Looking for a simple and scrumptious snack? 🥜 These Peanut Butter Bites are not just delicious, but they’re like tiny energy bombs that’ll keep you going. Perfect for those moments when you need a quick pick-me-up, and way better than reaching for that candy bar. Once you make these, you might find it hard to stop! 😅
IngredientsMakes 10-12 bites
- 1 cup unsalted peanut butter
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup chia seeds or ground flaxseed
- ¼ cup dark chocolate, you can use chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup (optional)
- Pinch of salt
Directions:
1
In a medium bowl, mix peanut butter and maple syrup until combined.
2
Add the rolled oats, chia seeds or ground flaxseed, chocolate and salt then mix until everything is evenly incorporated. (see notes)
3
Using clean hands, roll the mixture into small 1 inch balls. Place them on a plate and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Notes:
- If the mixture feels too sticky, then you can add a bit more oats, chia seeds or flaxseed until you get the consistency you like.
- Feel free to omit the maple syrup to reduce sugar content.
- Store any extra bites in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Bon appétit and enjoy! 🥰☀️
Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing recipes. Yuka is the BEST!!!!!
Before I try these, I’d like to know the nutritional content if possible.
Sounds yummy. I’m surprised nutritional information isn’t included.
Quick to make and delicious
As a person with Type2 diabetes I would appreciate knowing the nutritional content per serving. Especially carbs.
Love these, I use honey instead of maple syrup.
These are an extra special treat and now our family favorite! Thank you for sharing!!
Delicious!!!
Love Yuka.
I have been making these for years. Challenge is, just having one!
Yum! I love peanut butter. I’ve been looking for more ways to use chia and ground flax. Thank you!
Yummy and Healthy! Perfect with black tea and coffee.
Sounds yummy! I’m wondering,can we get nutritional info, and how many are a serving?
Amazing taste! And healthy!
Just what I need!
These snakes are the perfect pick me up. How do I get the nutritional values? Everyone that has had them ask for me to make more!
Toss the ingredients in as a new recipe on MyFitnessPal. I do that all the time, shows all the nutrition!
These are easy to make and great tasting. I always have them on hand when I need a quick snack. I am trying to lose weight and eat healthy. Thanks to Yuka for your articles and the ability to scan products.
Sounds great and it looks yummy too.
Great site finally someone that’s cares what we put in our body and wants to educate on the misleading labels that say sugar or natural etc
Thank you 🙏🏻
Cool
Haven’t tried these yet but was just wondering if they can be frozen to save for weeks/month?
Yes you can, I do it all the time
A very tasty sweet treat and I love the healthy part about them. I’m not a sugar person but I do like a sweet treat now and then.
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u should try
Amazing
Looks like a great recipe. Can’t wait to try it.
So easy to make, especially since I don’t bake. Delicious.
Cool homemade protein bites! Bought a bag of protein bites from Costco, but these ingredients are pretty common and could easily be made at home.
Nutritional values I got from ChatGPT. These are calculated averages, as everyone has different ingredient variations.
Per Bite (1 serving of 12):
Calories: ~150 kcal
Protein: ~4.5 g
Fat: ~11 g
Saturated Fat: ~2 g
Carbohydrates: ~9 g
Sugars: ~3–4 g
Fiber: ~2–3 g
The total nutritional content for the entire batch, including the optional maple syrup, is approximately 1,680 calories, with 49 grams of protein, 124 grams of carbohydrates, and 113 grams of fat.
1 cup unsalted peanut butter contributes about 950 calories, 35g protein, 30g carbs, and 80g fat.
½ cup rolled oats adds roughly 150 calories, 5g protein, 27g carbs, and 3g fat.
¼ cup chia seeds (or ground flaxseed) provides about 200 calories, 6g protein, 16g carbs, and 13g fat.
¼ cup dark chocolate offers around 280 calories, 3g protein, 25g carbs, and 17g fat.
2 tablespoons maple syrup (optional) add approximately 100 calories and 26g of carbohydrates.
A pinch of salt does not contribute any significant nutritional value.
Cheers!
Love these! My husband grabs one before his morning walk, and took them on a road trip in the cooler. I roll them in cocoa powder…less gooey.
Yes the Nutritional Information would be appreciated.
