When I want a delicious chocolate treat I reach for these Chocolate No-Bake Bites. They are the perfect summer treat when it is too hot to turn on the oven.
Years ago, I would make the most delicious chocolate no bake cookies. You know the ones, they have a ton of butter, milk, peanut butter and oats. Yeah, I loved those!
This version is much healthier for you although not necessarily a “health food.”
I almost always have all of the ingredients I need (thanks to my pantry staples). These can also be made allergy-friendly by using gluten-free oats and a peanut butter substitute like SoyNut Butter or SunButter.
Chocolate No-Bake Bites
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Cocoa
- 2 Tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 banana
- ¼ cup peanut butter (or other nut or seed butter)
- 1 cup oats (use gluten-free if needed) added ¼ cup at a time.
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
Step 1 – Mix
Mix together cocoa, agave, and vanilla in a medium-sized mixing bowl. This will take a little while to do but it will come together. Once these 3 ingredients are mixed together they look and taste like Hershey’s syrup that we put on ice cream as a kid, it isn’t quite as sweet but it is close.
Step 2 – Mash
Mash in banana and stir.
Step 3 – Mix in Peanut Butter
Mix in peanut butter, you can add another ¼ cup for a stronger PB taste.
Step 4 – Stir in Oats
Stir in oats, ¼ cup at a time. If your mixture looks to dry don’t use all the oats.
Optional: add in the chocolate chips.
Step 5 – Spoon onto Wax Paper
Spoon onto a wax paper lined plate and place them in the freezer or far away from little hands that might dig in too early. You could smooth them into balls or flatten them into cookie shape if desired.
I store these in the freezer and grab one or two out for an after dinner treat. I left a few on the counter and they did “set up” nicely but not as well as my old-fashioned dairy-filled version that is off-limits. My recipe made about 17 small bite sized cookies.
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Chocolate No-Bake Bites
Chocolate vegan cookies that you don't have to bake!
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Cocoa
- 2 Tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 banana
- ¼ cup peanut butter (or other nut or seed butter)
- 1 cup oats (use gluten-free if needed) added ¼ cup at a time.
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Mix together cocoa, agave, and vanilla in a medium-sized mixing bowl. This will take a little while to do but it will come together. Once these 3 ingredients are mixed together they look and taste like Hershey's syrup that we put on ice cream as a kid, it isn't quite as sweet but it is close.
- Mash in banana and stir.
- Mix in peanut butter, you can add another ¼ cup for a stronger PB taste.
- Stir in oats, ¼ cup at a time. If your mixture looks to dry don't use all the oats.
- Optional: add in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon onto a wax paper lined plate and place them in the freezer or far away from little hands that might dig in too early. You could smooth them into balls or flatten them into cookie shape if desired.
Notes
Store in freezer
Yum!! I know what you mean about treating the chocolate chips like gold! I always ask myself: is this recipe worth the chips??
Exactly! But they can also turn a “just ok” recipe into something spectacular.
Oh yum…those sound like a great treat!
They are pretty great and really satisfying, especially when you’re really craving a little chocolate!
Awesome! These look amazing… I love freezer treats! Both of our no bake recipes inspired by Angela 🙂 my she’s a goodie! Love thus recipe Holly!
These chocolately treats look amazing & so wonderful too! 🙂 Yum!
Thank you, I love that they are tucked away in the freezer. If they were on the counter I’d probably eat them all within a few hours. I’m still enjoying the first batch…a little at a time.
They are in the freezer now. Remains to be seen whether these turn out successful.
Need a substitute for oats. Thank you.
Hi Lucy, I’m sorry but I don’t know any other way to make these. Oats is the main ingredient. You could always melt some chocolate, or mix some cocoa powder into peanut butter and eat it on a banana to get roughly the same flavor.
Hey Lucy, a great sub for oats is quinoa flakes.
Do you have any more detail about what the mixture should look like? I added all the oats and it seemed very wet. I added extra oats, trying not to add too much, but then it seemed like it just didn’t want to hold together even though it was still quite moist and got all over my hands. I squished them into balls and put them in the freezer. Do you have any advice?
Next time I made them I’ll try to take some in process photos so you can see what they look like while being mixed.
It’s a very careful balance. If they are too wet, they will have a hard freeze, which will make them harder to enjoy. If they have too much oats, they will be dry and will not hold together. Also, I use old fashioned rolled oats, instant or quick oats could have a different outcome. The oats will start to absorb some of the moisture so even if they seem a little to wet, continue to mix them up and roll them into balls. The dry oats will take care of the extra moisture as they sit.
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