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.
The texture of these no bake bites is simply INSANE. And they stay good for over a week in the fridge! What a dream.
I used to make my bites with nuts and dates in the food processor. That’s all fine and dandy, but there’s something sensational about being able to whip these up in a mixing bowl.
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.
Can I make protein bars?
Can I make protein bars?Why yes, you can indeed! If you’d rather smush this mixture into a loaf pan and slice into bars versus rolling into balls, that would also work really well.
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:
- Matcha Cookie Protein Bites
- Vegan Cookie Dough
- 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!
Mint Chocolate Energy Bites
- 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 Energy 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!
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!
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That means so much. Thank you, Claire!
These look and sound wonderful! What can I substitute for the protein powder?
Thanks! Keep the recipes coming.
Hi! You can try more almond flour? I haven’t tried this myself. They may be less sweet since the protein adds sweetness!
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!
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Holy moly thank you for letting me know! Pregnancy brain, LOL. All fixed!