Nutrition Month is the perfect time for you to refresh your snack routine. Snacks can be both delicious and simple to make. The recipe below for Energy Bites highlights balance, flavour, and fun. Let’s dive in!
Energy bites: the snack that fits every lifestyle
Energy bites are a simple, tasty, grab-and-go snack for busy days -whether you’re at your desk, in the car, between classes, or out on the trail. They’re mess‑free, portable, and fully customizable to your budget, allergies, and taste. Versatile and adaptable, they fit most taste preferences.
A fun, skill building activity for kids
Making snacks together helps kids build lifelong food skills. They can scoop, mix, and roll ingredients while exploring new foods in a hands‑on way. Along the way, they practice math through measuring, strengthen reading skills by following a recipe, and learn responsibility through cleanup—messy moments included!
No-bake energy bites
This recipe can be made with or without nut butters.
For a nut‑free version, simply substitute nuts for seeds and/or dried fruit and any nut butter with soy butter, sunflower seed butter, or pumpkin seed butter to keep it school‑safe.
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts/seeds and/or chopped dried fruit
- Nuts (optional): pecans, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, pistachios
- Dried fruits: raisins, dates, cranberries, apricots
- Seeds: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds
- 2 TBSP flax meal/ground flax or ground chia Seeds
- 1 ¼ cup nut or seed butter (almond, sunflower, peanut butter)
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup or other liquid sweetener (honey, agave syrup, corn syrup)
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
- In a small bowl, combine the oats, coconut, chocolate chips, chopped nuts/seeds/dried fruit, and flax meal (or chia). Mix well and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the nut or seed butter, maple syrup or other sweetener, and vanilla until smooth.
- Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Using a wooden spoon, stir until everything is well blended. The mixture will resemble raw cookie dough.
- Using about 1 tablespoon of dough per bite, roll into roughly 20 balls. Tip: Wet your hands occasionally to prevent sticking.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks or in the freezer for 2-3 months. (Thaw for 10-15 minutes before eating.)
- Enjoy!
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