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How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls

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These no-bake peanut butter energy balls are the perfect punch of protein. The chocolate peanut butter energy balls combo tastes like a healthy peanut butter cup. The kids love em!

These no-bake snack bites are the perfect punch of protein. This chocolate peanut butter energy ball recipe tastes like a healthy Resse's peanut butter cup. The kids love this healthy recipe! #recipe #snack #proteinballs #energyballs *So trying these protein balls. Perfect for an on-the-go travel or afterschool snack for kids.

this post contains affiliate links - thanks for supporting usWe love no-bake energy bites. These chocolate peanut butter energy balls are the perfect on-the-go snack and you can modify the recipes you find to make them as healthy or as sweet as you want them to be.

This week I was making our standard energy bites recipe with our two girls when we realized we were out of chocolate chips. Many energy balls list chocolate chips as “optional,” but at our house, they are a requirement.

As we searched the pantry in desperation, I couldn’t help but think of this quote from the book The Artful Parent |Simple Ways to Fill Your Family’s Life with Art & Creativity:

Creativity is the ability to think outside the proverbial box, to string two unrelated ideas together in a new way.

Solutions to major problems and breakthroughs of all kinds are linked to creativity. The ability to create is vital to the success of our children and the well-being of our world, now more than ever…

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When I thought about the approaches shared in The Artful Parent, I realized the missing chocolate chips were an opportunity for us to get creative with our standard recipe.

We found some cocoa and the girls “strung two unrelated ideas together in a new way.” We experimented and created a protein ball that tasted like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls

Here’s the printable recipe for you!

These no-bake snack bites are the perfect punch of protein. This chocolate peanut butter energy ball recipe tastes like a healthy Resse's peanut butter cup. The kids love this healthy recipe! #recipe #snack #proteinballs #energyballs *So trying these protein balls. Perfect for an on-the-go travel or afterschool snack for kids.

These no-bake snack bites are the perfect punch of protein. This cocoa-peanutbutter energy ball recipe tastes like a healthy Resse's peanut butter cup. The kids love em! *So trying these. Perfect for after school.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls

Yield: 20 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

These no-bake peanut butter energy balls are the perfect punch of protein. The chocolate peanut butter energy balls combo tastes like a healthy peanut butter cup.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup Honey
  • 1/3 cup Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 cup ground flaxseed (I used golden flax from Bob’s Red Mill)
  • 1 cup Old Fashion Oats
  • 1 1/2 cups Rice Crispies

Instructions

  1. In mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, vanilla, cocoa powder, honey, and maple syrup.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and stir until evenly coated.
  3. Shape dough into bite-sized protein ball, approximately 1-inch round.
  4. Refrigerate the chocolate peanut butter energy balls an airtight container.
© Zina Harrington
Category: Cooking With Kids

These chocolate peanut butter energy balls are insanely delicious. What we loved? Instead of hoping for a chocolate chip, EVERY bite had cocoa-peanut butter goodness. Couple these with a glass of milk and your kids will be in heaven.

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P.S. You might also like 20 Healthy On-the-Go Snacks.

20 Healthy On-the-Go Snacks *great list

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