No Bake Energy Bites
Updated Jun 20, 2025
Easy no bake energy bites made with 6 ingredients, quick oats, creamy peanut butter, ground flaxseed, coconut flakes, honey, and mini chocolate chips.
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No Fuss No Bake Energy Bites!
No bake energy bites are one of those things I started making when I got tired of buying packaged snacks that felt healthy-ish but never actually kept me full. These are made with just 6 ingredients, and I can throw them together in under 10 minutes, no oven, no mess.
I usually make a batch of energy bites at the beginning of the week and stash them in the fridge. They’re easy to grab between errands, school pick-up, or when I just need something quick that isn’t a bag of chips. The oats give them some staying power, and the mix of nut butter and honey keeps them soft and flavorful without tasting like health food.
Energy Bites Ingredients
- Quick Oats: Don’t swap for rolled oats or steel-cut oats because they won’t be soft enough to chew even after resting.
- Creamy Peanut Butter: You can swap it with any nut butter, or even tahini or sunflower butter.
- Honey: You can use maple syrup instead or any other liquid sweetener.
- Shredded Coconut: I like to use unsweetened flakes, but if you want the bites to be a little sweeter, you can use sweetened flakes.
- Ground Flaxseed: You can use hemp seeds or chia seeds instead. You can definitely toss in more seeds, too! Chia seeds, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds add more plant-based protein to the energy bites and give them an extra crunch.
- Mini Chocolate Chips: Because I knew it would sweeten the deal for my kids. You can definitely skip them, though. You can also use white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, or even toffee pieces.
How to Make Energy Bites
By far, the best energy bite recipe I have tried!! Love it!
– Kelley
No Bake Energy Bites Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup quick oats
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup honey
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients together in a large bowl and mix with a spoon or spatula until well incorporated.
- Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator to set for 30 minutes.
- Once chilled, remove from the fridge. Use a 1.5 tablespoon-size spring-loaded cookie scoop to scoop the mixture into 18 balls and roll with your hands.
- Enjoy immediately or refrigerate for 7-10 days.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Variations
- Add chopped nuts: You can add up to ¼ cup of cashews, walnuts or pecans chopped finely.
- Drop in some dried fruit: Think of using chopped dates, raisins, apricots or cranberries. I would recommend chopping them up finely or blending them in the food processor. And if you are adding more dried fruit, it helps to balance out the sweetness with something salty or bland like more nuts, oats or almond meal, or unsweetened protein powder.
- Use your favorite protein powder: Take the energy to another level by adding a scoop or two tablespoons of protein powder. You may need to add more peanut butter or water so they’re not too dry.
- Spice it up: To add more flavor, I love throwing in cinnamon, or other warm spices like nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, turmeric or cloves. A lot of these spices have anti-inflammatory properties too so you’ll get a healthy dose of that in your energy bites!
- Mash a banana into it: This adds natural sweetness and moisture to help hold everything together. You can add a quarter of a banana or about 2-3 tablespoons.
Thank you for this recipe….these are so good that I can’t stop eating them 😋-Faye A
Recipe Tips
- Allow 30 minutes to an hour for the dough mixture to chill. This will help the balls hold their shape when you roll them and it will also help the flavors to develop.
- Wet your hands when rolling the energy bites. This will help add some moisture to the oats since we’re not cooking them. It also helps makes forming the mixture into balls much easier.
- Use a cookie scoop to form the balls. This way you can create similar sized bites and the mixture will be easier to scoop and shape. I also think it’s much faster than using your hands
- Test the mixture moisture level before rolling. It should be slightly tacky to the touch. If the mixture is too dry, try adding more peanut butter or honey. On the other hand, if you feel that the mixture is too wet, you can fix that by adding more oats or more flaxseed.
FAQs
These energy bites should be refrigerated for maximum freshness and they have a relatively long shelf life and will last for up to two weeks in the refrigerator when stored in an airtight container.
All the ingredients in these energy bites are freezer-friendly! Just place the energy bites on a baking sheet and freeze them until solid. Then, transfer them to an air-tight, freezer-safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag and store them for up to three months.
It’s important to chill your oat mixture before forming it into balls and then store those balls in the refrigerator. Chilling them is what helps them retain their shap
Make sure you have enough oats and dry ingredients in your energy bites to absorb the honey. It is a delicate balance between too wet/sticky and not enough binder ingredients. If you’re running into problems, I suggest adding a tablespoon or two of either the dry or wet ingredients until you get the desired texture you’re after.
