Gingerbread Energy Bites

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These Gingerbread Energy Bites taste like a decadent dessert but are quite healthy. Made in minutes with gingerbread spices and molasses.

Gingerbread Energy Bites on a plate close up.

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With so many desserts for the holidays, it's nice to have a treat that tastes like a dessert but is actually quite healthy. Enter these Gingerbread Energy Bites.

These vegan bites are made with gluten-free rolled oats, walnuts, dates, molasses, and spices. They are then dipped in dark chocolate.

Another energy bite recipe is my Gluten-Free Mexican Brownie Bites.

Some gingerbread recipes to try are my Vegan Gingerbread Dip recipe, Vegan Gingerbread Ice Cream, Vegan Gingerbread Coffee Creamer, and Vegan Gingerbread Chia Pudding.

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❤️ Why You'll Love Them
🧾 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
👩🏻‍🍳 Recipe FAQs
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❤️ Why You'll Love Them

They are a healthy snack.
They're sweet and flavorful.
They taste like a dessert.

🧾 Ingredients

Dates: Adds sweetness and helps the dough stick together. I used pitted Deglet dates. You could use another variety. Make sure to check for any hard bits even if you buy pitted dates.
Rolled oats: I used gluten-free rolled oats. If you are gluten-free make sure the package says certified gluten-free on it. You could also use oat flour or vanilla protein powder.
Walnuts: I used walnuts, but you could also use pecans, cashews, or other nuts.
Cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice: Add the warming spices that gingerbread has.
Blackstrap molasses: Adds the robust flavor that gingerbread is known for.
Vanilla extract: Enhances flavors.
Peanut butter: I used all-natural peanut butter, but you could also use shelf-stable peanut butter. You could also use almond butter or sunflower seed butter, or leave it out.
Salt: Enhances sweetness.
Dark chocolate baking chunks: You could also use semi-sweet chocolate chips. Instead of chocolate, you could roll the energy balls in cacao powder (or cocoa powder), shredded coconut, or chopped walnuts.
Coconut oil: To combine with the chocolate to make a silky coating that hardens on the energy bites.

To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

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🔪 Instructions

Gingerbread mixture in a food processor before mixing.

Step 1: Add dates, rolled oats, walnuts, spices, black strap molasses, vanilla extract, and peanut butter to a food processor.

Gingerbread mixture in a food processor after mixing.

Step 2: Mix all ingredients until combined, stopping to scrape down the edges.

Gingerbread energy balls on a cutting board.

Step 3: Form the dough into balls. Set aside.

Gingerbread balls dipped in chocolate on a cutting board with a bowl of melted chocolate.

Step 4: Dip gingerbread balls into melted chocolate, coating half of each energy bite in chocolate.

Gingerbread Energy Bites on a plate with cinnamon sticks.

👩🏻‍🍳 Recipe FAQs

What are energy balls made of?

These gingerbread energy balls are made with dates, rolled oats, walnuts, blackstrap molasses, gingerbread spices, and peanut butter. They are then dipped in melted chocolate.

How long do energy bites last?

These vegan energy balls will last 2 weeks in an airtight container in the fridge. You can also freeze them and they'll last several months.