such a great choice for healthy snacks, because you only need a little bit to hold you over until your next meal. My husband is definitely a snacker, so I threw these together one day with just 3 healthy ingredients, and they lasted about 2 days.
Never underestimate the power of the peanut butta.
Ingredients for vegan no bake peanut butter energy bites
- Rolled oats: oats give the energy bites a chewy texture and help hold them together, while also providing some healthy whole grains.
- Peanut butter: peanut butter provides richness and healthy fats, but make sure to get unsweetened and oil-free! A lot of nut butters are full of junk you don’t need, so make sure the only ingredients are peanuts and maybe a bit of salt.
- Medjool dates: dates not only provide natural, fruit sweetness, but their sticky texture helps hold the energy bites together.
Tips for making vegan no bake peanut butter energy bites
- Make sure to blend the oats first. Everything will eventually go into the food processor, but it’s important to start with the oats to make sure they get totally blended and you don’t have any whole oats in the final energy bites.
- Use your hands to test the texture after blending. This recipe is pretty flexible, and depending on the peanut butter you use, you may need to adjust the other ingredients slightly to get the right texture. If they seem too crumbly to roll into balls, add a few more dates, if they seem too wet, add more oats.
These vegan no bake peanut butter energy bites are such a simple, quick recipe to throw together, and they’re salty + sweet flavor is pretty irresistible. If those peanut butter hating people do exist, I guess it’s not a bad thing – more of these sweet gems for me.
Xo,
Sara
Vegan No Bake Peanut Butter Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup natural, sugar and oil-free peanut butter
- 12 pitted medjool dates
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend until totally mixed, about 5 minutes.
- Use 1 tablespoon of the dough for each energy bite, and use clean hands to squeeze the dough together and carefully form a sphere. I like smaller bites that are easier to eat in one bite, since the texture is pretty soft and delicate.
- Freeze the energy bites so that they can firm up, then store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Yum! These look great! I always have trouble getting the ratio right when it comes to bliss balls- so this will definitely be a good guide for me. Can’t wait to give these a try and thanks a ton for the recipe! I’ve been on a total PB luck lately 🙂
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Hi, Courtney! The ratio can definitely be tricky, especially when peanut butters have varying moisture content/stickiness. Just make it work for you! You can always add a bit more of the dry ingredient or nut butter to get the consistency you like. Let me know what you think if you try them! And yes, you can never go wrong with PB 🙂
About how many does this recipe make? They look so good! Can’t wait to try
Hi, DeAnna! This amount makes 9-10 pretty large bites for me. Let me know what you think! 🙂
I am not a fan of dates is there something else I could substitute?
Hi, Jacquie! I haven’t tried this with anything but dates, but I would think maybe dried figs might have a similar texture. Let me know how it goes if you do swap something out for the dates!
I’ve used dates in other recipes where it called for dried apricots. Could possibly use dried apricots where it calls for dates!
Hi! I’m type 1 diabetic. These look absolutely fantastic but I was wondering if there’s anywhere to check for nutritional information such as carbohydrate content? X
Hi, Frances! I don’t calculate the nutritional info for my recipes and it may vary a little bit depending on brands you use. But you can enter the info on a website like cronometer.com and you should be able to get rough numbers for what you need! Hope that helps.