Easy Peanut Butter Balls | Protein Bites

It’s unofficially peanut butter week here on the blog. I haven’t hidden my love for peanut butter from you, but to do two recipes in a row that feature peanut butter as a primary ingredient isn’t my usual M.O. But both recipes are delicious. These homemade Ritz peanut butter crackers  will take you back to your childhood (or at least back to mine), so I hope you’ll understand! and this super easy vegan peanut butter balls will have you happily snacking and fulfilled in no time!

Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Balls

These easy peanut butter balls are a friend’s recipe. She told me about them months ago, but I hadn’t made them yet. We made a date last Friday to make them and had such a good time. Her recipe is the basic version rolled in pecans, but you know I just had to play around with it.

The chocolate chip and coconut seemed like a no-brainer. And the pb+j version was a bit more innovative. I used dried fruit pieces as the jelly flavor in these tasty treats.

Peanut butter protein balls

T and I had friends in town this weekend, so we had a civilian food panel. Basically everyone loved them! T and our friends chose the chocolate chip coconut as their favorite, but my friend who baked these with me and I both choose the peanut butter and jelly as our favorite. You basically can’t go wrong with any one of them.

How to Make Homemade Protein Bites

Besides baking the oats, which I did the night before, these healthy treats are a no-bake option. You just mix the ingredients together, form them into balls, and keep them in the freezer, grabbing one or two as needed! They come together so quickly and are a great recipe for kids! Kid-friendly baking isn’t a norm around here, so that’s pretty exciting!

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7 INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER BALLS | PROTEIN BITES

If there's one thing I can't live without in my diet, it's peanut butter. A friend introduced me to the peanut butter balls and because of my love, I've never looked back. Here are three delectable ways to enjoy this healthy, cold treat!

Course Snacks

Cuisine American

Keyword healthy, snacks, vegetarian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 30

Author Luci Petlack

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Oats
• 1 3/4 Cup all natural peanut butter
• 1/2 Cup honey/agave/maple syrup
• 2 bananas mashed
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 Cup pecans chopped

Peanut Butter + Jelly

• 3/4 Cup dried fruit chopped (I prefer strawberry or raspberry)
• omit pecans

Coconut + Mini Chocolate Chip

• 6 Tablespoons mini chocolate chips
• 2 Cups shredded sweetened coconut
• omit pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spread oats on a large baking sheet. Bake ten minutes. Can be done ahead of time.
3. Combine all ingredients except pecans in bowl. Mix thoroughly. Roll into balls (roughly two tablespoons each). Roll in chopped pecans.
4. Freeze for at least twenty minutes before enjoying.

Peanut Butter + Jelly

1. Follow recipe as above, but mix in chopped dried fruit. Roll into balls and freeze for at least twenty minutes.

Coconut + Mini Chocolate Chip

1. Follow recipe as above, but mix in mini chocolate chips. Roll into balls. Roll each ball in shredded coconut. Freeze for at least twenty minutes.
2. To make all three flavors at once. Combine ingredients in Basic Recipe (except pecans). Divide dough in thirds, mix in or roll balls in 1/3 of called for amounts of remaining ingredients.
3. Peanut Butter Balls must be stored in an airtight container in freezer!

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