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Peanut butter oatmeal cookie balls - an easy, healthy and delicious no bake cookies made with wholesome oats, flax seeds and peanut butter

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For many years my husband has had an occasional late night snack made of peanut butter and oatmeal, and sometimes a little Truvia mixed in.  Then this last December my blog daughter Sarah from The Smart Kitchen introduced us to a wonderful Peanut Butter that comes in many delicious flavors.  You know where we’re going with this.  I’ve been working on blending my husbands snack idea with this terrific peanut butter.  Then one day, there it was.
I opened Tasty Kitchen and found a recipe for No-bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Balls.  Gina had figured out a great blend of ingredients plus a few more I had not thought of.  Since I can’t leave well enough alone, I put my own spin on it and came up with two versions (so far.)

With flavors like “White Chocolate Wonderful”, “The Bees Knees” and my favorite, “Mighty Maple” this was an easy task.
 I combined the Mighty Maple Peanut Butter with butterscotch chips and a little Maple Syrup.
 Put all ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl and blend.  That’s it!
 Then I pulled out the Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter.  This is probably my favorite – but I am a chocolate lover.
 Roll the dough into bite-sized balls and refrigerate.
 No baking, no added sugar, no worries!
You must give these a try.  I’ve made them several times and everybody loves them.  I’m sure there will be more flavors to come, but for now I’ve included two recipes for the cookies pictured.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookie balls recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 30
Course: Cookie, Healthy Snack
Author: Tricia
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An easy and healthy no-bake cookie made with whole oats, flax seeds and peanut butter - try both recipes!

Ingredients

For the maple butterscotch:

  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • ¼ cup Almond Flour
  • ¼ cup butterscotch chips
  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
  • ¼ cup unsweetened coconut
  • 2 tablespoons pure Maple Syrup
  • ¼ cup Peanut Butter
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

For the chocolate chip:

  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • ¼ cup Almond Flour
  • ¼ cup Milk Chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
  • ¼ cup unsweetened coconut
  • 2 tablespoons Agave Nectar
  • ¼ cup Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Mix ingredients together and roll into bite-sized balls.  Refrigerate and enjoy.

Recipe Notes

  • Recipe adapted from Running to the Kitchen
Nutrition based on both recipes being made with each batch making 15 cookie dough balls.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. When multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.

Nutrition

Calories: 82kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 57mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.4mg
Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  I still didn’t get it all done but then I never do.  I have to go back to work to get some rest 🙂  But I do have a few of these delicious cookies in my lunch box.  Yum!
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Tricia

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17 Comments

  1. Lynne G

    Hi Tricia,
    Curious about nutrition info for PNB oatmeal cookies balls – -can I assume that’s for the whole recipe, meaning either recipe? I’m guessing I would make one or the other and divide the nutritional info by the number of “bite sized balls” I rolled to get to “per each”??
    Thank you
    Lynne G

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    • Tricia Buice

      Hi Lynne. I’ve updated the recipe and recalculated the nutrition information. I used both recipes in the calculations with each batch making 15 cookie dough balls. Hope that helps! Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy

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  4. Mary

    These are really over the top. They sound delicious. I'm new to your blog and have spent sometime browsing through your earlier posts. I'm so glad I did that. I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary

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  7. Northern Lights

    I used to be all about Dark Chocolate Dreams but lately I love Mighty Maple. I need to get my hands on some more of that flavor… so incredible. And I love these no-bake cookie ideas!

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  8. Jennifer K.

    I just found the White Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Dreams at my local Target (in Iowa) and I can't tell you how excited I was! (Love Peanut Butter). These sound great, but we're not huge fans of coconut in my house. (I don't mind coconut milk, but don't like the shredded stuff-I think it's the texture). Would it be ok to leave that out of the receipe or do I need to sub

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    • Tricia

      Since the coconut is unsweetened I think you could leave it out or substitute. I've been thinking about making these with the cinnamon raisin flavored nut butter so I would leave out the coconut in that version. I've also been considering dates as an additive. I'll let you know if I come up with other ideas too! Do you like coconut flour? The texture is the same as almond flour

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    • Tricia

      I don't think it would work since they are not baked. Almond flour is just finely ground almonds so any similar ingredient might work. I think the whole wheat flour would not taste as good raw. Just my opinion!

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