Made in less than 15 minutes, these gluten-free No Bake 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites are a wholesome, make-ahead snack option or tasty lunchbox addition. Keep a batch of these bites in the freezer to always have a healthy snack option on hand.
Perfect for weekend meal preps.
If you have been a reader of our blog for awhile now you most likely are aware that we love a good weekend meal prep. While it doesn’t happen every weekend, we both do our best to make it a priority. Because meal prepping is a big part of what we share on this blog, we create recipes with that in mind. Recipes that are made with few ingredients, are simple, approachable and of course, delicious.
These 3-ingredient Peanut Butter Energy Bites take just 10 minutes of your time to make, are tasty and perfect for meal prepping.
Ingredients for 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites
With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have delicious snack bites ready in minutes.
- Rolled Oats – may use quick-cook oats. Use gluten free certified if needed.
- Peanut Butter – use natural creamy peanut butter for best results. May substitute sunflower seed butter for a nut-free recipe.
- Honey – may use honey or maple syrup
How to make these 3 ingredient bites
- Add the oats to a food processor or blender. Process or blend until oats reach a flour consistency.
- Next add the peanut butter and honey or maple syrup. Process or blend until ingredients are well combined and come together to form a dough ball. May need to scrape sides once or twice.
- Roll into round bites – about a scant tablespoon per bite. If dough isn’t holding together, add 1-2 tablespoons more of peanut butter.
- If dough starts to stick to hands, oil them with coconut oil or cooking spray.
For the complete directions, ingredient amounts, and nutrition analysis that lists calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, sodium per serving, scroll down to the recipe card below.
Give ’em a boost of protein if you wish
For a boost of protein, you can replace 1/4 cup of the oats for 1/4 cup of protein powder. We like to use Primal Kitchen Unflavored Collagen Peptides. This protein powder won’t change the flavor of the 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites and it’s a great way to sneak in a boost of protein. For a whey or plant-based protein powder, try one these below:
Double the batch because these bites are freezer-friendly!
Thus recipes is simple to make, made with less than 10 real food ingredients, is meal ‘prep-able’, freezer-friendly and takes just a few minutes of your time. Awesome, right?! These are my favorite kind of recipes because they allow you to eat healthy, nourishing foods while spending less time in the kitchen so you’re left with more time to do the things you love.
Make them nut-free with one simple substitution
We do our best to create recipes for ALL to enjoy! So if you have a nut-allergy, whether it be peanuts or tree nuts, you can simply substitute sunflower seed butter for the peanut butter in this recipe. It will give the bites a little bit different of a taste, but they’ll still be delicious nonetheless.
It’s time to give these PB Bites a try! Best of all, there’s a good chance you have all 3 ingredients on hand!
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No-Bake 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites
Made in less than 15 minutes, these gluten-free No Bake 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites are a wholesome, make-ahead snack option or tasty lunchbox addition.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats or quick oats (for gluten-free, choose certified gluten-free oats)
- 2/3 cup natural peanut butter (may sub any nut or seed butter of choice)
- 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
Instructions
- Add the oats to a food processor or blender. Process or blend until oats reach a flour consistency.
- Next add the peanut butter and honey or maple syrup. Process or blend until ingredients are well combined and come together to form a dough ball. May need to scrape sides once or twice.
- Roll into round bites – about a scant tablespoon per bite. If dough isn’t holding together, add 1-2 tablespoons more of peanut butter.
- If dough starts to stick to hands, oil them with coconut oil or cooking spray.
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Notes
Store Peanut Butter Bites in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 1 peanut butter bite
- Calories: 80
- Fat: 4 g
- (Sat Fat: 1 g)
- Sodium: 22 mg
- Carbohydrate: 8 g
- (Fiber: 1 g
- Sugar: 2 g)
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Dietary
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Always looking for diabetic-friendly recipes. I saw a version of this recipe that leaves the rolled oats much more flaky and less in a powder. My plan is to use the rolled oats as they are, without processing them into powder.
From everything I’ve read, the less processed foods are more diabetic friendly, and rolled oats are plenty small enough to work in this recipe without making them into a powder more flour. 🙂
SOOOOOOOO YUMMMYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! IN LOVE WITH THIS RECIPE!!! SO EASY!!! I KEEP THEM STORED IN MY FREEZER!!!!
Amazing
something was so wrong….i thought the dough was not sticking together so added a little bit more peannut butter and syrup…..ended so sticky my little gril cant have it…..turned it into an improvised cookie recipe but washing the stuff! wow….lol i should have follow the receipe i guess!! hihihihi
So misleading!! It says gluten free at the top but one of the main ingredients is oats?? You should fix that!
Hi Susan, oats are naturally gluten-free (the processing is where they MAY come in contact with gluten thus causing cross contamination). If you have an allergy to gluten or a severe sensitivity, be sure to choose oats that are certified gluten-free to ensure they have not been cross contaminated. Hope that helps!