Looking for an easy healthy snack idea? Then you’ll love these six no-bake energy balls recipes!
Each flavor uses a base recipe of rolled oats, nut butter, dates, maple syrup and chia seeds. Other ingredients are added to each base to create distinct flavors.
Whether you want to create one flavor or all six, this blog post will show you just how easy it is to make delicious energy balls at home.
Easy Healthy Snack
Need an easy healthy snack idea? These energy balls are the perfect grab-and-go recipe to fuel your day.
- These make a great grab-and-go breakfast or snack option, and they’re something the whole family will love.
- With simple ingredients, these make a great budget-friendly recipe.
- The fiber and protein in them help you to feel satisfied longer.
- These are made with one base recipe of rolled oats, nut butter, chia seeds, cinnamon and sweetener. Dates and maple syrup (or honey) add sweetness and help to make the energy balls stick together.
- Rolled oats are a healthy ingredient that can be used in a variety of ways including our popular six healthy overnight oats recipes.
- What I personally love about energy balls is that they help to avoid a poorer snack choice. When you prepare them in advance, you have a snack that’s ready to go.
- These are easy to grab as you head out the door. They’re great as an afternoon pick-me-up, or to add to kids’ bento box lunches.
Free Cookbook
Make sure you grab the free energy balls recipe cookbook. Inside you’ll get the six delicious flavors you see here plus all the best tips and tricks for making this easy snack!
Recipe Ingredients
- OATS: Whole rolled oats will give you the best results. I love these sprouted rolled oats. They’re gluten-free, non-GMO and made with whole grains.
- NUT BUTTER OR SEED BUTTER: This acts as a glue to keep the balls together. You can use peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, tahini or Sunbutter (a sunflower seed butter and nut-free). I used Sunbutter.
- DATES: Dates are sticky and sweet. They help to glue everything together and provide natural sweetness.
- SWEETENER: You can use maple syrup, honey, or liquid monk fruit sweetener to sweeten the energy balls.
- CHIA SEEDS: Adding chia seeds provides extra nutrition, but this ingredient can be skipped if you prefer.
- WATER: A little bit of water helps blend the ingredients together in a food processor.
- CINNAMON: Adds extra flavor.
Here’s The Energy Balls Base Recipe: ½ cup Rolled Oats + ¼ cup Nut Butter + 3 Pitted Dates + 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup (optional) + ½ Tbsp Chia Seeds + ½ Tbsp Water + ¼ tsp Cinnamon
Flavor Additions
After adding the base ingredients together, you can mix and match ingredients below for even more flavor.