For years I sat back and watched friends, family, Pinteresters, bloggers, grandmothers, YOU NAME IT, make energy balls while I had 0% interest in taking part in the trend. I figured if I wanted a cookie, I’d make cookies. If I wanted granola bars, I’d make granola bars. Why fuss with forming dough into finnicky little balls? It seemed like more work than payoff.
But then, all of a sudden, I had the urge to make some energy balls and, with one bite, I knew exactly what the big deal was! Energy balls are amazing! They’re not like cookies or granola bars…. they’re in a totally unique category of their own and they’re delicious!
I went to the opposite extreme and before I knew it, I had made 15 different flavours.
Go big or go home, right?
And to my great delight and surprise… they really aren’t much work at all!
learn how to make these no-bake energy balls (60 seconds):
Here they are: all 15 Energy Bite Recipes!
- Monster Cookie
- White Chocolate Mocha
- Chai Latte
- Coconut Mocha
- Cherry Almond
- Chocolate Mint
- Pumpkin Spice
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
- Orange Cranberry
- PB Chocolate Chip
- Pecan Pie
- Lemon Poppyseed
- Apple Pie
- Cashew Apricot
- Reese’s Pieces
To make your own flavour combo, I’ve created a master mix ‘n match recipe for you! This is what I used as the basis for all 15 of these energy ball variations.
If you’re still not an energy ball fan and want a high energy snack recipe, try out these Aussie Bites or these Soft Baked Blueberry Almond Snack Bars!
If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment, rate it, or snap a photo and tag it with #smartnutritionrecipes on Instagram! I’d love to see your creations!
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I have made energy balls and froze them, taking out a dozen at a time. Quick and easy snack
THat’s a genius idea!
How long do the keep before going bad? I want to make them for a nurse friend seeing as she doesn’t get muchtime for her breaks durring this time.
Oh they’ll last a couple of days at room temp!
I can’t seem to find instructions for the variations, but would love to try them all!
Sorry you couldn’t find that! If you search “energy balls” in the search engine on my site, you will get all the variations, while I work on sorting that out. I also have this mix and match recipe which makes it very easy and flexible for you to try various flavours!
I had given up on the energy ball craze because they all seemed to contain nuts and we have nut allergies at our house. I hadn’t thought of using seed butter though! Now to find a seed butter that doesn’t smell like peanut butter- maybe tahini? They also seem like they would be a good school snack.
I’ve heard of people using tahini in energy balls! definitely worth a shot.