Chewy Peanut Butter No-Bake Oatmeal Balls (4 Ingredients!)

Chewy No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls make a healthy and delicious snack and they’re super quick to make with only four simple ingredients! They’re great with your morning coffee or as an afternoon pick-me-up when you’re needing a quick boost of energy.

Quick and Easy 4-Ingredient Recipe for Oatmeal Energy Balls

And here’s why I love this recipe:

They’re super simple and quick to make; it only takes about ten minutes to whip up a batch of no-bake oatmeal balls! No special equipment required.

Oatmeal balls are customizable. One of my favorite things about this basic recipe is how easy it is to add ingredients to adjust them to my liking! (Keep reading for more info and ideas on customization!)

They’re budget friendly. I love snacks and I’m always on the lookout for good snacks that don’t cost too much!

No-bake peanut butter oatmeal energy balls are a more healthy snack option. I loved having these on hand for myself during the post-partum season and they also made a great easy snack for my husband to take to work during that time. Another great thing, you can choose how healthy you want to go. For instance, you can choose a natural peanut butter with clean ingredients and sub in cacao nibs for the chocolate chips.

And finally, they taste great! 

So… are you looking for a great homemade snack for school lunches, bed time, or road trips? A perfect snack to go with coffee? Quick breakfast? Afternoon pick-me-up? Midnight snack? 

Here you go! This is the easiest and fastest recipe we have for no-bake balls! Here’s a few more energy ball recipes to try: Fiber Protein Balls, No-Bake Fiber Energy Balls, Granola Bites. 

Just 4 Simple Ingredients

Oats – quick oats work about the best in these no-bake balls, but rolled oats, old-fashioned oats, steel-cut oats, any of those will work too! 

Chocolate chips – regular semi-sweet chocolate chips are usually what we use; but any kind will do, whether it’s peanut butter, vanilla, butterscotch chips or you could even do the sugar free chocolate chips!

Peanut butter – we prefer creamy peanut butter but here again, you can use crunchy peanut butter or even a different nut butter such as almond butter.

Honey – local raw honey is our favorite thing to use as a sweetener in this recipe. (Note: children should be at least one year old before consuming honey, so maybe don’t share these with your little one!) 

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Supplies 

• Large bowl & spoon or electric stand mixer or hand mixer
  
• Measuring cups and spoons
  
• Stiff rubber spatula
  
• Cookie scoop
  
• Storage container 

How to make No-Bake Oatmeal Balls

Mix everything together thoroughly with a Kitchenaid stand mixer, electric hand mixer or by hand.

Use a cookie scoop or your clean hands (or both) to shape the mixture into about sixteen little balls.

Enjoy!

How to store No-Bake Oatmeal Balls

Store the oatmeal balls in an airtight container at room temperature for 5-7 days, in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.

Pro freezing tip: freeze the fiber protein balls in a single layer on a sheet pan. Once they’re completely frozen, transfer to a container or freezer bag to avoid having them stick together!

Fun fact, we like these straight out of the freezer, without thawing. It works great to keep them in a bag or container in the freezer then we can go ahead and pull one or two out for a little mid-day (or midnight!) snack. One thing to keep in mind, freezing raw honey will probably kill the health benefits, so if that’s important to you, store them at room temperature.

Customize your Chewy Oatmeal Balls

Now, before we jump in, we think these are amazing, as is. But hey, it’s cool how you can customize these and still have perfectly delicious little snack balls. Here’s a couple ideas we came up with when it comes to variations and substitutions:

• Maple syrup – I’ve heard tell of folks using pure maple syrup instead of or in addition to honey; I’ve never tried it, though I think that sounds like a great idea if you’re out of honey! The balls will need to be refrigerated if you choose to add maple syrup, though.
  
• Spices – Turn these into the perfect fall snack by adding cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice and maybe a dash of vanilla extract.
  
• Coconut – or toasted coconut, better yet. Simply spread the shredded unsweetened coconut out evenly on a baking sheet and bake 350 degrees for 15-30 minutes or until it’s a lovely golden brown color, cool, then mix in!
  
• Raisins – or craisins, or other dried fruit
  
• Protein powder – a great way to pack in some extra protein is adding your favorite protein powder.
  
• Rice Krispies – crisp rice cereal of some kind adds a little crispy crunch.
  
• Chia seeds (probably my favorite add-in!)
  
• Ground flax seed – if you’d like to add some more fiber to your oatmeal balls.

Troubleshooting 

Ok, so now that you’ve added or didn’t add some things, how’s your mixture looking? Good news, you can’t mess it up.

Does it stick together nicely when you try to make a ball? If not, add a little bit more peanut butter or honey.

Too sticky? Add more dry ingredients like oatmeal, Rice Krispies or coconut.

More great recipes (for easy energy bites!) to try: 

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