Looking for an easy and delicious after school snack for the kids? Or a convenient snack to pack for when the kids inevitably get hungry at the park?
This energy bites recipe is perfect to make your own homemade energy-boosting snacks – no processing, unknown ingredients, or packaging here!
No-Bake Energy Bites the Kids will Love!
And they’re even easy enough for the kids to help make. Which happens to be a great sensory and fine motor skill activity for them, too!
Here’s how to make them…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Energy Bites
(Jump to the Full Recipe for Ingredients!)
How to Make these No-Bake Energy Bites:
In a large mixing bowl
combine the oats, peanut butter, flaxseed, wheat germ and honey.
Once the oats are completely coated with the mixture, gently fold in chocolate chips.
Cover bowl
and place in the fridge for an hour.
After an hour, take out mixture and roll it into one inch balls. (Tip: Wet hands are easier for rolling the mixture into balls.)
As you’re rolling them, place the balls on a parchment paper
-lined sheet pan
.
Place the sheet pan, with the balls, in the fridge for another hour.
The finished energy bites can be eaten right away or stored in the fridge for a few days. Yum!
Print this Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Energy Bites Recipe:
Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Energy Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1.5 cup peanut butter ((more or less as needed))
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 2 tablespoons honey
Tools:
- mixing bowl
- measuring cups
- wooden spoon
- sheet baking pan
- parchment paper
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine oats, peanut butter, flax seed, wheat germ and honey.
- Once mixture is completely combined, gently fold in chocolate chips.
- Cover bowl and place in fridge for an hour.
- After an hour, take out mixture and roll it into one inch balls. (Tip: Wet hands are easier for rolling the mixture into balls.) As you're rolling the balls, place them on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan.
- Place the sheet pan, with the balls, in the fridge for another hour. (The finished energy bits can be eaten right away or stored in the fridge for a few days.)
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