Chocolate Peanut Butter (No-Bake) Energy Bites
Easy to make, healthy no bake energy bites with all kinds of good stuff packed in.
Ingredients
1 cup old fashioned oats
2/3 cup toasted unsweetened coconut flakes (toasting instructions below)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Toasting Coconut- spread out a layer of coconut flakes on a baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for around 5 minutes. Watch very carefully and remove when starting to turn brown.
- In a medium size bowl, mix all the ingredients together. If mixture feels too dry, add a little more peanut butter or honey. If mixture feels too wet, add a little more oatmeal.
- Cover the bowl and chill the mix in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Once chilled, roll into balls. Mine were about 1 inch diameter.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge and pop at will.