~ If you love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, then you’ve gotta try these quick no-bake Snack Bites! They’re easy, freezable and really nutritious! ~
This Recipe Is: • Ready in 30 Minutes or Less • Freezable • Make Ahead • Vegetarian •
We live in the same town, but in different neighborhoods. Yet, they’re the exact same type of neighborhood – the fantastic, really friendly kind. You know, the kind where you can’t get any yard work done because people keep walking by and chatting, and suddenly your weeding project has turned into a backyard bonfire, or an ice cream party on the cul-de-sac. Yeah … we both have great neighbors (and happy, thriving weeds)!
Our neighborhoods are also filled with kids. They kinda run in packs. (No, not like wolves or hyenas! More like energetic, fast-moving, giggling, tag-playing, very hungry packs!)
And, they’re on to us. They know we’re always concocting new recipes and constantly looking for taste-testers.
Sure enough, the other day Shelley got a call from her neighbor, Marrie. (For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember that she’s the genius friend who spurred one of our most popular recipes ever, our Blueberry-White Chocolate Muffins.)
After chatting away, Marrie got to the point. Sooooooo … her daughter reported trying a new type of Snack Bite and REALLY liked it! Could she please have the recipe? Please???
Should have seen that coming, right?!?!
So, for all our little neighborhood foodie fans that are always lurking around and hoping for new “prototypes” – here’s the latest Snack Bite recipe. And, yes, Marrie – this is the one your daughter was raving about! They taste sorta like Reese’s Cups (yeah – yum!), but they have all the healthy protein and whole grains you’ve come to expect from our Snack Bites. And, they’re just as easy to make as all the rest. Plus, freezable and no baking required! (Yay!!!! … We can hear your cheers from here!)
Now, we have to fess up and tell you that we’ve been holding onto this recipe for months. Way back last winter we had a “snack-bite-inventing frenzy” because our families just couldn’t get enough! So why, you ask, are we unveiling it now? Because tomorrow is National Peanut Day, of course! (Check your calendars – we’re not kidding!)
Oh, and stay tuned – we still have a few more Snack Bite recipes up our sleeves! They’re always among our most popular posts! (Want more of these really quick and easy snacks? See all of our Snack Bite recipes here!)
Peanut Butter Cup No-Bake Snack Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal
- 1/2 cup natural, creamy peanut butter
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons crushed cashews
Directions
- In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except chocolate chips and cashews.
- Stir to combine.
- Add chocolate chips and cashews to mixture and stir again, just until combined.
- Using your hands, press firmly to form one-inch balls.
- Place in air-tight container and refrigerate until serving.
Recipe Notes
If your peanut butter is one of the natural brands that needs to be refrigerated, then so do your Snack Bites. Actually, regardless of the peanut butter you use, these will keep much better in the refrigerator. They can even be frozen (so you may want to make a triple batch!). When frozen, these Snack Bites will be thawed in about 20 minutes.
Yum, nom, nom, nom 🙂
Deryn, you’re hilarious! Nom, nom, nom for sure! I just sent a bunch of these into work with my husband this morning, so he could share with his coworkers who just adore them. He always takes his own little bag of four Snack Bites (and a banana) as his breakfast … now I just have to hope that all the extra Snack Bites I sent today actually made it to his coworkers, and didn’t end up in his tummy!!! 😀 ~Shelley
Yumm! These look incredibly addicting!! Thanks so much for sharing at Saturday Night Fever! 🙂
Oh Cathy, these are SOOOO good! And they are full of really good-for-you ingredients, so there’s no guilt in having one or two (or twelve!) as a mid-afternoon snack or even a dessert! Thanks for stopping by – we’re looking forward to another SNF tonight! 🙂 ~G&S
What a lovely, healthy snack! Can’t wait to try 🙂
Thanks, Megan! They’re one of our very most popular recipes! Hope you love them, too! So glad you stopped by! 😀 ~G&S
Why have I never visited your blog before?? I’ll be looking around and drooling from now on!
I love me a good bite recipe 🙂 Thanks!
