These Energy Bites taste just like little balls of chocolate chip cookie dough - but they're way healthier! Made with real-food ingredients like oats, shredded coconut, chia seeds, honey or maple syrup, any nut butter, and chocolate chips! They're vegan, gluten-free, and oh-so-delicious!
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Breakfast
Keyword How to Make Energy Bites, Easy Gluten Free Breakfast, Vegan Recipes, Vegan Snacks, Vegan Breakfast
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 20balls
Calories 148kcal
Author Stephanie Simmons
Ingredients
2cupsrolled oatsuse certified GF if necessary
1 and 1/2cupsshredded coconutyou can use sweetened or unsweetened
1/2cuphoney use maple syrup to make these vegan
1/2cupalmond butteror peanut butter, cashew butter, etc.
3TBSPchia seeds
1TBSPground flax seeds flax meal
1-2scoopsprotein powder
pinchofsalt
1/3cupchocolate chunks or chipsuse dairy-free to keep this recipe vegan, if desired
Instructions
Make the Energy Bites: Add oat flour to a food processor and pulse until broken down. Add the remaining ingredients - coconut, honey, almond butter, chia seeds, flax seeds, protein powder (I love the Vital Proteins one - it's tasteless!), salt, and chocolate chips. Pulse until a dough-like mixture forms. If it's too dry to roll into balls, add more nut butter or sweetener until you get the right consistency.
Serve + Store: Roll into balls, and store in an airtight container in the fridge!
Notes
NOTE: Nutrition info below is for the energy bites without any protein powder added.