These Chocolate Almond Butter Energy Bites are super easy to make with less than 10 ingredients. They're great for breakfast, snacks or even dessert. A healthy no bake treat that can be prepped in a matter of minutes. Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, No Refined Sugars Added.
A healthy treat all wrapped into a handy little bite sized ball.
So what's not to love....
And Energy bites just happen to be one of my all time favorite no bake treats..
Especially since you don't need to heat up the oven and they're super fast to throw together.
Plus you can get the kids involved in making them...
And with summer break upon us... getting the kids to help in the kitchen can be a great idea.
Another great recipe for the summer is these Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies or even these Dark Chocolate Cashew Butter Cups.
Both of these are kid friendly and definitely adult approved. 😉
How to make these Energy Bites:
The first thing you want to do is gather all your ingredients..
Then measure everything out.
And measuring ingredients is a good task for children so they can learn some basic kitchen skills.
Ingredients you'll need to make these:
- Gluten Free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- Almond Butter
- Unsweetened shredded Coconut
- Pure Maple Syrup
- Dark Chocolate Chips
- Coconut Oil- unrefined
- Chia seeds
- Medjool dates
Once you have everything measured out you'll need to remove the pits from the dates and blend in the food processor till the dates form a ball.
Then add remaining ingredients and pulse till combined.
Roll into balls, put on waxed paper lined baking sheet and place in the fridge or freezer to firm up..
Tools used to make these Energy Bites:
This is the food processor I used to make these bites. It's actually one of the tools that gets used the most in my kitchen.
Can I substitute any of these ingredients:
You can switch up the almond butter with any other nut butter such as peanut butter or cashew butter.
And if you're not a fan of coconut you could just leave that out.
But the dates and rolled oats are essential for these energy bites and I wouldn't recommended any substitutions for those.
More Energy bites you may like to try.....
No Bake Pumpkin Pie Energy Bites
No Bake Lemon Blueberry Energy Bites
4 Ingredient Chocolate Cashew Energy Balls
AND IF YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE PLEASE BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW…..
I’d love to hear if you make this & how you like it. Plus please be sure to include a star 
rating.
Updated- originally posted July 2017
Until next time- xoxo
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Almond Butter Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 5 Medjool dates
- 1 tbsp. chia seeds
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 ⅓ cups Gluten Free Old fashioned Oats
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
- ¼ cup almond butter
- 3 tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
Instructions
- Remove pits from dates and place in food processor.
- Pulse until the dates form into a ball.
- Place remaining ingredients in food processor and blend until incorporated.
- Roll into equal size balls and place on plate lined with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Chill at least 30 minutes in freezer or several hours in fridge.
Notes
Nutrition
Anita
We usually do some road trip for summer, and I bet they are going to be such a hit instead of the store bought version, not to mention so much healthier. I'll be making a batch soon. 🙂
Stephanie
Enjoy! 😘
Sonia
These looks amazing! It was the last day of st today and both my boys start their daily swim practice from Monday! These are gonna be perfect before or after swimming treat!
Beth
Now that my kiddos are home for the summer this recipe will be perfect for them to help me make and eat!
Stephanie
Yes it is a great recipe for kids to help make. Enjoy!
Roxana
Looks like I am going to have to make some energy bites soon. And I have all these ingredients. Easy and delicious recipe.
Jennifer
These energy bites look delicious! I am going to have to make a batch of these.
Beth Neels
These are so good! My kids gobbled them up so fast, I had to make another batch! Thanks for the recipe~!
Stephanie
Thanks Beth. I'm so glad you and the kids enjoyed them. 😘
Choclette
My new favourite thing is almond butter. Energy balls are so delicious, but I have yet to make any with almond butter.
Juli Meyers
That sounds like it would be perfect for times when all I want is some chocolate chip cookie dough but know I shouldn't. They sounds delicious.
Ginny McMeans
There is nothing in these energy balls that I don't like. they would be a great snack any time of the day.
Iryna
What a healthy snack! I love energy bars. Plus they are so easy to make.
fearlessdining
You had me at dark chocolate. It is the perfect pick me up!
Jagruti
I would love to eat these energy bites right now, everything in this recipe so good.