No-Bake Energy Bites

• servings: 24 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup rolled oats

½ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

½ cup ground flax seed

½ cup peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)

1/6 cup honey (can sub some for molasses)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Stir oats, chocolate chips, flax seed, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Or put through a food processor for a smoother product.

Roll dough into 24 balls with your hands. Arrange balls on a baking sheet and freeze until set, about 1 hour.

Notes

I make this as a double batch and only use 1/3c sweetener (original recipe called for 1/3c for a single batch). I mostly use honey, but sub some for high-iron molasses, and it's still quite sweet. Only go back to the original if you want to turn this into a dessert!

Nutrition

• Calories: 94 kcal
• Total Fat: 5 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Sodium: 28 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 11 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 6 g
• Protein: 3 g