Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls {No Bake Gluten Free Dairy Free Recipe}

Having an easy, healthy snack recipe on hand is a good idea, especially one with protein. Protein helps us in many ways, giving energy being the top benefit. Our peanut butter oatmeal balls are easy to make, cheap, and filled with nutrition, especially protein.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Easy to Make – This recipe is no-bake so you can make it anywhere.
• Affordable Recipe – This recipe doesn’t require many ingredients, and the ones it does are easy to find.
• Portable Snack – These peanut butter oatmeal balls can be made to-go. Enjoy them on your way to work for breakfast, or pack them in your hiking pack for a hike.

What Are Protein Balls?

Our easy peanut butter oatmeal balls recipe is perfect for healthy snacking! These no-bake energy bites are packed with protein and great for meal prep. Protein is popping up everywhere-you can find special protein waffles, cereals, and even boxed dinners.

We are obsessing over protein these days. However, protein snacking is nothing new to those who work out regularly and track their health goals. Weightlifters know just how difficult eating that much protein can actually be.

Protein balls became an easy way to get more protein in during the day. They are snacks made with protein-heavy ingredients. They give people more control over their protein, provide it from natural sources, and it is far healthier than anything “Now Packed with Protein!”

Why is Protein Important?

Our peanut butter oatmeal balls are high in protein. In fact, there are 8 grams of protein per serving of peanut butter, 6 grams in the oats, and about 1 gram in the chocolate chips. That makes for 15 grams of protein per serving.

Here’s where the real benefit comes in: a protein shake at the corner store costs about $6; this recipe will cost about double that but provide you with the protein equivalent of 20 protein shakes.

Protein costs so much because it does so much. Protein helps repair the body, improves digestion, carries oxygen, helps fight infections, and gives us energy. Bodybuilders care primarily about the muscle-repairing and energizing properties of protein.

Protein Balls Ingredients

• Creamy Salted Peanut Butter – Everything starts with the peanut butter, which is delicious and holds everything together.
• Coconut Oil – The coconut oil is meant to loosen the peanut butter a bit, making it easier to work with and hold things in place better.
• Golden Brown Sugar – Every good protein snack uses some sort of sugar for sweetness.

• Pure Maple Syrup – Maple syrup is where the real sweetness comes from in this protein ball recipe. You can also use honey instead of maple syrup for a variety.
• Quick Oats – These oats are cheap, packed with protein and nutrients, and will help keep the outside portable.
• Mini Chocolate Chips – A little something sweet to add some flavor and some nutrients. That’s right, chocolate has health benefits, too!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls

• In a large bowl, combine peanut butter, coconut oil, brown sugar, and maple syrup.
• Add in the oats and mix until fully incorporated.
• Add the chocolate chips and stir.

• Shape into bite-sized balls by squeezing ingredients together.
• Place on wax paper in a storage container and store covered in the refrigerator.
• Peanut butter oatmeal balls will be ready to eat after an hour in the refrigerator or 20 minutes in the freezer.

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