Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter (See Notes 2 for Details and Substitutions)
- ¼ cup honey (See Notes 4 for Substitutions)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 Tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
- ½ cup flaxseed meal (AKA ground flax seeds; See Notes 4 for details)
- ½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes (See Notes 1 for Substitutions)
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (See Notes 3 for Substitutions)
- ½ cup butterscotch chips (See Notes 4 for Substitutions)
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. When you first start mixing it will look like you have too much dry ingredients, but I promise it comes together in a nix stiff “cookie” mixture. *See notes 8 for troubleshooting
- Scoop out 1 ½ Tablespoons of the mixture (I like to use a one-and-one-half-tablespoon cookie scoop).
- Roll the mixture into balls. Warning, the mixture will be a little sticky, but not too bad.
- Chill the balls in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or in the freezer for 15-30 minutes. Just enough time that you can grab and eat them.
- Then enjoy immediately! *see notes for Storage details
Equipment
Mora Ceramics Small Mixing Bowls Set of 2 – 2.5 & 1.6 Qt (Vanilla White)
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Stainless Steel Baking Sheet Set with Silicone Mats and Cooling Racks (Set of 9)
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ThermoWorks Hi-Temp Silicone Spatula
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INGREDIENT DETAILS AND SUBSTITUTIONS
- add more ground flaxseed meal or old-fashioned rolled oats
- I recommend a natural creamy peanut butter to avoid added sugar. But any natural nut butter would work as well. You can also sub for sunflower butter if nut butters are an issue.
- standard-size semi-sweet chocolate chips, but mini chocolate chips are fine as well.
- double the amount of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- use equal parts maple syrup.
TROUBLESHOOTING
If you have trouble holding the energy snack bites together, I recommend adding a little more peanut butter to make the mixture a bit more sticky.
STORAGE
Refrigerate in a sealed food safe bag for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months (honestly, I put mine in a bowl in the fridge for easy grabbing because everyone in my house eats them in about 2 to 3 days).
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Chilling Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: n/a
- Category: Snack
- Method: one-bowl
- Cuisine: American