These No-Bake Almond Cranberry Bites take only 5 minutes and are bite-size making them the perfect nutritious kid-approved snack!
Today is National Nut Day so it just makes sense that this month’s Recipe Redux challenge was to come up with a favorite healthy recipe containing nuts.
Well, needless to say, I love baking and cooking with nuts just as much as I love using peanut butter in just about any dessert I make. That is when it’s paired with chocolate of course.
Here are some of my favorite nut recipes I’ve created so far on Chocolate Slopes with much more to come: Healthy Banana Nut Bread Mini Muffins, Peanut Butter Banana Roll-Ups, Simple Homemade Granola and Peanut Butter and Chocolate Granola Bars.
When brainstorming more nut recipes, I thought why not create a healthy snack for my kids.
They love variety (most of the time) and let me tell you, these cranberry bites were a winner!
I don’t think they even care what is in the bites, as long as they are bite-size and look fun.
No joke – both my husband and kids guessed that they had chocolate chips in them (no chocolate chips added). So obviously they tasted delicious!
I have tried making energy bites with my food processor and it’s been an epic fail every single time.
We received our food processor for free, which explains why it doesn’t work well, or it could be human error. That is entirely possible.
Regardless, you do not need a food processor to make these, just a bowl and a spoon.
Dietitian’s Dish
Nuts are a fantastic source of healthy fats along with protein and fiber.
Just be aware that nuts are also calorically-dense – a 1/4 cup is a serving and contains between 160 and 200 calories.
Look for unsalted mixed nuts for a variety of nutrients but without all the salt.
No-Bake Almond Cranberry Bites
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup peanut butter or any nut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 cup almonds crushed
Instructions
- Mix peanut butter, honey and oats together until oats are well coated.
- Stir in vanilla extract, chia seeds and dried cranberries.
- Place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Form mix into bite-size balls.
- Roll each ball in crushed almonds.
- Keep refrigerated in a sealed container.
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Jessica @ Nutritioulicious
Friday 23rd of October 2015
these look fab and so great to not have to dirty the food processor - hate having to clean that big thing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thursday 22nd of October 2015
Perfect I love it all! The cranberries are the perfect sweetness!
Deb E
Thursday 22nd of October 2015
Pinning this great nut recipe. I'm not sweet on sweets, so I could get by with even less of the honey. Thanks for all the recipe links and Happy National Nut Day!