Oatmeal peanut butter balls are a simple and delicious gluten-free snack. With just 5 ingredients - oats, peanut butter, honey, and a couple of pantry staples - kids can whip up a batch on their own. The resulting snack is so tasty that they won't last long!
Combine the ingredients. Add the oats, honey, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla to a medium-sized bowl. Stir until blended.
2 cups certified gluten-free quick-cook oats, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Roll into balls. Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to roll the mixture into bite-sized balls. Place into a ziplock bag or container with a lid.
Notes
Use any nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew or a mixed nut butter).
Turn nut-free by using sunbutter or tahini.
Turn vegan by swapping the honey with agave or maple syrup.
If you omit oats from your diet, substitute cooked quinoa to easily keep these peanut butter snacks gluten-free.
Chill the dough or flash freeze for 20 minutes before rolling if struggling to keep the bites together.
Microwave the peanut butter and honey for 15-20 seconds if stirring these ingredients is challenging for your young chef.
Wet your hands before rolling to prevent the dough from sticking to your fingers.
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.