Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Bites
Chewy and delicious vegan energy bites packed with richness and chocolate flavor. You will love this sweet and simple snack!
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Double Chocolate Chip Energy Bites
Good morning friends! Today, I am so excited to share a simple and delicious recipe for double chocolate chip energy bites. This recipe requires no baking of any kind. You just have to mix all the ingredients together, pop the bites in the refrigerator to chill, and then dig in and enjoy! This is one of my new favorite recipes to meal prep because it’s quick, easy, and the bites store nicely in the refrigerator for a couple of day. If you’re looking for a delicious little snack or dessert, this recipe is for you.
Now, let’s go through some quick things to note for this recipe. Then, we will dive into the list of ingredients you will need to make this chewy double chocolate chip cookie dough energy bites recipe a smashing success.
What Makes These Cookie Dough Bites Moist And Chewy?
There are a couple of key ingredients that make these double chocolate chip cookie dough bites super moist and chewy. First off, the pure maple syrup is used to add moisture to these cookie dough bites. Next, almond butter is used to add a ton of richness, creaminess, and moisture to the cookie dough bites. Finally, the melted coconut oil adds a touch of extra moisture to these cookie dough bites.
In order to make these cookie dough bites chewy, we will start with a base of oat flour. Then, we will add just enough liquid ingredients to ensure that the cookie dough bites are able to be molded into spherical shapes, but not overly moist to the point where they won’t hold their form. This ensures that the bites turn out moist, chewy, and delicious.
How Do You Make Chocolate Chip Energy Balls Without Peanut Butter?
Many energy bite, protein bar, and granola bar recipes use peanut butter, especially since peanut butter chocolate chip is such a common flavor combination. However, with these energy bites, I decided to use almond butter. So, if you’re allergic to peanuts, you can still enjoy these delicious energy bites (as long as you aren’t allergic to almonds) :). The other benefit to using almond butter rather than peanut butter in this recipe is that you can really taste the rich chocolate flavor without it being overpowered by the nut butter. Peanut butter has a very strong peanut flavor, whereas almond butter is a bit less powerful.
Now that we have went over some quick things to note for this recipe, let’s take a look at the list of ingredients you will need to make these chewy double chocolate chip energy bites.
Double Chocolate Chip Energy Bites – Ingredients
- Quick Oats – The first ingredient you will need for this recipe are the quick oats. This ingredient will be blended up to form a fine oat flour, which will serve as the main dry base for this energy bites recipe. If you want to make this recipe gluten free, use your favorite gluten free oats.
- Chocolate Chips – The dark chocolate chips add sweetness and rich chocolate flavor to this recipe. I used dark chocolate chunks, but you can use whichever kind you have on hand or prefer.
- Cocoa Powder – The cocoa powder adds more chocolate flavor to the energy bites. I used Hershey’s special dark cocoa powder for this recipe.
- Chia Seeds – The chia seeds help the cookie dough come together nicely. They are a great superfood to add to snack recipes such as this one.
- Creamy Almond Butter – The creamy almond butter adds moisture, flavor, and richness to this double chocolate chip energy bites recipe.
- Pure Maple Syrup – The pure maple syrup serves as liquid sweetener for this recipe. It also adds moisture and helps everything bind together.
- Nut Milk – The nut milk adds a bit of extra moisture to this energy bites recipe.
- Melted Coconut Oil – The melted coconut oil adds richness and moisture to the double chocolate chip cookie dough energy bites.
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Bites
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup quick oats (blended into a fine oat flour)
- 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder (I used Hershey's special dark)
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 1/2 tbsp chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate chunks)
- 2 tbsp creamy almond butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp nut milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
- 1/2 tsp melted coconut oil
Instructions
- Add the quick oats, cocoa powder, and chia seeds to a bowl.
- Mix all dry ingredients to combine thoroughly.
- Make a well in the center of the bowl, then add in the pure maple syrup, almond butter, nut milk, and melted coconut oil.
- Mix the liquid ingredients well to combine.
- Slowly mix the wet ingredients into the dry to form a thick cookie dough.
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the dough into seven equal pieces, then roll each one into a ball.
- Place the balls on a plate and pop them in the refrigerator to chill for about an hour.
- Dig in and enjoy!
Notes
I hope you all love this simple and delicious double chocolate chip energy bites recipe. These bites are chewy, sweet, and insanely easy to make. They are the perfect little snack bites to meal prep and enjoy all throughout the week. Anyway, that’s it for this recipe. As per usual, I will be back with another blog post very soon.
-Alyssa 🙂