See comment 2 above yours.
Fantastic snack
Thank you for sharing these recipes. It would be great if you would include the nutritional information after the recipe, so there are no surprises.
The Peanut Butter Bites sound delicious! I used to make something similar years ago but lost the recipe. Thank you for this recipe. I love Yuka.
Recipe in email please
Julie, please provide Nutrition information for a bite!!!!
They are absolutely delicious and a perfect 3 pm snack to keep on going !!!! Thanks, Brenda
Macros?
So good and super easy… having them handy keeps me out of the bag of chips for a snack!
Thanks. Looks simple , tasty and healthy
Can you substitute buckwheat for oats ?
Can I use almond butter instead of peanut butter?
Hi is the nutrition facts listed for the recipe? If so I am not seeing. Thanks
Looks good! I will try that. Thank you
Love healthy recipes
Love this app n ur snack tips r fantastic. Thank u
Any way to make something like this without oats or gluten?
You can buy gluten free oats if that’s your concern.
rice crispies maybe?
Can’t wait to try them
I’ve made these before. Really good, but I want to eat more than I should. 😋
I’ve made it all this week !! So delicious! It keeps me from having my night time snacks !!!
I make a similar recipe but I do 1cup oatmeal and half cup of peanut butter and half cup flack seeds and I use honey instead of syrup
I made these and fell in love. Quick, healthy snack and pick me up. My whole family loves them! I’ll be making these regularly.
Can you use stevia or zero sugar maple pancake syrup in place of maple syrup or honey?
Excellent
this is so amazing thank you julie from Yuka
They sound super yummy!!! And anybody who leaves a negative Comment, or a comment that makes zero sense, comment needs to have their head examined! Thank you Julie! Love Yuka!! It has changed my life.
I’m sorry, but you don’t decide how people think. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Weird comment.
Right on Marilyn. 👍🏼👍🏼
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right on!!!!!
These recipes would be more helpful if they came with nutritional info.
Julie from Yuka is giving folks the best possible ways to snack. Who needs nutritional information when you can clearly see that each ingredient is fantastic. If you need nutritional information for the peanut butter that You are specifically using, look at your peanut butter jar. Problem solved!
Thank you, Roseann. I agree that nutritional info would be very helpful on these recipes. I think the problem might come in that the nutritional info would be different depending on the brand used (like peanut butter, for example) and Yucca doesn’t endorse any brand. One possible solution is, I use Fitness Pal to track my food intake. The upgraded version allows you to enter the recipe using the ingredients’ brands that you select. It then gives you nutritional info. There may be a free app out there that will do the same thing for you. Just a suggestion.
Sounds very good! You can also add nuts or raisins or cranberries. I think I use honey in mine. Maple syrup sound better.
Excellent
Great ideas!!!!!!
Yummy / sub honey for syrup
YUM!! Delicious!!
Excelente.I love it.
Nice but I need to know how many calories each ball is
You can do that by building recipes based on the proportions you use in a calirie tracker app.
Peanut butter balls sounds great!
Yummy quick treat! I swapped almond butter and coconut instead of peanut butter and dark chocolate
These are fabulous!
Quick. Easy and nutritious!!
How many calories per ball please include calories in your recipes
Just type the recipe into a free calorie counter. I use My Fitness Pal. It also gives you macros.
I Love these … 1 or 2 a day. I substitute the maple syrup for honey & add chopped walnuts
I make these all the time and they are delicious. Sometimes I substitute honey for maple syrup. I hope that does not change the nutritional value. They are delicious both ways.
Delish!
Delicious little snack. First time but not the last time making these. Super easy and relatively healthy snack!
Can Almond butter be a substitute for the peanut butter?
Great recipe. I look forward to making them soon. Thanks
Yummy 😋
My granddaughters swim/dive team loves these. They request them all the time. I use raw honey instead of syrup. Chill 15 minutes before rolling, they come out better.
Wow, fantastic little pick me up when you need it!
Added a few tablespoons of raw organic protein powder and dredged in shredded coconut 🥥
I used MINI semi sweet chips to avoid chopping and 1t of monkfruit instead of maple syrup to make them lower sugar and rolled them in hemp hearts for less sticky.
As anyone tried almond butter instead of peanut butter?
