Name: Prune Energy Balls
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 cups certified gluten-free quick-cook oats; 1/2 cup peanut butter (✅); 1/2 cup pitted prunes; 1 teaspoon vanilla (✅); 2-3 tablespoons honey, optional

Prune energy balls are the perfect grab-and-go snack for both kids and adults. Packed with fiber and just 4 ingredients, these will become a go-to healthy energy ball recipe in your home. Gluten-free.

I’ve been making variations on healthy peanut butter balls for years. They are a snack that everyone likes, every time. The best part? You cannot mess these up. As long as you are a peanut butter fan, you will love these low carb peanut butter balls.

What makes these easy peanut butter energy balls so nutrient-packed?

Pitted Prunes
Peanut Butter
Oats

ingredients to make energy balls on a table

How To Make

Place all ingredients into your blender
Blend until well mixed, adding 1-3 tbsp. water (1 tbsp. at a time) if the mixture is too dry to blend well
Add honey to the blender if a sweeter energy bite is desired
Roll into bite-sized balls

Add all ingredients into your high-speed blender or food processor.

Scrape sides as needed. Add 1- 3 tbsp. of water as needed if more moisture is needed for blending.

Next, add honey to taste if you’d like your healthy energy balls to be a bit sweeter.

Blend until mixed well and roll into bite-sized servings.

8 peanut butter energy balls on a wooden tray on a white surface.

Substitutions

almond butter or sun butter in place of peanut butter
add honey for a sweeter energy ball
add flax seeds or chia seeds
coconut or other dry fruit
protein powder

Blend up your own version day after day!

CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn’t require a helper.

prune and peanut butter energy balls in a white bowl

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