Comments
Would this recipe work with almond butter instead of peanut butter?
Yes, absolutely!
Thank you!
These energy bites are delicious. They are super easy to make. My husband and I love them. My sister also started making these and her family loves them too. I really enjoy all of Yumna’s recipes!
Aww, thank you!! So happy you and everyone you’ve shared the recipe with love them!
Hi! I make these every week and absolutely love them. I’m trying to track my protein intake and make sure I’m getting enough – can you tell me the quantity related to the nutritional info? Is this per one energy ball, or two, or three? Thanks!
Great question, Emma! The nutrition info is for one energy ball.
Thanks!
I made the No Bake Energy Bites and they are delicious.
Amazing!! So happy you loved them!
This is an awesome recipe! My previous go-to recipe was a bit more complicated and didn’t stay together as well. My kids noticed the difference and really love these. I tripled the batch and subbed in half protein powder/half flax seed.
How much do you put for each of the ingredients?
What kind of oats do you use?
Hi there, I use quick oats. The full recipe can be found by clicking ‘jump to recipe’ at the top of the page.
What can you substitute for the coconut?
You can omit the coconut or you can add in some chia seeds, whatever you’d like really. I hope you enjoy!
How can I use your oath flavor to make energy balls?
That’s all I have stocked in my home right now and would love you suggestion.
Yay, I’m so glad you got some Oath overnight oats! Which flavor did you get? The beauty of the overnight oats is you can really substitute them for oats 1 cup for 1 cup. The overnight oat mixtures do have mostly oats, but they include some nuts, powders, and/or dried fruit, so you can add a little more than equal amounts if you’d like. It will work out great!
Thank you so much 💓
You’re so welcome!
By far, the best energy bite recipe I have tried!! Love it!
Thank you so much! Yay!!
Thank you for this recipe! My kids love it
That’s amazing! You’re so welcome!
Are they 145 calories in total or 145 for each ball?
It is 145 calories for each energy bite!
Thank you for this recipe….these are so good that I can’t stop eating them 😋
You’re so welcome! I totally get that!
wow this is amazing thank you ☺️
Thank you!! You’re so welcome!
Delicious. I am curious about what is considered one serving of the no bake energy balls?
Yay! It’s 1/15 of the recipe, so if you ended up with 15 no bake energy balls, the serving size would be one energy ball!
Boa noite, é possível substituir a manteiga de amendoim?
You could try another nut or seed butter!
I made these today and my family loved them… thank you to you and your sweet daughter ❤️❤️
Yay! Thank you so much!
Delicious! Can’t wait to make them again. And my daughter who’s seven loved them too. ☺️
Thank you! I’m so happy the two of you enjoyed!
Can I omit the coconut?
Sure! You could customize it by using your choice of dried fruit. Think of using chopped dates, raisins, apricots, or cranberries. I would recommend chopping them up finely or blending in the food processor. And if you are adding more dried fruit, it helps to balance out the sweetness with something salty or bland like more nuts, oats, almond meal or unsweetened protein powder.
These came out great! I made them with chia seeds, chopped up apricots. Can’t wait to try other variations.
That sounds wonderful! The variations are endless!
I talked all my near n dear ones into making the no bake energy bites! And everyone is sending me pictures how it turned out and how they have made multiple batches of it! Thanks to you again! 😍
Hi Yumna. Loved the recipe for the energy balls! Thanks for posting it. 🥰🤗🌷
Most welcome! Thank you so much for the feedback!!
Hey Yumna! Thanks for your amazing recipes! I tried out the No Bake Energy bites from your Day 2 of Mom Breakfast Hacks 😍 and had it as my breakfast this morning! Trust me, it was pure heaven! Even my husband who isn’t fond of a lot of sweets, he loved it too! Yayy!!
I’m so happy you all enjoyed it! Thank you!!
My first lot is already finished.
I have shared the recipe with all my friends and family mainly who all tasted it! Looks like everyone’s gonna try making it this weekend!! All thanks to you 🙏
This is very very tasty enargy bitis thank you maam for this recipi my family loved it♥️
Yay! I’m so happy to hear it!
