Peanut Butter Honey Granola Bites
Happy Marvelous Monday, friends! Hope everyone’s weekend has been relaxing, fun or maybe a little bit of both. Due to snow, I only worked a half day on Thursday and didn’t have to go in at all on Friday. An extra long weekend = one very happy girl! Valentine’s Day is less than a week away, so let’s start this Monday off with a Marvelous Valentine’s Day goody. A healthy snack with just enough decadence to make these Peanut Butter Honey Granola Bites a special Valentine’s Day treat!
- 2-1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats gluten-free, if needed
- 1 cup peanut butter crunchy or smooth (other nut butters will work)
- 3 tablespoons honey use maple syrup or agave for vegan
- 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips I like Enjoy Life Brand. They are vegan, soy-free, dairy-free and nut-free (optional)
- 1/4 cup sprinkles + more for decorating optional
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Combine oats, peanut butter, honey and 1/4 cup sprinkles in a large bowl until oats are moistened. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
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Roll mix into balls (about 1-1/2 inches). If mixture is not holding together, add more peanut butter and/or honey. If mixture is too wet, add more oats.
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Place balls on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper and refrigerate for 15 minutes more.
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Meanwhile, warm chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl in 15-30 second increments, stirring each time. Once chocolate is melted, use a spoon to drizzle chocolate over balls or roll balls in chocolate using two forks.
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Add sprinkles to the balls, if desired.
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These Peanut Butter Honey Granola Bites are really easy to throw together and my picky kiddos adored them. I can’t think of a more appropriate after school snack for this week. If you or your family has peanut allergies or if there are peanut allergies in your child’s class; use any other nut butter. I used crunchy peanut butter, but smooth will work wonderfully too. If you want to keep things vegan, use agave or maple syrup rather than honey. To keep this snack super clean and healthy, leave out the sprinkles and chocolate. If you’re a peanut butter lover, like myself, you’ll love these with just the oats, peanut butter and honey. But for the sake of Valentine’s Day, throw in the sprinkles and really do things up with the chocolate.
These Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Honey Granola Bites will be the perfect recipe to link up to Davida’s (from The Healthy Maven) “The Great Valentine’s Day Healthy Bake-Off” on Friday. You should totally stop by Davida’s blog, everyday this week to see what healthy Valentine’s Day treat she’s cooking up!
I’m linking up with The Healthy Diva for Marvelous in my Monday to bring you this Marvelous Valentine’s Day treat! Be sure to check out all of the other marvelousness on her blog today.
Something to think about…..
Are you baking up something special for Valentine’s Day?
What are you looking forward to this week?
Any snow in your neck of the woods this weekend? I’m so ready for Spring!!!!!!
Make it a Marvelous Monday!
They are so cute – i really like your bowl though to be honest. Ha Ha! Where’d you get it? This week I’m looking forward to my parents arriving on Sunday 🙂
I got the bowl at Target. Don’t they just have the best stuff? Hope you’ve made it safely to your parent’s house!
I think you already know how I feel about the oat, nut butter, and honey combo, so I’m just going to go ahead and say that these look fabulous, Kim 🙂 I’ll definitely be doing a lot of baking this week, not only for the blog, but for treats to hand out to family and friends. After all, what better way to show someone that you love them than by feeding them 😆
Totally making these! Everything is better with sprinkles according to my daughter!
Yeah!
I’m totally with your daughter! Hope you guys had a chance to try them out. I also hope that y’all had a fabulous Valentine’s Day! 😉
Thanks for the shout-out girl!!! I’m so happy you’ll be linking up! These are PERFECT! And yes to sprinkles, ALWAYS.
Ohh, I love these! Such a cute idea for Valentine’s Day. I always like making something a little festive and sharing it with friends, since I’ll be out with friends this year!
Thanks, Lisa! Hope you had a great night out!
Oh my goodness, how perfect are these?! Oats, pb, and honey is a winning combo every time. Thanks for the recipe!
Oats, pb and honey is definitely a favorite of mine!
Now I do make these except I add flax and a little vanilla but love the idea to decorate them! My whole family is addicted to these, I make a batch every week:)
Love the idea of adding flax…. I’ll have to give that a try.
I use ground, golden flax. I used the dark once and was not a fan, the flax taste overpowered but some may like that taste too 🙂
I’ve never tried the dark, but that’s good to know.
these look great!
Jesse and I are having a nice dinner at home on Friday night, and for dessert I plan to make a heart-shaped fruit pizza 🙂
Sounds fun! I did a heart-shaped pizza last year. Hope y’all had a great night!
Not only are those the cutest thing, but they look really tasty too! The best of both worlds I think 🙂
Definitely the best of both worlds! 😉
These bites look so delicious! And not to mention, pretty.
Pinning!
Thanks, Abbie! Hope you get a chance to make them. They make a great treat when you just need a little something sweet.