Cookie Dough Energy Bites Recipe

These energy bites are MY ENTIRE LIFE right now. comment icon 185 more comments These are energy bites, but also they are kind of cookie dough. I mean, let’s be real – these aren’t the butter and sugar kind of cookie dough, and I am all about that goodness in my life, too. But being that I’m pregnant, I can’t / probably shouldn’t eat cookie dough right now, and these energy bites are just checking all the flavor/texture/nutrition/convenience boxes for me while also reminding me of peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough.

Best Things About These Energy Bites:

Main ingredients are always on hand: oats, coconut, peanut butter, honey, chocolate chips. NUTRITIOUS. But not, like, grossly nutritious, you know? They still taste really good and can stand in for dessert. Amazing texture. Just the right amount of squish and chunkiness. Excellent with coffee for a mid-morning snack. Two-bite. No-bake. No dates!!! I repeat: NO DATES. I love dates as a base for energy bites and healthy desserts, but sometimes it’s nice to take a break.

First. Grind up your oats and your unsweetened coconut. Now add your extras – and this is where you can have a little fun. I normally use honey, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and chia seeds (HEALTH, obviously). But you can also use almond butter, maple syrup, no chocolate chips, hemp or flax or something else altogether. You get the idea. Then, you are basically done. Just roll up that “dough” into little balls and pop it into the freezer so they get nice and solid. Once they are individually frozen, I like to store them in the fridge in a container with a lid. When I need a snack… Pop goes the top, and there is my nutritious, bite-sized, cookie-dough-like energy bite! I am making a batch of these little guys every 1-2 weeks, and it’s just my favorite thing about life right now. Cookie dough foreverrrr!