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.
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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
These Keto Brownie Bombs are AMAZING! So easy to make and sinfully delicious. I have made this recipe at least a half dozen times and usually have them on-hand for a quick ‘snack’. I use Lakanto Monk-Fruit sweetener. I also like them better when I use mini chocolate chips (from Enjoy Life) or I chop up Hu chocolate chunks and add them in. I use a mini scoop, put them on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, and freeze them for an hour or two. I’ve never been able to squeeze out 30, but I come pretty close.
i would love to try these keto diet but everything calls for Coconut oil and Coconut and I don’t agree together. Just have never been able to tolerate it and now in my 70’s I can’t imagine what it would do to me now. I keep asking for substitutes but never get any answers. Do you know what I can substitute for this coconut oil? And a lot of the items call for things I’ve never seen in a store.
Thank you
Hi Linda, the coconut oil is not required for these. It’s just optional so you can leave it out 🙂
Sorry, I don’t see serving size anywhere, how many bombs does this make please?
Tastes amazing, really enjoying it! Worried I’m going to overindulge, sooo good! Thanks for an amazing recipes, love them all!
These tastes like truffles!!
I added dark chocolate chips and a pat of butter. I didn’t have coconut oil. I probably used half a tbls of sweetner, I like dark chocolate too. Yummy!!! Thank you for sharing!
I had about a half a jar of almond butter I needed to use. Put it into the food processor to make smooth. I added about 1/2 cup of dark Hersey cocoa and 1/2 tsp salt. Then Some unsweetened Anthony’s coconut and some pecans. Pulsed to combine. It seemed dry so I added 2 tsp vanilla and a bit of maple extract. I made into quarter sized balls and rolled in more coconut. They. Are. Delish!!!! I wish I’d put a few more pecans in. Next time.
Thanks for the GREAT idea. And they do taste like brownies! Go figure.
Thank you so much for making them 🙂
Oops forgot to say I used about 1/2 cup of Swerve powdered sugar.
Very excited to try this, but if I wanted to add the following, how much would I add
– melted chocolate (in the end for the truffle like taste)
– chia seeds
Hi! You can just throw in a handful of chia seeds, no need to measure. Try 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of chocolate chips or chopped chocolate.
For me the keto brownie bombs were a bomb. I tried them as the recipe suggested including adding some chocolate chips but didn’t like them at all. I tried adding coconut, oats, and nuts and finished by rolling them lightly in coconut sugar. I still didn’t like them. It tasted like a blob of peanut butter. I’m not sure what would make them taste better. I considered adding some almond flour but don’t know if that would have helped. I’ll probably look for a different recipe altogether.
I just got done making these keto brownie bombs. The flavor is okay but I opted not to add the coconut oil because my peanut butter was quite oily and I’m trying to avoid as much oil as possible. For my sweetener I added 5 dates, again because I don’t want any kind of sugar added, but they were so dry they just crumbled all over the counter. So I added about 2 tbsp maple syrup, and still they would not hold together, so don’t know if they really need the coconut oil to hold them together. And for 30 balls, they were tiny. As much as how delicious these look in the picture, I won’t be making them again. Going to find another form of ball that sticks together without added oils.
Hi Kathy! No extra oil is needed for them – just blend the peanut butter mixture longer and it will magically get more oily on its own 🙂
Did I miss seeing the macros on these?
Hi! Full nutrition facts are linked at the bottom of the recipe box under the ingredients/instructions 🙂