I have, I find it to be amazing.
Great help.
Thx!
So so very good
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Can’t wait to try these!
Thank you 😊
Excellent protein bites
I use carrots, chia seeds, almonds, walnuts and pecans. A spoon of almond butter,and little honey. I put everything in a food processor, roll the balls, and freeze the balls.
Would you give us the measurements, please?
do you need to soak the chia seeds 1st?
Delicious thank you
Love your so!
Love it!! Thank you so Much!!
Oh I forgot!!! I also use organic protein powder (chocolate). I call them Pro-balls.
My recipe calls for raw honey. Also I use carob chips in place of chocolate and add dried cherries or crab raisins. Yummy and healthy!!
It would be helpful to me to know the nutritional info.
Thanks.
Maryanne
I love Recees Peanut butter cups, and this recipe helps me remove them. I mostly eat dark chocolate, and have missed the PB/Chocolate flavor mix. Thank you Yuka!!
I will make them with almond meal , I wish the recipes showed the calories ect…
Caleries??
Almond flour is a better choice then oats for anyone cutting carbs
Thank you so so much
Love this App! changed my life!!
This is great!
Me too! Changed our choices for the better!
Made them exactly as recipe called for. Both myself and husband loved them, the next day I brought a few to my son and granddaughter, they too loved them and asked me for recipe, and to my amazement, he started grabbing ingredients from his pantry and made a batch right then!
Thanks for sharing recipe with us!
Can you add some protein powder?
I make these but I add a scoop of protein powder and they are delicious! If it’s a little too thick with the protein powder added, I just put in a few drops of water until they are the right consistency.
Love the recipes…😘
looks so yummy and healthy.
These sound amazing! Can you use honey instead of syrup?
I made them with locally sourced honey that I buy. They were delicious 😋
This looks real good 👍 can’t wait try it.
Merci.
Will try these soon
I love those, they’re delicious and easy, healthy
Thanks
Thank you for the recipes, I’m always looking for a healthy snack.
Yum! This reminds me of a recipe I used to make for my children when they were young. Simple, tasty, and wholesome!
Sounds great! Can you use steel cut oats?
Thanks
How much protein in a ball do you think?
Looking forward to trying these!!
Absolutely delicious! Dipped in chocolate and let to harded in the frig and serve as a dessert, they were outstanding!!
These look delicious, but please include nutritional information. Thank you!
Thanks for the great recipe! These were quick to make & even quicker to eat. I reduced the “optional” maple syrup to 1 tablespoon (I like sweet & he doesn’t) = a win/win for both us. I will definitely be making them again 🙂
I tried and very good snack 😋 I will continue to make for myself, family and friends 😊
I just had open heart surgery and snacks are hard to come by is this looks really good.
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Does anyone have or made these with an oat substitute? Oat sensitivity. Thanks.
I replaced peanut butter (Since peanuts re usually moldy) with almond butter and cashew butter mix , and the sweetnes from the cashew butter replaced the maple syrup (I had to add 1 tbsp only to give it some more moist) they came out super delicious . Thank you !!!
A M A Z I N G
Apparently you are unaware that recent research has shown that peanuts are detrimental to the digestive system. Substitute a treeead nut instead, such as pistachios or walnuts.instead.
I’m not a believer. My father in law lived with us for the last 5 years of his life. He was 86 when he died and he ate only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and dinner since he was in the Army in WWIi.,till he died. Rarely ate anything else. No medications and no digestive issues ever recorded.
If you pay attention to everything out there regarding food, unfortunately you’ll be living on water. Just stick to the YUKA app to find healthier alternatives then you bought in the past and pray a lot. That’s my advice because over the years so many foods have been taunted as BAD and then amazingly they’re GOOD for you 🤪
cmon, seriously?
Very good snack after my workout.
Mmmm sounds amazing!
I love this healthy snack Idea. I will be trying it soon.
Super! Thank you!
Thanks copied and I will try this for sure
I love how easy this recipe is to make.
It is delicious and healthy (the perfect combination. Everybody in my family loves it. My grandchildren can’t have enough of it!! What more can you ask for it. Thank you
Good to have a healthy snack 😋
Nice
Yumm great ingredients healthy thanks
Yummy!
