No-Bake Snacktastic Bites

I bet you need a snack. Something...sweet and filling, but also chock full of healthy ingredients you want to put into your body. We feel you.

I bet you also don't want the snack to cost a whole lot of money, or take a long time to make...and you especially don't want to turn your oven on as the weather continues to warm. We feel you.

Perhaps something portable, that could be brought on road trips or on the plane, or thrown into your lunchbox? A snack that your kids can eat and you don't feel like you're rotting their teeth, and that you can eat, and you won't feel like your diet is as busted as your NCAA bracket.

We totally get it.

Which is why this week's recipe is for No-Bake Energy Bites. Little balled-up bites of rolled oats, chocolate, coconut flakes and peanut butter. Add in nutritional powerhouse chia seeds and flax seeds, and we have a winner.

No Bake Snack Bites

Ingredients

• 1 cup (dry) oatmeal (old-fashioned oats)
• 2/3 cup toasted coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup ground flax seed
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)
• 1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Cover and let chill in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
2. Once chilled, roll into balls, about 1in. to 2 in in diameter  
3. Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to a week.
4. Should make between 20-25 bites