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Modified: May 6, 2025 Published: May 7, 2020· Cathy Brak · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Peanut Butter Energy Balls with Chocolate Chips

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These no-bake Peanut Butter Balls with Chocolate Chips are a tasty, 5-ingredient snack that you can whip up in 15 minutes! Free from gluten, dairy, and eggs, they'll suit a variety of dietary restrictions, too!

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No bake energy balls make great snacks for popping into lunches, taking on the road, or simply as a quick pick-me-up during the day! These are similar to my Coconut Protein Balls and Lemon Coconut Chia Balls.

A Few Notes on the Ingredients

Quick Oatmeal

It's important to use gluten free oats if you need to avoid gluten. Most oats have gluten in them, so look for gluten free on the label. I have written more about this here in the paragraph on Oats.

Peanut Butter

Use pure, natural peanut butter. It's just simply ground up peanuts. There should be no sugar or anything else added to it.

Unsweetened Flaked Coconut

Coconut "pieces" come in a variety of sizes and shapes from shreds, large or small flakes, to tiny little crumbs. Any of them will probably work in this recipe, but I find that a medium-sized flake or shred forms well into the balls.

If you can't find unsweetened coconut, cut back on the honey in the recipe.

Raw Honey

Raw honey provides some excellent health benefits. It's a great antioxidant with antibacterial and anti-fungal properties and can help with digestion and also soothe a sore throat.

Chocolate Chips

Choose dairy free chocolate chips if being dairy free is important to you. Also, make sure that you're using real, dark chocolate. This is the kind that melts nicely in your fingers.

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How to Make Them

Oats, chocolate chips, coconut, peanuts butter, and honey in bowls
Measure out the ingredients.
dry oats and coconut stirred in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon

Combine the oats and coconut in one bowl.

Stir honey into the peanut butter.

Stir the two mixtures together.

Add the chocolate chips, and shape them into balls with wet hands.

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Recipe

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Balls

These are a quick, delicious snack to make!
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keyword: easy, energy balls, power balls, quick, snack
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 20 balls
Calories: 148kcal
Author: Cathy
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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups gluten free quick oats
  • ½ cup unsweetened flaked or shredded coconut
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons raw honey
  • ½ cup dairy free chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Stir together oats and coconut.
  • In another small bowl, combine the peanut butter and honey.
  • Stir the two mixtures together, and stir in the chocolate chips.
  • With wet hands, shape into 1-inch (2.5 cm) balls.
  • Enjoy right away and refrigerate those that remain.

Notes

This is a quick, easy, healthy snack! 

Nutrition

Serving: 1ball | Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g

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