3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Coconut Balls Recipe
These 3-ingredient peanut butter coconut balls are so easy to make and are vegan friendly! These little energy bites are a great healthy snack for the whole family.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 1-inch balls 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Mixing Bowl
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter, sunflower butter or almond butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut flakes
- 1 teaspoon honey or pure maple syrup
- Optional 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Coating (optional)
- Shredded Coconut
- Cocoa Powder
- Hemp Seeds
- Coconut Flour
- Chia Seeds
Instructions
- Pour the creamy peanut butter into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the shredded coconut and honey (or maple syrup) into the bowl and mix with a spatula or hand mixer. Add in the dark chocolate chips if using.
- Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out the peanut butter coconut bites into balls and roll with your hands. If you don’t have a cookie scoop, use a tablespoon and make 1-inch ball and roll in your hands to make a smooth round ball. Note: If the batter is sticky, grease your hands with coconut oil so the batter doesn’t stick.
- Place each ball on wax paper or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Repeat until all the batter is used up.
- Roll the balls in shredded coconut or other coating to make them less sticky.
Store the coconut peanut butter balls in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator. Freeze after 14 days.
Notes
- Substitute almond butter for the peanut butter to make these paleo friendly! You may also use sunflower seed butter to make this recipe nut free.
- Make sure to use unsweetened coconut flakes instead of sweetened, which will make this recipe too sweet with added sugar.
- You can add other superfoods to these energy balls to add more fiber and nutrition. I like to add ground flax, chia seeds and pumpkin seeds. Add up to 1/4 cup to the written recipe.
- Use maple syrup, date syrup or agave instead of honey to make these vegan.
- Coating the peanut butter balls will help them not to stick to each other in the storage container. I like to use shredded coconut, but cocoa powder or coconut flour are great options too!
- Add a few scoops of your favorite protein powder to make peanut butter protein balls!
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 1 ball
- Calories: 146
- Sugar: 2g
- Fat: 13g
- Carbohydrates: 5.9g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Protein: 4.4g
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