Peanut Butter Chocolate Energy Bites
The perfect pick-me-up for an afternoon (or morning) snack!
Overview
Total time: 30 S
Servings: 16
Calories: 80
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 2 tbsp. ground flaxseed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Nutritional Information
- Serving Size: 1 energy bite
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 0mg
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugar: 4g
- Protein: 3g
Instructions
- Add oats and ground flax to Twister jar.
- Blend on a Low speed for 10 seconds. Turn Twister lid counter-clockwise during blending.
- Add peanut butter, vanilla and honey and secure lid.
- Blend on a Low speed for 20 seconds. Turn Twister lid counter-clockwise during blending.
- Stir or pulse in chocolate chips.
- Shape into 1” balls and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Notes
If you use agave instead of honey, you may need to increase amount to create the right texture.
To make in WildSide+ or FourSide jar, increase ingredients by 1.5 (see below) and follow instructions above. You may need to stop blending and scrape sides down if cavitation occurs.
1 ½ cup oats
3 tbsp ground flax seed
¾ cup peanut butter
1 ½ tsp vanilla
3 tbsp honey
½ cup chocolate chips
I just made these and they taste pretty decent. I’d say a little bit better than an over sweetened energy bar. This would be a go-to snack for someone watching their diet. The texture worked out well for me but I have a twister jar. I think I might of over blended because mine don’t look nothing like the picture. I didn’t have flax seed so I used pecans instead. The only thing I measured was the oatmeal. Everything else, I eyeballed. When I make these again I will probably use white chocolate chips instead of the semi-sweet that I had on hand. Sorry if this is hard to read and I hope you get the gist. Also, I used a melon baller to shape the dough which yielded about 16 balls.
Can protein powder be substituted for the oats?
I think I’d only pulse the oats and flax seed until they were somewhat incorporated. Then I’d put the dry mixture into another bowl, add the rest of the ingredients and mix with my hands. There is very little "wet" in this recipe to mix in a blender – no matter how powerful. And I don’t think a food processor could even handle it. Possibly adding some dates or more liquid sweetener but then you’ve got more sugar and carbs! Some things are just easier and more logical to do by hand.
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