At the beginning of January, I decided to {mostly} eliminate wheat from my diet (you can read about it here). This initially posed a huge problem – I love all things wheat and salty. Pretzels, saltine crackers, more pretzels, pizza, pasta – you name it, I love it (and want to eat it).
So, I had to get creative with my snacks. Blue corn chips have helped with the salty/crunchy that I crave, but I’ve been eating a lot of carrots, hummus, tatziki, {homemade} plantain chips, and these delicious little oatmeal & peanut butter balls. I’ve been making a version of this recipe for years (peanut butter, oatmeal, and honey) but decided to add a few extras into the mix. This recipe is so easy and quick – but the best part is that it’s healthy and satisfies all types of cravings!
Ingredients (I tend to eyeball of my measurements, but for those that like exacts – here you go)
2 cups Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
3/4 cup Peanut Butter (I prefer smooth)
1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Coconut Flakes
1/4 Flax Seed
1 Tbsp Chia Seed
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Optional: chocolate chips, raisins, chopped nuts
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl (you can warm up the PB in the microwave to make it easier to work with). Mix well with a spoon, and then mix together with your hands. Put mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to slightly harden and form together. Remove from refrigerator and use hands to create oatmeal & peanut butter balls.
Enjoy!
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YUMMO! I am going to try to make these using sunflower seed butter because my son is allergic to peanuts. They look soooo yummy! And fun to eat and to make! xo
Yum! I stopped with the wheat products last year and made a very similar bar – totally hits the spot! I just made another one without the peanut butter, but with dates, almonds, sunflower seeds and vegan protein powder, so good! Perfect natural energy bite:)
LOVE, these would be great to pack in my kids lunches or as an after school treat, although I might eat them all before they get home.
These sound amazing … except for the cocoanut. Is there a substitute if I leave it out?
Jill – you can leave the coconut out and these are still delicious. Try without, and let me know what you think!
Those sound delicious. I make my morning oatmeal with PB and bananas. This is the logical next step. Thanks for the recipe inspiration!
1/4 what of flaxseed? cup? thanks!
Yes, 1/4 cup flax seed. I’ll fix that now
These are so yummy! Batch one gone, just made batch two. Kids love them. Started a fitness and healthy eating regime; these are perfect for before and after gym workouts. I was looking for a way to use GF oats and pb. Thank you.
My son and I are on the same mostly GF journey as you. I also like your other snack ideas above. Costco $5 salsa is great with those tortilla chips! Synder’s makes good GF pretzels that are often on sale at WF.
I just tried the Snyder’s pretzels & they are really good! I LOVE Glutino pretzels but they are so expensive… have to buy them when they are on sale
How’s the GF journey going?