What size cookies scoop did you use?
It’s about 2 tablespoons.
Made these with my sister for a good in-between meals snack, they looked great on Instagram so we got to the recipe and made them up in less than 10 mins! We swapped out quick oats for rolled and honey for golden syrup+agave mix. The rolled oats make it harder to well, roll the balls up. To our friends, we like to call them cookie dough flapjack bites to lure them in XD overall a great recipe.
Haha love that name! And glad it worked out!! such a great in-between snack!
I already made « energy » ball with dates. Which were really good but too sweetened. I will try this one. But before I have a question. Can I replace the coconut by something else?
You can add any other toppings instead or just leave them out.
Thank you for sharing this. Really enjoyed it!
You’re so welcome!
So delicious. I used dairy free chocolate chips for my son, and he loved them even though he hates oats in anything else we’ve tried.
Aww, that makes me so happy! Thank you for sharing!
Hi! I love this recipe I was wondering if the serving size for these is one ball?
Thank you !!
Yes it is! Thank you 🙂
These energy bites were a huge hit with my family! Instead of flaxseed, I used roasted sunflower seeds. I also used orange blossom honey for an extra bit of sweetness.
Love the idea of using sunflower seeds and the orange blossom honey. Thank you for sharing!
Hello Yumna!!! I love all your recipes!! this one by far is my favorite!!’thank you for always posting such delicious and healthy recipes I just had a question if you can use old fashion oats instead of quick oats thank you!!!!
Thank you so much!! So happy to hear that! And yes you can, but I felt that the consistency was a little better with the quick oats!
Thanks you so much for getting back so fast!!!
Made those yesterday because I really felt for something sweet. As I am right now on a healthy food trip, no chocolate nor sweets at home. So I thought maybe I find something here and saw that I have everything I need for this energy balls….so quick and easy to make and sooooo delicious….two are enough to get my hunger calmed. So I will be able to enjoy them several days if I can control myself. Thanks a lot!!
Yay, so happy to hear that! Thanks so much for sharing your feedback!
My family loves these. Thank you so much.
So glad to hear it! Thank you!
Hello me and my eight year old son make together it turn out so so good . And so easy to make it . We follow her receipts we made mug cake , chese quesadillas in toaster , we made macaroni chese in mug microwave . Making more stuff next is my Kale chips . I want her to add more and more recipes .
Thank you so much .
Aww thank you so much!!
Great snack ! If I want them softer or more chewing, can I add bit of milk or recommendation of other ingredient?
Thanks
Unbelievable taste !!! So easy to do and tastes even better then next day .. I added in some pistachios cuz I’m obsessed with them .. but it is sooo worth it ! Great recipe!
Love that you added pistachios! So glad you enjoyed them 🙂
These are amazing and so easy to make!
Thank you so much!
Amazing recipe I love it so much.
Third time I made it I doubled the recipe ?
So good when it’s chilled ?
Thank you for the yummy bites ?
Yay, so glad to hear you enjoyed it and made it three times already. Thank you!!
Substituted flaxseeds with chia seeds and the result is still amazing!! Holding myself from eating soo many!! Thank you Yumna!
Aww glad to hear it. Thanks so much for sharing!
Made these today, they are so yummy not to sweet and the perfect consistency
Yay, I’m so glad you liked them!
Thank you for your recipies, They are great. I am really inspired by you and have started cooking and baking.
I made these energy bites and my sister cannot stop eating them. Love it❤️❤️
Aww I’m so happy to hear that. Thanks for your kind words!
Looks delicious but I have one question how can you make it low carb ?
I will be waiting for your answer , thank you ?
You can use almond flour instead of quick oats.
Delicious! Thanks for the great recipe. To cut calories, I added fewer chocolate chips and coconut flakes but included cinnamon. I make the balls smaller. My boyfriend is dieting and loves them so much he asked for the recipe and is determining the number of points with WW. ?
Oh that’s so wonderful! Glad to hear you and your boyfriend enjoyed the recipe! Great swaps to make them less calories 🙂
These look so yummy! How do you usually heat your honey?
Thank you! Usually I immerse it in a cup of hot water. But it’s only necessary if you feel that the honey is not liquidy enough
I love these sweet and nutritious energy bites. I made a batch for the week and we are all enjoying them!
What a great snack idea!