Healthy Peanut Butter Balls
Healthy Peanut Butter Balls are a great after school snack for your kids or for adults. Simple ingredients in this little healthy peanut butter snack.
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HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
My mom is somewhat of a health nut and used to make these peanut butter balls growing up as an after school snack. They are a healthy snack and are like little protein balls.
At least that’s what I kept telling myself as I threw them down my throat.
My kids always come home from school starving and immediately go for junk food but not if I have these out.
OTHER HEALTHY RECIPES:
- Energy Balls
- Healthy Spinach Lasagna Rolls
- Baked Chicken Chimichangas
- Egg Roll In a Bowl
- Lasagna In a Bowl
- Marinated Caprese Salad
- Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Salsa
Healthy Peanut Butter Balls
These are a great no-bake treat to keep in the fridge for warm days. Peanut butter is delicious and filling.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3/4 cup nonfat powdered milk
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats, see Note
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Using your hands, roll the dough into balls about the size of large gumballs. Place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper, and refrigerate until set. Makes about 18 balls.
Serving: 1g, Calories: 105kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.001g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 26mg, Potassium: 122mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 92IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 60mg, Iron: 1mg
I make these peanut butter balls all the time but instead of powdered milk, I use vanilla protein powder. Doing this increases the amount of protein. Does not change the flavor much unless you use chocolate protein powder! 😋
Great twist!
Is there anywhere to find the grams of fat, protein and carbs for the peanut butter balls? I did not see it.
Thanks
Brad
If you look at the bottom of the recipe the nutritional info is listed.
Can you put something else for the powdered milk?
I don’t stray from this recipe so I don’t know of a sub but there are definitely other balls out there that don’t call for it.
I love these! Soo yummy! I substituted equal parts ground flax seed and waffle mix in place of the powdered milk and the texture didn’t suffer a bit 🙂
I used coffee mate creamer. It was very good!
I use almond flour instead of powdered milk
I can’t seem to find the last step – roll in melted dark chocolate. ,😁
Haha
Yum!!
Thanks!
made these for my kids years ago; they called them “rolling balls.” Got the ingredients to have on hand for possible quarantine or other due to coronavirus.
Smart thinking!
I just made these to stick in my lunch. Bery tasty and super easy. Thanks for sharing!
Ahhhh. Mama Sally made these growing up with Rice Krispies stirred in for an occasional after-school snack and now I must make. Also I miss you!
These look so good and yummy! I need to try these soon!
Paige
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Wow! These look so tasty! I’ll be sure to make some this weekend for me and the family! 🙂 With the help of your keto recipes and the 28-Day Keto Challenge at http://tiny.cc/KetoSuccess , I have lost almost 20 pounds since November!
My mom used to make these for me and she would substitute organic rice crispies! Susch a fun childhood memeory! You can also roll them in coconut shavings!
Sounds delicious!
This recipe is literally the only thing I remember from kindergarten 35 years ago. Just taught it to my son today, with soynut butter instead of peanut butter due to allergies.
Haha. so true!
I am making these for a sick friend. Chemo has a bad hold on her right now. This snack helps on those bad days when eating is hard, but you need the protein.
I’m so sorry to hear that. You are a nice friend.
oh so yummy!! these were a staple of my childhood!! I make them for my kids, adding things like nuts and flax seeds and chocolate chips here and there. they take them to school for their midmorning snack. thank you for posting the recipe!
This may be a dumb question but do you cook the oats first? Can you substitute quinoa in place of the oats and cacao instead of powdered milk?
You don’t cook the oats first. You could probably use cooked quinoa and cacao instead. Might be tasty.
I, too, ate these growing up! And I was also one of those girls who ate everything. Still eat everything!
These looks so good. I actually just read on another website about a very similar recipe for homemade Plumpy’nut, the same stuff their feeding to malnourished children in poverty-stricken countries to help them gain weight. haha! That tells me that they should definitely not be used for weight loss! I was just wondering how you stored them after you made them, In the refridgerator? or do you leave them out?
I stored mine in the fridge but I’m not sure that you have to.
Made these today and they were delicious. Had a little flaked coconut left from a previous recipe the other day, so through that in too. Would maybe try a small bit of mini chocolate chips sometimes too. Thank you.
I’m getting lazy and not proofing. “threw” not “through” dummy:)
Phew. For a second I thought you were calling me a dummy. Haha.
maybe try dark chocolate chips!? then it’s truly guilt free 🙂
I really want to try these but I wondered if you have a substitute for powdered milk. Also, to Kathryn, not everything needs to be low fat. Nuts are nutritious, filling and like you pointed out, a healthy protein.
I honestly don’t know of a sub for the powdered milk. It’s what we’ve used for years and years.
I have used protien powder
I am planning on making these and was just curious as to what you’d suggest is the best way to store em’ after they’ve set? Leaving them on a cookie sheet takes up to much space lol thanks in advance 😉
I would say in a Tupperware. They’re sturdy enough to be stacked.
I’m a personal trainer and meet people every day who want to lose fat. I am amazed that in the 21st century age of information, at how much MIS-information is out there. Peanut butter is 50% fat if you read the nutrition label. Any food that attributes half or more of its calories to fat, should not be eaten if you hope to lose fat or not put on any. If the peanut butter nutrition labels says: Calories: 140 per tbspn, then you look at the fat calories and it says Fat: 70 or more- dont eat it. Same goes for ANY food. Check the nutritional lable.
Peanut butter does have protein while it’s not low in calories I agree. These do not promise to make you skinny in anyway just to clarify…:)
as long as you get all natural peanut butter, then it’s all natural fat. anddd healthy fats are paramount in getting healthy and losing weight (peanut butter, avocados, etc.) THAT is a known fact and if you are a personal trainer you should ensure you know the proper nutrition information because peanut butter is not necessary to rid your entire diet of.
What a bunch of nonsense. Avocados are healthy and most of their calories are from fat. What do you say about that? Yes, you shouldn’t eat too much of these peanut butter balls if you are trying to lose weight, but for growing children that need healthy fats to grow then this is great. My 6 yr old son is underweight and I am going to try these.