Peanut butter chocolate chip energy bites
Chewy no-bake bites of oats, peanut butter, honey and chocolate chips that you roll once and grab from the fridge for the next four days.
- 35 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 8
- About $0.47 a serving
- 230 calories
- Good the next day
- Vegetarian
Dolly says: Make the full amount. Whatever’s left keeps for tomorrow.
Ingredients
For 8 servings.
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup peanut butter, creamy, well stirred
- ⅓ cup honey
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips, mini if you have them
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
From your pantry
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Each serving has about 230 calories, 6 g protein, 28 g carbs and 12 g fat, and costs about $0.47 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No honey? Maple syrup works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the peanut butter, honey, vanilla and salt together in a medium bowl until smooth.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Dolly’s tip: If your peanut butter has a layer of oil on top, stir it back in the jar first, or the bites turn greasy.Add the oats, chocolate chips and chia seeds and until every oat is coated and the mix holds together when you press it.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Cover the bowl and chill it in the fridge for 20 minutes, until the mix firms up.
Timer: 20 min
Dolly’s tip: Cold mix rolls cleanly. Warm mix sticks to everything.Scoop up a tablespoon at a time and roll it between your palms into a ball about 1 inch across.
Heaping. Heaping means a rounded mound piled above the rim of the spoon or cup, not leveled off. It’s a little more than the measure, on purpose.
How you’ll know: The pile sits above the edge of the spoon, and you leave it there instead of scraping it flat.
Dolly’s tip: Damp hands stop the sticking. Rinse them halfway through.Eat a couple now and keep the rest in a lidded container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Dolly’s tip: They firm up more overnight and are best straight from the fridge.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop plans snacks along with the week’s dinners, puts what you need on the same grocery list, and walks you through each step.
