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Oatmeal Cranberry Bites Easy No-Bake Recipe

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Try healthy Oatmeal Cranberry Bites for a treat that will satisfy your sweet craving without putting you on the refined sugar treadmill. You can make these no-bake oatmeal snacks by hand without a food processor.

What you need for No-Bake Oatmeal Cranberry Bites

1 cup OATMEAL aka OLD FASHIONED ROLLED OATS
3 Tbsp ground FLAX SEEDS
½ tsp CINNAMON
½ cup dried CRANBERRIES
½ cup ALMOND SLIVERS (toasted slivers taste best!)
1 cup ALMOND BUTTER (substitute ½ cup peanut butter if desired)
3 to 5 Tbsp HONEY
½ to 1 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT 1 to 2 Tbsp of neutral OIL as needed: Canola, Safflower, or refined Coconut are good choices.

How to Make Oatmeal Cranberry Bites

This one is easy…In a bowl, mix everything together well until it sticks together. Squeeze into balls or smash out on wax paper, then cut into squares. Refrigerate for an hour before eating, and store extra oatmeal bites in the refrigerator for later. Check current prices for Dried Cranberries on Amazon.

oatmeal cranberry bites

Try Apricot Coconut Energy Bites

If you liked Oatmeal Cranberry Bites, then you might like this flavor twist with dried apricot and coconut. This recipe is is oatmeal-free and less chewy and easy to make with a food processor.

Ingredients for Apricot Coconut Treats

½ cup WALNUTS
1 cup shredded unsweetened COCONUT, divided in half
1 Tbsp ground FLAX SEEDS (check current price for Ground Flax Seed on Amazon)
½ cup dried APRICOTS
pinch of SALT
1 heaping Tbsp fresh GINGER, minced
½ tsp CARDAMOM POWDER
1 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
1 Tbsp SAFFLOWER (or coconut) OIL
1 to 2 Tbsp raw HONEY or other liquid sweetener

How to make these Apricot Bites

  • In a food processor, blend walnuts into small pieces. Remove nuts from the processor and divide into 2 equal parts.
  • In the processor, blend ½ cup of shredded coconut into powder. Remove coconut from processor.
  • Blend apricots into small pieces.
  • Put all ingredients, EXCEPT HALF OF THE WALNUTS, in the food processor and blend till everything begins sticking together.
  • Remove contents of the processor to a mixing bowl and stir in the remaining walnuts.
  • Either scoop and roll the mixture into balls or press onto a wax-paper covered pan and cut into squares. If the dough is too sticky, refrigerate the mixture until it hardens, about 30 minutes.
  • Unlike the cranberry oatmeal bites, these raw-oat free treats do not require any time to set in the fridge. Once the energy bites are are formed, they’re ready to eat. Store uneaten energy bites in the fridge.

Cashew Coconut Energy Bite Recipe

We’re on a roll, so here’s one more easy energy bite recipe idea.

Ingredients for Cashew Coconut Energy Bites

2 cups raw CASHEWS
1 cup pitted DATES
1 Tbsp COCONUT OIL
1 Tbsp MAPLE SYRUP
1 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
¼ tsp SALT
½ cup SHREDDED COCONUT
juice and zest of 1 small LEMON

How to make Cashew Coconut Energy Bites

  • Place the raw cashews in a food processor and chop for a few moments. Your cashews should be chopped fine.
  • Add pitted dates and chop to the same size.
  • Add coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt to the cashew/date mixture.
  • Zest one small lemon. Now, mince the zest and add it to the mixture.
  • Slice the lemon and squeeze all of the juice into the mix.
  • Mix thoroughly.
  • Shape the mixture into ball shapes. Make whatever size you like for snacking. I think grape size is best.
  • Next, roll the balls in shredded coconut to coat the outside.
  • And that’s it! Snack away! The balls can be stored in the fridge until desired. In fact, they taste best right out of the fridge!

If you liked the Oatmeal Cranberry Bites and energy treats, then try these No-Bake Oatmeal Fudge Bars.

oatmeal fudge bars

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Peanut Butter Candy – no cooking required

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Here is a quick no cooking required Peanut Butter Candy Recipe made with just 3 ingredients: Creamy Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar, and Milk. This peanut butter sugar candy was a real treat for me when I was a kid, and it still feels like a treat 50 years later.

What you need for this Sugar Candy recipe

POWDERED SUGAR …also called confectioners’ sugar
creamy PEANUT BUTTER
MILK or half and half

How to make Peanut Butter Candy

This candy recipe looks super simple, but there is a slight learning curve for spreading out the sugar “dough” and rolling up the peanut butter log, so don’t be discouraged if your first few
attempts are a little awkward. I haven’t made this recipe enough to be good at it. My mom makes it look easy.

Spoon powdered sugar into a small bowl, about 1½ cups. The measurement doesn’t have to be exact, because the main thing you want to accomplish is getting the milk-to-sugar ratio right. Build a small “well” in the center of your powdered sugar. Add milk or half ‘n half in at about a tablespoon at a time, mixing it slowly as you go. Don’t add the milk too quickly. Stir the mixture around until it clumps and thickens like a dough. Add milk as needed, and if it gets too wet, just add more sugar.

Start mixing with a spoon. As it clumps into a “sugar dough”, use your hand to mix. Once you get a “dough ball” of sugar, “flour” a flat surface with powdered sugar and place the doughy ball of sugar on it. Flatten the dough with your hand, sprinkling more sugar as needed to keep it from sticking. Turn the sugar dough and flatten it out by hand and then use a rolling pin to flatten and spread the dough until it is about the thickness of a tortilla.

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Use a spatula to spread a thin layer of creamy peanut butter over the entire surface of the sugar. Then carefully roll the sugar up from one side to the next, creating a pinwheel of sugar and peanut butter. Dust with sugar as needed to keep the log from sticking. Knead the peanut butter sugar log and press and pull and turn to make it as long as possible without tearing.

Use a knife to cut the log into candy pieces about ½” in length. Set the candy aside on a plate and it will firm up over time. Place it in the fridge and it will firm up faster. Make as much candy as you like, but don’t go crazy–it’s a bunch of sugar! It’s a nice treat, but definitely one you want to eat in moderation. I hope you like this peanut butter candy, it’s one of my childhood favorites.

My mama uses a lot of her kitchen baking gadgets in this video, but you can easily make do with regular kitchen items like a spatula and butter knife, or you can check current prices for some of the gadgets on Amazon: Dough Roller or Dough Scraper or a Flexible Cutting Board Mat.

For another easy to make sweet treat, take a look at this Candied Pecans Recipe.

candied pecans
My mom sends out tins of candied pecans to her favorite children, which sometimes includes me.

If you’re interested in treats for the holidays, what about an Easy Fruit Cake Recipe? I know the idea of fruit cake is out of fashion, but this recipe will convert you into a fruit cake lover.

fruit cake recipe

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