This quick and easy recipe for chocolate no bake brownie bites is rich, dark, fudgy, chocolatey, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
No bake chocolate brownie bites
With just three ingredients, this might be the simplest brownie recipe you ever try.
Make a new batch of brownie bites any time you are craving chocolate.
The entire recipe only takes about five minutes!
With oil free, dairy free, vegan, gluten free, paleo, and keto options included, this is one healthy snack or dessert you will definitely want to keep on hand.
Also try these Black Bean Brownies
Chocolate healthy snack balls
These chocolate brownie bites are one of my personal favorite recipes.
I’ve been eating them nonstop for the past few months. And the only reason it’s taken me so long to share is that I do not usually bother to measure the ingredients.
I will just throw everything together and break off pieces of the chocolate brownie dough whenever I pass through the kitchen. It is hard to stay away!
The best part about the recipe is how easy it is to customize.
For example, I am a fan of extremely dark and bitter chocolate. So I like to decrease the sweetener and use raw cacao powder instead of cocoa powder.
But I let my mom try this extra dark chocolate version once, and she said “Please Katie, never put that on the blog.”
So there’s that.
Other customization ideas include stirring in a handful of mini chocolate chips, chopped peanuts, chia or hemp seeds, or shredded coconut at the very end.
You can dip them in chocolate or Coconut Butter if you feel fancy.
Or add melted chocolate chips or coconut oil before blending to give the brownie balls a chocolate truffle texture and extra richness.
For more of my favorite recipes, Here’s What I Eat In A Day
No bake brownie bites recipe video
Above – watch the step by step video showing how to make the recipe.
Healthy no bake brownie bite ingredients
All you need is cocoa powder, peanut butter, sweetener of choice, and an optional pinch of salt. I also like to add chia seeds.
Unlike many other mini no bake brownie recipes, this one can be made without dates, protein powder, or boxed brownie mix.
And there’s also no flour required, not even almond flour!
You can use creamy or crunchy peanut butter. Or substitute almond butter, cashew butter, pecan butter, macadamia nut butter, or allergy friendly sunflower seed butter.
Make them into healthy chocolate energy balls by swapping out the cocoa powder for an equal amount of raw cacao powder.
Choose your favorite powdered, granulated, or liquid sweetener. I am partial to pure maple syrup. They also work with honey, agave, coconut sugar, powdered sugar, or erythritol for sugar free brownie bites.
Especially if using an unsalted nut butter, I recommend including the optional salt to complement and deepen the rich chocolate flavor.
If you do want brownies made with dates, try these Ultimate Unbaked Brownies.
How to make the brownie balls
Add all of the ingredients to a high quality food processor.
We surmise that using a blender instead of a food processor will yield an overly sticky or tough batter. However, we have not tried this method so cannot say for sure. Be sure to report back if you experiment.
Blend everything together, stopping to scrape down the sides occasionally.
Once it forms a smooth dough, turn off the machine. Stir in optional add ins if desired.
Using a mini cookie scoop or clean hands, roll the brownie dough into balls or shape it into bars. Or you can roll it out and have fun with cookie cutters.
Store in a covered container on the counter for up to a week or in the refrigerator for about three to four weeks.
The no bake brownie bites can also be frozen. In an airtight container, leftovers should stay good for at least three months in the freezer.
Using gram measurements
If you prefer to use a food scale instead of measuring cups and tablespoons, go with the following numbers.
You will need 240 grams of peanut butter, 53 grams of cocoa powder, 80 grams of sweetener, and an optional 24 grams of coconut oil or chocolate.
Do not forget to also add in the optional salt and sprinkle of chia seeds. There is no need to measure the seeds if you include them.
Protein and nutrition facts
At under 100 calories, these healthy chocolate brownie bites are packed with fiber, protein, and nutrition.
Including the optional chia seeds adds omega-3s, calcium, iron, and even more fiber.
Each cholesterol free snack bite contains more than two grams of protein, even with no protein powder required for the recipe.
We have not yet tried replacing the cocoa powder with chocolate protein powder. Let us know if you play around with this substitution before we do.