Aww! So glad you found some yummy recipes, Deryn!! Yeah – we can’t seem to get enough Snack Bite recipes, either! We just love them!!! I find myself gobbling them up pretty fast!! 😀 ~Gretchen
GREAT recipe! I’ll do these with my grandson this week. Thanks so much! Just curious…could you please tell me the name of the font you use to sign your names at the end of your posts? LOVE it!
Hi Deborah! Did your grandson love these?? These are favorites with our kiddos for sure (and my husband loves them for dessert!) 🙂 ~Gretchen
Want. These. NOW. I’ll be making these soon for sure because really, is there anything better than pb & chocolate together? No, no there is not.
Kiersten – you are so funny! We’ll have to agree with you, though – these Snack Bites don’t last long at either of our houses! Something about the peanut butter and chocolate … mmmmmmm! ~G&S
These look so good! My daughter would love them.
Our kiddos can’t get enough – and they love that it tastes just like one of their favorite candies! Hope your little one enjoys these healthy treats! ~G&S
Good neighbors are the best 🙂
These little treats sound delish. I just thought I would remind you my linky party is live again if you wanted to join. Cass-eats.blogspot.com
Thanks so much, Cassidy! Can’t wait for the party! ~G&S
I just made these for a healthier treat for my picky boyfriend, and I must tell you that I love them! I used dark chocolate cocoa and old fashioned oats only because that’s what I had on hand, and they came out great. The addition of cashews is nice too! He will love them 🙂
Hi Whitney!! So … did he like them??
I bet the dark chocolate made these extra rich … YUM!! Great to know the old-fashioned oats worked well for you, too! We’ve tested with those in other Snack Bite recipes, but ever-so-slightly prefer the quick oats. (Need more snack inspiration for your boyfriend? Check these out http://www.twohealthykitchens.com/category/snack-bites/ – we love ’em all!!) 😀 ~Gretchen
Good news, he loved them!! Actually I came back here to say that I’m making them again tonight. I’m a sucker for dark chocolate, but I think I’ll use some regular cocoa too this time, and when I get a hold of some quick oats, I’ll be sure to try it! Thanks for the link, I will certainly check it out 😀
Yay!!! Three cheers for you, Whitney!! Now you’ve got some yummy snacks to keep on hand that both of you can happily share! Hope you try some of the other Snack Bites – stop back and let us know what you think of the other flavors! ~Gretchen
What a great recipe. I love that it’s so healthy. It’s a wonderful afternoon snack and alternative to a granola bar. Love it!
Hi Christine! Shelley and I just love to have a stock of these in our refrigerators – pretty much at all times! Our husbands and kids start asking when the next batch will be made as soon as the last one is taken! We love that they are munching on something totally nutritious – but also incredibly delicious!! Hope you try them! ~Gretchen
Ooh these look fantastic! Reeses are some of my favorite candies, plus these are healthy! Thank you, I can’t wait to try them. Hmm. Yes, a batch needs to go wine tasting with us this weekend, definitely.
Gotta admit – we’ve never tried them with wine. But, hey – why not?!?! Sounds like a fun weekend!! 😀 ~G&S
I don’t have too much experience making no bake snacks, but this looks great! I would love to make more!
Oh, no-bake snacks are so gratifying to make! They’re just too easy! And then, when you see how fast they disappear, you can pat yourself on the back for a job well done! It’s pretty much the quickest-ever way to becoming a kitchen superhero! So glad you stopped by today! ~G&S
I am singing a happy song now that I have found this recipe! I absolutely can’t wait to try these no bake goodies!
Hi Pamela! Oh I hope you love these as much as we do! Our families cannot get enough – these are just the most perfect snack to get you through a busy day! But they taste like a candy bar … Except there is no guilt (or sugar crash!) later! 🙂 ~Gretchen
I’m so jealous! We don’t have many kids in our neighborhood. I can just imagine, I’d be the person with the lemonade stand on the corner just so I could feed people! LOL! These look amazing! And, I love that they’re no bake! I’m in!
Hey – a lemonade stand! Brilliant! Maybe we should have a Snack Bite stand. Can’t you just see us standing in the hot sun, behind a Little Tykes table, our sign made with Crayolas and poster board!?!? Haha! That’s some good thinking there, my friend! ~G&S
Hooray for peanut butter day!!!
