No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
These healthy, 100 calorie treats are easy to make, super delicious, kid-friendly, and decadent; but are also vegan, gluten-free and low in sugar!
Servings: 16 cookie bites
Calories: 90kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats or quick oats
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter or any nut butter will work!
- 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp maple syrup increase to 2 tbsp if you want it to be sweeter
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir together the oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips, maple syrup, vanilla and salt until combined.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Taking small handfuls of the mixture, roll them into small balls 1-2 inches in size. Or you can use a cookie scoop. Place them onto the baking sheet.
- Refrigerate the bites for 30 minutes or until solid. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge (they will last at least 1 week, and likely 2!)
Notes
Top tips for making No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
- Use a cookie scoop to get the balls all the same size.
- If you or someone in your family is gluten intolerant, be sure to use gluten free oats.
- This is such an easy recipe for kids to make - get them in the kitchen!
- If you don't have peanut butter, try almond butter as a 1:1 substitute. Other nut butters should work as well, but the bites might have a slightly different consistency since some nuts create "more thin" butters than others!
- If you want to make these truly sugar free, you can omit the maple syrup and they will still taste pretty good :)
- Store the bites in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks!
Nutrition
Serving: 1bite | Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.2g | Protein: 3.1g | Fat: 5.8g | Saturated Fat: 1.7g | Sodium: 60mg | Fiber: 1.3g | Sugar: 3.2g