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4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites Recipe (V, GF): an easy, one bowl recipe for irresistible no bake bites packed with peanut butter and chocolate flavor! They taste like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Protein-Packed.
Can you believe, about 3 years ago, I had never made no bake bites? And that’s literally something I make at least once every two weeks (sometimes twice a week). And it’s one of the most popular recipe categories on Beaming Baker.
My, how times have changed!
It’s just, back then, when I thought of a no bake bite, I was like, “Wha??? What’s the deal with that? Is it weird and does it taste… ya know, no bake?”
I must admit, I’ve had a few readers ask if my no bake recipes taste “no bake.” To which I respond… with utter silence. Because I have no clue what that even means. I didn’t have a clue back then and I don’t now! All I know if that it tastes good and it doesn’t taste uncooked. Or something…
Meanwhile, once I got into the swing of no bake, I just couldn’t stop. It began with these no bake peanut butter coconut bites, moved into these no bake almond butter coconut bites, stopped along the way with these no bake oatmeal raisin bites and these 4 Ingredient No Bake Peanut Butter Coconut Energy Bites, then took a nice long visit with these 3 ingredient peanut butter no bake energy bites. They are THE most popular recipe on the site now.
Funny, because one of the last most popular recipes was those mo bake peanut butter coconut bites. Yes, I just wrote “mo bake.” In fact, I actually wrote “mo bale,” (accidentally, then autocorrect decided to save me from one section: bake).
Ah, autocorrect…
Since you guys love no bake bites so much, I thought it’d be high time to share another! May I present to you my 4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites Recipe? 🙂 And check out my 12 BEST Easy Healthy Breakfast Recipes! (Vegan, Gluten-Free) for more yummy snacks!
More than a few readers have asked for a peanut butter fudge recipe and as much as I’d like to oblige, I need at least a few months to test, fine tune, then perfect that recipe. But in the meantime, I thought I’d share something a tad more chocolate fudgier (who knew there could be fudge without chocolate??) and a tad more ready to share!
These 4 ingredient chocolate peanut butter no bake energy bites are meant for your healthy snack recipe box, but I must admit, they taste like they belong in your healthy dessert recipe box. They’re so incredibly indulgent without any of the guilt, and they taste just like a Reese’s peanut butter cup! (And you know how much we love peanut butter cups around here).
I’m toying with some ideas on how to make these into truffles/various decadent dessert bars. In the meantime, keep those hungry peanut butter cup wolves at bay with this 4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites recipe.
What in the haystacks are peanut butter cup wolves? Your guess is as good as mine.
Best Tools for Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites
Here are a few items I used in today’s recipe. 🙂
- Medium Cookie Scoop – a wonderful way to get uniform sizing for your energy bites. So easy to use!
- Coconut Flour – works magically with the other ingredients to create the perfect no bake bite consistency.
- Cookie Sheet – One of the most used pieced of baking equipment I’ve ever had.
- Unbleached Parchment Paper – Wonderful for keeping your baking sheets clean, and for keeping your energy balls from sticking to the pan.
And while we both ponder that, let’s go over these 4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites finest selling points. They’re:
- ridiculously easy to make
- fudgy, sink-you-teeth-into-them-GOOD
- mainly take a few extra minutes because of the rolling, which you can totally skip (the scoops are so pretty!)
- made with just 4 ingredients
- just the protein-packed energy bite you’ve been looking for
- made with the whole, healthy ingredients you love
- vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free
- just the healthy no bake energy bite you need to keep you fueled
- great for your vegan snack recipe vault (there has got to be a vault!!)
- taste just like a homemade Reese’s peanut butter cup bite
Try them out and let me know what you think! It’s always so satisfying to hear that you enjoyed a recipe of mine. I’m so grateful to have you here, sharing in these kitchen adventures with me. If you’re interested in becoming a food blogger yourself, check out my How to Start a Food Blog (UPDATED). Hope to see you there!
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤
4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Energy Bites Recipe (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Protein-Packed)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup natural, unsalted creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper. Clear some space in the freezer for this sheet. Set aside at room temperature.
- In a medium bowl, add peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut flour and cacao powder. Whisk as long as you can. When the mixture gets harder to stir, use a rubber spatula to fold until well incorporated. Fold until thickened.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop and drop peanut butter balls onto the prepared baking sheet, spaced evenly apart.
- Transfer to the freezer to chill for 20-30 minutes, until somewhat firm.* Remove from freezer and roll into balls, or enjoy as is! Enjoy! Storing instructions below.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These are great! I made them in my food processor and rolled them into balls immediately. If you have a good food processor it saves you some time. Also I subbed Maltitol honey for the maple syrup and they still tasted great!
That’s awesome to hear the subs worked for you, Heather! Very glad you’re enjoying the energy bites. 🙂
I made these with flaked coconut versus coconut flour and almond butter versus peanut butter the first time. The second time around I ground the unsweetened coconut flakes into flour and used peanut butter. I definitely prefer the almond butter. I need to get better cocoa, but I’m using up the Hershey’s that I had. I freeze them and keep in a baggy in the freezer for when I want something sweet. They taste great and keep me out of all of the unhealthy options.
Hi Rita! Wow, thanks for reporting back on the coconut and nut butter variations! One of the things I love most about these bites is how easy it is to customize them for a bit of added variety. So glad you’ve been enjoying them! 🙂
Hi, I’m new to dairy free and never cooked unless it was out of a box before so, im learning. Question, what is the difference in coconut flour and regular flour besides gluten? I see recipes with coconut flour, almond flour, whole wheat flour, do I need to buy all these different flours??????
You have to cook regular flour for it to be food safe. Coconut is a safer option and has a better flavour for this recipe.