No Bake Mint Chocolate Energy Bites with the best texture! One bowl (no food processor), packed with protein and low in sugar for an amazing healthy snack.
Wouldya look at these cuties? Simply bursting with chocolate heaven and minty freshness. Such a divine combination, truly.
This recipe stemmed from my matcha cookie bites. The cool thing about these gems is that you can swap the nut butters and extracts to make whatever flavor profile your little heart desires!
Ditch the cashew butter for peanut and the peppermint extract for vanilla and BOOM, buckeye balls. Magic!
Ingredient tips and substitutions
- Almond flour: Ideal for sweet flavor and moist texture. You want super fine blanched, not almond meal (which has the skins). Don’t swap out the flours as you won’t get the same results.
- Oat flour: Another favorite gluten free flour of mine, I love the cookie-like flavor it adds. You can also make your own by grinding old-fashioned oats in the Nutribullet or food processor.
- Cacao: Chocolatey goodness and loaded with disease-fighting antioxidants! You can use regular unsweetened cocoa powder, too.
- Cashew butter: This lends the most cookie-like, neutral flavor, but you can also use almond butter with similar results.
- Chocolate plant protein: For a protein boost and some sweetness! Aim for one made with rice and pea protein like this. I have not tried these with whey so I’m not sure about the results.
- Maple syrup: These bites are lightly sweetened with my favorite natural liquid sweetener. You could also use honey or agave.
- Peppermint extract: For minty flavor! Or just use vanilla extract for regular chocolate bites.
Storage tips
I like these best straight from the refrigerator. They’ll last up to a couple weeks! You can also freeze them to prolong shelf life even further.
More no-bake snacks to love:
- Gingerbread Energy Bites
- Matcha Cookie Protein Bites
- Cookie Dough Protein Bars
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Salted Chocolate Covered Oatmeal Bites
If you make these bites, please let me know by leaving a comment and star rating. I’m so grateful for your feedback!
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Mint Chocolate Bites Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 18-20 bites 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
No Bake Mint Chocolate Bites with the best texture! One bowl (no food processor), packed with protein and low in sugar for an amazing healthy snack.
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup oat flour (or old-fashioned oats ground into powder)
- ¼ cup chocolate plant protein powder (I like this one)
- ¼ cup cacao (can sub cocoa powder)
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup cashew butter (can sub almond butter)
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ tsp pure peppermint extract
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Whisk together almond flour, oat flour, protein powder, cacao and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
- Add cashew butter, maple syrup, peppermint and water and use your hands to work well until combined. It should stick together easily in your hands after mixing and not be crumbly (see photo of dough). If it gets crumbly, add more water. Roll into balls and store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
For a classic chocolate peanut butter version, use peanut butter instead of cashew butter and vanilla extract instead of peppermint!
Britt says
Could I add a bunch of dates to any of the energy bite recipes? I'm a cyclist and want to bring home made items on long rides. I love this recipe but need a lot more carbs.
Ps I made the chocolate peanut butter bites a few weeks ago. They're dangerously good. I had to give several away bc I was binge eating them 😅
Alexis Joseph says
Hey Britt! This recipe wouldn't work with adding dates (you'd need to add more dry ingredients) but you can try my Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars that use dates!
Jen says
Could I sub medjool dates for the maple syrup?
Alexis Joseph says
You could use date paste--or if you make in food processor with whole dates, just add a splash of water to moisten and that should work!
Lauren says
I accidentally grabbed my jar of Justin's honey PB instead of Almond butter, and It was AMAZING! You Can't go wrong with adapting this recipe. It is solid. My new go-to snack when I'm traveling in the summer. Very filling and cooling.
Alexis says
Yessss love it! That swap sounds fab 🙂 Thanks, Lauren!
Brigid says
These are awesome! I’m a breastfeeding mama (our babies were born on the same day!) and these are an awesome snack to grab when I’m on the go!
Alexis Joseph says
Yesss love it!!
Claire says
These are such a yummy treat! Perfectly minty and chocolatey. I love all of your recipes. Thanks for producing content that is both healthy, mindful and tasty!
Alexis Joseph says
That means so much. Thank you, Claire!
Linda Jones says
These look and sound wonderful! What can I substitute for the protein powder?
Thanks! Keep the recipes coming.
Alexis Joseph says
Hi! You can try more almond flour? I haven't tried this myself. They may be less sweet since the protein adds sweetness!
Rachael says
Hi! These were so good!! And so easy to make - literally 5 minutes.
Side note - I did not see step by step directions for it though, wondering if maybe it somehow got cut off? Or maybe its just computer. Or is just that simple to mix it all together!
Alexis Joseph says
Holy moly thank you for letting me know! Pregnancy brain, LOL. All fixed!