Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Balls! These super tasty treats are such an awesome way to sneak in lots of healthy oats, nuts, and seeds while treating your sweet tooth.
These Chocolate Oat Balls are an awesome way to sneak in lots of healthy oats, nuts, and seeds. I can’t remember the last time I made just a single batch. I’m so out of control with these, the past two times have been a quadruple batch. Quadruple!
They’re a great healthier treat that my husband loves to take to work. I enjoy them for quick snacks and dessert because they don’t leave me feeling heavy and full. Hope you enjoy too! (For peanut-free, simply substitute with almond butter or other favorite nut butter.)
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Chocolate Oat Balls
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter, creamy
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips (dairy-free)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (GF if desired)
- 1/4 cup agave
- 1/4 cup almonds (crushed)
- 1/8 cup ground flax seed
- 1/8 cup sunflower seeds
Instructions
- In a small pan over medium heat, add peanut butter and agave. Stir and let heat for a few minutes until creamy and melted.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Stir with spatula for a couple minutes to combine until chocolate thoroughly melts.
- Remove from heat and let sit in pan about 10 minutes to cool.
- When it cools enough to touch, mold into balls. (They’ll harden further as they sit.) We store ours in an airtight container in the fridge.
Notes
Nutrition Per Serving (estimate)
Enjoying these Chocolate Oat Balls? Also feel free to check out the full “Vegan Dessert” recipe archives on the site for more plant based inspiration! (Or this Healthy Vegan Chocolate Milkshake, Cookie Dough Bites, or Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Cookies.)
Brilliant, I am going to try these. I think my hubby and wee boy would love them too 🙂 Pinned!
Thanks Jacqueline! Hope you all enjoy them! 🙂
oh yum! These look delicious & the kids will LOVE them! Thanks for sharing!
Hope you enjoy!
Mmm these look amazing! gorgeous photos 🙂
Thanks so much!
We have made these several times and my girls adore them. I admit, I love them too. =) I don't blame you for making a quadruple batch, a single batch would be gone before they even hit the counter around here!
Hey Leah! So great to hear your girls enjoy them – thanks for sharing!
These sound so good! I'm always looking for healthy snacks that taste indulgent. 🙂
Thanks, Kiersten!
These look fantastic! Any idea on the "Nutritional Stats"? 🙂 Thanks!
Hi! The estimated nutritional content is now provided on the site! (You can find it below each recipe in the post.) Hope you find it useful!
How essential is the oats? Any suggestions for a substitution? I don't eat any grain. Would cooked quinoa work? Or perhaps chia since it absorbs liquid and binds things together?
Hi Andrea! The agave, peanut butter, and chocolate are what binds these together so you wouldn’t have to worry about finding something to do that. We love the oats, but you could surely try chia seeds! You could also just increase the nuts and sunflower seeds if you want.
Do you have the nutritional value? Calorie counts would be beneficial.
Hi! The estimated nutritional content is now provided on the site! (You can find it below each recipe in the post.) Hope you find it useful!
These look amazing! Do you think I could replace chia seeds in place of the sunflower seeds? I just don't have any on hand :/
Hi! I bet that would be great!
Do you think you can add protein powder to this recipe?
Great idea! I think that would work wonderfully – let me know if you give it a try!
Looks yummy…and healthy.
Can you suggest a substitution for Peanut butter, please? Thank you….
Is it for a peanut allergy? If so, almond butter or other nut butters would work perfectly!
Thank you so much for replying. Didn't check your message earlier.
My husband doesn't really like taste of peanut butter, so I will try other recommendations. Thanks again…
Good luck! Hope you and your husband enjoy 🙂
I thought your Chocolate Oat Balls would be a 5-star recipe but turns out they are a "6" in my kitchen! Tasty treat!!!
Hi Donna! So great to hear that – thank you for your kind feedback!
Love them… I do!!! Have made them several times. Even eating only one satisfies me, and that is important! GREAT recipe! I hope others try them!!!
Just made these; used almond butter, and substituted chia seeds and shredded raw coconut, and added a little vanilla (1 tsp?). I doubled the recipe and rolled them into 32 balls! These are delicious, and will be a staple at our house!
Absolutely fantastic adaptions, Tami – thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Kaitlin
It just says "agave" in your recipe. Is it sirup? Thx
Hi! Yes, agave is a syrup – but you could also use honey. Hope you enjoy if you give them a try 🙂
I don't have flax seed or sunflower seeds so can I just leave them out? Do I need to increase the amount of oats? Would love to make them now without have to make a trip to the store. Thanks!
Hi Wendy! You can just increase the oats and/or almonds in place of the sunflower and flax. Would love to hear how they turn out for you if you give it a go 🙂
can I leave the chocolate chips out and just use more of the oats and nuts? or sub cocoa powder
Hi! Sorry this is so late – the melted chocolate is really what helps bind these together. I’m unsure if cocoa powder would be enough to hold them with the peanut butter and agave/honey. Would love to hear if you tried it and how it went!
So happy I just found this recipe on Pinterest! Great share, can't wait to give it a whirl 😉
Thank you!
Hi, do you know the calories in the oat balls?! They look delicious!