Thank you! I love all these ingredients,
I’ll make these for sure.
What a great, easy, convenient recipe & healthy as well.
Thanks for this!
Gonna try these , thanks
sounds so good. I can’t wait to make them. Thank you
Thank you!
What brand of peanut butter are y’all using?
I really enjoy following these emails. It is all good. I will try to make these. Less maple syrup. Maybe a bit of Stevia?
This looks delicious.
I have to try the peanut butter bites.
Sounds great. I love healthy snacks. Will definitely try it.
Is it possible to have the nutritional content for this recipe? I’m following a very rigid low-carbohydrate diet and am concerned that the maple sugar and chocolate will had too much of an impact on the number of carbs allowed. I love the idea of this recipe. Thank you.
Add ingredient macros separately and
Divide by number of bites
These are great!! I’m 1 month from having finished chemo and these are a great pick me up when I need some quick protein.
Congratulations to your completed chemo! 🎉
Thanks! Great idea! I will try it! More recipes are welcome 🤗
These look delicious, I’m going to try them!
Has anyone made these with protein powder? I’d like to find another way to increase the protein.
Yes. Just changed Consistency a bit. May have to play with it
Thank you, it sounds delicious 😋 I’m going to make these for sure.
Is there any nutrition information- calories, sugar, protein?
Very good 👍🏻
This is a great recipe.
On a whim I bought Kodiak protein ball mix. Scanned 51, no risky additives. Very similar except it takes 1/4 cup honey if made following the instructions.
This I’m sure is cheaper and healthier because you can make it however you want really.
yep…going to try these!
Love these! I cut the maple syrup to one tablespoon. 12 g fat, 11g carbs, 8g protein, 173 calories each by my calculations
Awesome recipe! Thank you, Julie.
Will try, thanks!
Great recipe Thank you for share
Thank you for your recipe ! I have made something similar before … delicious absolutely delicious. Might be high in calories but very good for you to take the edge off if you’re hungry.
I love to have these on hand when I am craving sweets. Better alternative to candy or ice cream
Thank you I’m gonna make some of these today🤗
Peanut butter is my go to so these are gonna be fun to make.
I can calculate about 150 cal per bite. Sound tasty but no binging! I’ll try though
What are the carbs in this?
Buying ingredients today.
Did anyone get a response for nutritional facts on these before I make them??
Excellent
Will try it out I do something similar I use dates nuts and almond butter. I will definitely try it with oats 😋 thank you for the recipe
Those are absolutely positively delicious and I love peanut butter. Thanks for the delicious recipe.
Thanks I will try this for sure.
These sound great, I will be making them.
I am not a big sweet eater but these sound delicious, I will have to try making them, thank you for the recipe
Thank you for this recipe- I be almond butter would would too. I can’t wait to make these!
I agree. It would bet wonderful to have the calorie count and nutrition before making these and eating them.
That looks delicious.
I’ve made quite similar ones (I call them healthy nut balls!) and they ARE delicious! Something I do is salt the balls…it just adds a little extra ooh-aah! You can substitute maple syrup with honey, also, Honey!
I think I would use honey
Are these able to be stored in the freezer?
I keep mine in the freezer.
Thanks may try it.
Wonderful. Will you please post the nutritional content along with the calories for all of your recipes? Many thanks!
Would like to know nutritional info?
So good! Even our 9 and 7 year old Grandchildren love these!
Look really good 😊
How many calories are in each peanut butter snack if you use the maple syrup.
These look delicious, do you have the nutritional information for them that you can share?
What are the macros?
Delicious
Oatmeal is great, but leaving it raw in the peanut butter balls seems unappealing. Yuku must love them otherwise she wouldn’t post them! Have any of your followers actually made them?
Wonder if you could “roast” the oatmeal a little?
I make my own granola. I too don’t like the sound of raw oatmeal, so I might try these made with my granola instead of the raw oats, maple syrup, seeds (my granola has seeds) and salt.
I just made them. They taste great! I did not add the maple syrup.
Love these small bites
Delicious. Love these recipes
definitely going to make these ! Thanks ❤️
It would be great if you could make your recipes printer-friendly. But they are great regardless!
Looks yummy wonder how many WW points?
So excited to try all of them. Look amazing!
Delicious !!!