Full nutrition information is available in the recipe box below.
For a non chocolate version, try these 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls
No Bake Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter or allergy friendly sub
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup sweetener of choice
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- optional mini chocolate chips or chia seeds
- optional 2 tbsp coconut oil or melted chocolate
Instructions
- Blend everything together in a food processor, scraping down the sides as needed. (For best texture, we recommend using a food processor over a blender here.) You can add the optional chia seeds or chocolate chips before or after blending. Once it forms a smooth dough, roll into balls. Store on the counter, or refrigerate or freeze.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More easy no bake desserts
(just 3 ingredients)
Or this Keto Chocolate Mousse
Why do your recipes need 2 pages to print? Page 1 is generally empty except for the first 2 ingredients. Waste of paper.
Unfortunately we are just not tech-savvy enough to fix it :(. I wish we were.
Katie is working with a designer on a redesign, but those things take months in the planning stages.
Jason (media relations)
RE: recipe printing on 2 pages: I just copy & paste the recipe into a WORD document & then edit to make it all fit on 1 page. Or you can copy & paste into email & edit before printing.
Nice website Katie. Appreciate your hard work to bring us these recipes.
Judy, that is exactly what I do – it’s easy to format the way I want and then print!
Can’t wait to try some of these keto recipes, Katie! Hurrah!
Most printers will let you preview, just select the pages you need. Sometimes you can just click, sometimes you need to actually specify which pages to print. So instead of pages:all, I change it to pages: 2, for example
I select which pages to print. Should be in an option in your print dialogue box that pops up.
I used peanut butter.
One didn’t firm up I used mct oil and followed the recipe exactly. Anybody?
Hi did you chill them? They will firm up when chilled. Just stick them in the freezer! Also what is mct oil?
Love this recipe and will be making it this week! Mct (medium-chain triglycerides) oil is from coconuts but is designed not to solidify at room temperature. Not sure if it goes solid even when frozen, would be an interesting experiment (except it’s a bit expensive).
How do you store these fat bombs? Fridge or freezer? Do you know about how long they’d last in the fridge ? Thank you.
Either is fine! I store mine in the freezer usually but they’ll last a few weeks in the fridge. Coconut oil and cocoa and sweetener are not quickly perishable ingredients.
Jason
Can you freeze these for later? I’m going on a road trip
Yes!
Hi. Could you convert the recipe to gms please. Not sure how much cocoa powder to put in.
Hi! One tablespoon of cocoa powder weighs about 5g. For most ingredients, it should always say on the box/package. If it doesn’t, leave a comment and I will usually know most ingredients 🙂
Jason
Finally got around to making these (well, it, I never shaped into balls, just a big lump of satisfying goodness in my fridge), and it is my lifesaver right now!! I just used two tbsp of maple syrup so it’s more like super dark chocolate, and it’s perfect to have a satisfying snack whenever hunger hits and I can keep nausea at bay! (Pregnancy nausea) Thanks girl, it’s so frustrating constantly trying to figure out what to eat to keep from feeling like crap. This is perfect for me. ?
I love these! Made them according to the recipe the first time and they were perfect. Second time added coconut oil and to runny, will not stay in the balls. But very tasty!
My mixture turned out a bit too soft to turn into keto balls (because of the coconut butter perhaps), so I’ve experimented and I’m creating a mega keto bomb which I covered with almond slivers. Hope to cut it into small pieces after some refrigeration. I used crunchy peanut butter, 1 spoon of coconut butter and 3-4 spoons of Stevia powder! Such clever recipes – thank you, Katie!
Hello Katie!
This is a great recipe!
I used a blender to make these. I skipped the coconut oil and chocolate at first so the mixture I had was quite dry, this made it difficult as it stuck to the edge and wouldn’t touch the blades. I added two tablespoons of coconut oil and extra sweetener ? which made the mixture a little less dry but it still balled up. I don’t recommend using a blender to mix it, I found it easier to mix it by hand. I later added chopped up top deck chocolate and rolled the balls in desiccated coconut. They’re delicious and were even before I added extra sweetener! Thanks for the great recipe! ❤️