Granola Bites No-Bake Dairy-Free Egg-Free
Granola bars are tricky to make. Granola bites are the perfect solution!
These are no-bake with no refined sugar. And we make ours dairy-free, too.
Just simple healthy ingredients, with one special ingredient you can't forget.
See the quick easy recipe below
When my kids were little, I dished these granola bites out to all the neighbor kids, and they were completely devoured.
Afterwards, one of the moms down the street called me for the recipe because her daughter came home asking to make some more.
Fast forward a decade, and in an unusual turn of events...
our city was hit with huge storms that rendered us without power for six long days in the middle of summer.
Knowing I couldn't open the refrigerator in those first few days, these granola bites came to mind as something healthy we could whip up with pantry ingredients.
Let's just say, I'll never take electricity for granted again.
In normal everyday life, these granola bites makes for a quick, easy, dairy-free breakfast or snack.
After years and years, my kids never tire of them.
And now they make them for themselves!
I also find it amusing that these now pop up in coffee shops everywhere. Sometimes we are charged up to $2 a piece!
Make these a lot cheaper at home, in bulk.
See the recipe below.
GRANOLA ENERGY BITES
It's the crunchy rice cereal that sets these apart from other recipes!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup quick oats
½ cup peanut butter or alternative
½ cup honey
1 cup rice crispy cereal
¼ cup ground flaxseed
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup mini chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS
Mix everything above in a medium bowl until thoroughly incorporated.
Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Once chilled, roll into balls.
I use my melon baller (affiliate) to just scoop out little balls.
If the scoop starts sticking, wet it under water and keep scooping.
If the bites aren't sticking together well enough, add more honey one teaspoon at a time until they do.
Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to one week.
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We hope you enjoy these easy granola bites as much as we do.
This was originally posted in June 2012.
Where do find "non-dairy mini chocolate chips? I have found non-dairy regular choc. chips, but they don't have/sell the mini size. Thanks for your help + your recipes.
Thank you, Judy! Enjoy Life made the mini chocolate chips as our only allergy-friendly option for years. But they work great in these bites even though there are now regular size ones at Walmart and such. 🙂 I pick up Enjoy Life mini chips at various grocery stores. Target or Meijer may have them. I don't see them at Walmart anymore. Hope that helps!
Sorry to say, peanut butter is just as bad as whole peanuts when it comes to allergic reactions. You can't really claim this recipe has "no nuts".
So right, K. Peanut is a legume and people can be allergic to it and peanut butter. Our family outgrew peanut allergies when my kids were toddlers but we still have a severe tree nut allergy. The recipe definitely says to use a peanut butter alternative if you are allergic. We used to make these with seed butters like sunflower seed. 🙂 Those allergic to peanut but not tree nuts may opt for nut butters like almond or cashew. Lots of options to work around allergies if one is not allergic to all peanut, tree nut, and seed. Hope that helps.
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened coconut?
Hi Andrea, we've actually used both. The bites are definitely sweet enough without any coconut. So totally depends on your preference or whichever you have on hand. 🙂 If you're trying to cut added sugar, unsweetened will be great.
Mmmm. I'm so going to have to make these!