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Chocolate Chip Energy Bites for Kids

October 1, 2015 by Ciara Attwell, Updated October 28, 2022

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These Chocolate Chip Energy Bites make the perfect snack for kids, packed full of slow releasing carbs from oats and protein from peanut butter and flaxseed. And they look like healthy cake pops too! 

chocolate chip energy bites for kids

Today is the day that my fussy eater finally started school full time. She officially started 3 weeks ago but has been doing only half days to begin with.

Right now I’m at home wondering whether she has eaten any of her school dinner and or if she’ll be hungry for the rest of the afternoon. 

To ease my worry I’m making up a batch of these Chocolate Chip Energy Bites to have to hand as soon as she gets home.

Packed full of slow releasing carbs from the oats and protein from the peanut butter and flaxseed, these little bites are a powerhouse of flavour and nutrition that will help keep little bellies from rumbling until dinnertime.

The flaxseed is optional in this recipe and will work just as well without it. However it’s a great plant-based source of Omega 3 fatty acids often lacking in children’s diets, especially if they don’t eat fish.

I would recommend to buy flaxseed ready ground as it’s much easier to add to recipes this way and also gets absorbed better by our bodies.

chocolate chip energy bites

A quick mention about the chocolate chips. Obviously they aren’t essential to the recipe and do contain some refined sugar but if they entice my fussy eater to eat what it otherwise a very healthy snack then I’m happy to include a small amount.

If you choose to leave them out then that’s absolutely fine too!

If you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your pictures!

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These Chocolate Chip Energy Bites make the perfect snack for kids, packed full of slow releasing carbs from oats and protein for peanut butter and flaxseed. And they look like heallthy cake pops too! My Fussy Eater blog

Chocolate Chip Energy Bites for Kids


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  • Author: Ciara @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Yield: 5 1x
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: European
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These Chocolate Chip Energy Bites make the perfect snack for kids, packed full of slow releasing carbs from oats and protein from peanut butter and flaxseed. And they look like healthy cake pops too!


Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • ½ cup peanut butter (or another nut butter)
  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Place all the ingredients except the chocolate chips in a large bowl and mix until well combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  2. Roll the mixture into bite sized balls. I made 13 but it depends on what size you want your energy bites to be. Refridgerate for 1 hour to allow them to firm up, place a small straw or cake pop stick into each energy bite and serve.
  3. The energy bites will keep in the fridge for up to 4 days.
1 Energy Bite32817.6 g117.4 mg18.7 g5.9 g33.2 g4.6 g9.2 g

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Comments

  1. Kim says

    January 13, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    These are soo good! I was looking for something to replace my picky daughter’s sugary granola bar. I used maple syrup instead of honey and they turned out great!

    ★★★★★

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  3. Imogen says

    March 6, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    These are so good and look really cute on the straws too. The kids really feel like they are getting a treat when I make these for them.

    ★★★★★

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