I love this recipe! It looks amazing and I’m so glad that you shared it because I am saving it : )
Hooray is right!!! We should probably invent more ways to celebrate, huh? You in on that??? 😀 Hope you love this recipe as much as we do! ~G&S
What! There’s a peanutbutter day? I better start celebrating, ASAP. These sound great — anything resembling a PB cup has to be amazing
Trust me – if there’s a reason to celebrate eating, I’m gonna find it! Mark your calendar! 😀 ~Shelley
These look so good! Whenever I get home from work i usually am tired (which makes everyone want to eat badness!) and start ravenously eating things i probably shouldnt! haha this would be perfect to come home to- nice little snack to hold you over till dinner or a snack you can bring to work or a snack you can eat before a workout… love it! just pinned it to my board and started following you 🙂 have a great weekend!
Hi, Christina! Yep – these Snack Bites will seriously save your bacon on every single one of those snacking occasions! Say good-bye to badness and hello to these! Ooooh – and I’m loving your blog, too BTW! 😀 ~Shelley
I wish I was one of your testers too. These bites look amazing and I love how healthy they are! I’ll try them soon, for sure. I bet they make a lovely school midmorning snack 🙂 Happy Friday, ladies!
Sure! Come on over – we’d love for you to be a taste-tester! We love that our families happily grab these instead of other, shall we say, more ‘convenient’ snacks! My youngest asks for these all the time, and yes – for a snack at school! The minute we run out, I hear, “Mom! We need more Snack Bites!!” 😀 Have a great weekend! ~Gretchen
So, you know you have posted a great recipe when I tell you that immediately after attending a meeting at my daughter’s school this morning, I drove over to Acme grocery to purchase the items I didn’t have for this recipe!! I know we’re all gonna love ’em 🙂 Keep those snack ball variations coming!
Wow, Sue! Thanks! We are really, really happy that you and your gang are so excited about our Snack Bites! A special trip to the grocery store after you’ve been stuck in a meeting all morning? Whoa! You are a super-dedicated mommy! Hey, and no worries … we have more Snack Bites still to come … 😀 ~G&S
These look great! I don’t have little ones but maybe I’ll send some of these to my daughter when she runs her first marathon in November. Thanks!
Hi, Abbe! First of all, we are so, so impressed that your daughter is running a marathon! We’re both happy just to be running some 5ks with our families, so that is truly awesome! Hope she has a great run! Oh – and these Snack Bites are seriously not just for kids! They’ve saved our bacon on many a busy day as we teetered on the edge of a foodless energy crash! And our husbands … geez … don’t even get us started about how much they fuss and whine if they find we’re out of Snack Bites when they want some after a workout or on a grab-and-go kinda morning! ~G&S
Aww, sounds like a wonderful neighborhood. We recently moved, but our old neighborhood was just like that! Forget being in a hurry or thinking you could just chat for a few minutes and get back to what you were doing. I can’t even begin to tell you how many planned dinners went unprepared! lol Our new neighborhood is really spread out. You practically need a bullhorn to talk to your neighbors! Either that or have a really sore throat from yelling. lol
You ladies come up with the best snack bites! I’m always looking for something to send with my guys, so they can eat before practice. No bake, peanut butter, and chocolate sounds perfect 😀
Hey, Cindy! Funny about those unprepared dinners – I have soooo been there! We all end up spilling into the street or filling up someone’s yard, yapping our heads off while the kids happily play their “night games” … and everyone suddenly realizes it’s waaaay past dinnertime. Oops – leftovers to the rescue, right!?! Hope you and your crew like these Snack Bites as well as the others! They really are such a lifesaver when the kids have after-school practices! Definitely the lasting energy they need to get them through those hectic evenings! ~Shelley
Will this still be healthy if I eat the whole batch in one go?
– Loving the recipe! Gonna try this out straight away 😉
You’re hilarious! Ummmmm … you may run into a little issue with excessive calories, but … 😀 No, seriously though – these are so satisfying and filling that usually I am totally content to eat just two or three, even if I’m pretty hungry, and then they hold me over for a long time after. (But if you DO decide to eat the whole batch, don’t worry – your secret is safe with me!) ~Shelley