These Pumpkin Energy Bites are gluten-free, dairy-free, and can be high-protein with the addition of one simple ingredient! They’re healthy, packed full of nutrients thanks to their wholesome ingredients, and are ready in just a few steps. These bites are so soft inside and have a satisfying crunch from the hardened chocolate coating. The pumpkin and chocolate combo?? My FAVE

It’s no secret I love pumpkin season, a simple high-protein recipe, and anything to satisfy my afternoon sweet tooth. Homemade energy bites are amazing because they can be made with simple ingredients you probably have already at home, taste like a little dessert, while also keeping your blood sugar and gut happy!

I’ve been loving prepping these for the week and grabbing them as a pre-workout snack, an afternoon snack, or a post-meal sweet treat!

Watch my full video tutorial HERE.

These easy pumpkin energy bites are gluten free, dairy free, vegan, plant based, and refined sugar free. eight round balls sit in a white bowl. each is a dark chocolate color with a hardened texture. one in the middle is bitten into to show the soft golden orange texture inside from the peanut butter and pumpkin. thick white flakes of sea salt top each bite.

What You’ll Need:

Peanut butter – any nut/seed butter will work!
Pumpkin puree
Honey
Coconut flour
Oat flour
Pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
Vanilla extract
Chocolate chips
Optional scoop of protein powder, or collagen – I love this vanilla protein!

How To Make

In a large bowl, add your peanut butter (or nut/seed butter), pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon, honey, coconut flour, oat flour, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt, and mix well. If using protein powder or collagen, mix that in here!

Mixing in protein powder or collagen is completely optional. I love adding this to treats and energy bites like these for an added protein source and to help make it an even better blood sugar-balancing snack!

Depending on the type of peanut butter you use, you may need more flour or protein powder. Continue to add until you reach a dough-like consistency! (When choosing a nut butter, try to make sure it’s organic with few ingredients – I find this is KEY to a runnier consistency which is easier to use!)

Next, roll the dough into balls (about twenty) and place them on a parchment paper-lined plate or baking tray (just make sure it fits in your freezer). Freeze for one hour!

While the bites freeze, make the chocolate coating. Melt one cup of chocolate chips with one tablespoon of coconut oil in the microwave in thirty-second intervals, stirring between each.

Once the bites are done, dip each one into the melted chocolate and place back on the plate. Put them back in the freezer for another twenty to thirty minutes until their fully set. Enjoy!

More Bite-Sized Snacks

Pecan Pie Energy Bites (Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegan)

Thin Mint Bites (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

Sugar Cookie Energy Bites (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

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