Vegan Puffed Quinoa and Peanut Butter Energy Bites – No Bake

by Eva Updated: October 21, 2025

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I’m a big fan of peanut butter! But I have to admit it, I don’t like eating it on a traditional way: on a piece of toast with jam. Nope, sorry! But I do like it in smoothies, energy bars, even just spooning it from the jar. But it has to be the most natural, unflavoured and unsalted peanut butter: no preservatives, no added sugar and no palm oil. Well, you might ask how is it possible to buy this peanut butter. And the answer is: most zero waste shops sell freshly made peanut butter. It’s literally, just the toasted peanuts, that go into the grinder they use and the fresh, all natural peanut butter comes out. You must try it to believe it, just how much better it tastes compared to peanut butter off the supermarket shelves.

So I had peanut butter from my zero waste shop and thought I should make some treat with it, but didn’t want to bake – so I settled on Vegan Puffed Quinoa and Peanut Butter Energy Bites.

vegan puffed quinoa peanut butter energy bites

puffed quinoa energy balls

Now the best thing about home made energy bites and bars, that you can add a lot of things to them – or not, depending what do you have at home. They can always do with some sort of a nut butter, sweetener, seeds or nuts and dried fruit, but it’s entirely up to you what you add.

Energy bite ingredient ideas

Nut butter

peanut
almond
hazelnut

Seeds

pumpkin
sunflower
hemp
chia
seasme
hulled linseeds

Natural sweetener

maple syrup
agave syrup
coconut sugar
molasses
fruit jam
banana purée
apple purée

Nuts (toasted or not)

almonds
hazelnuts
peanuts
pecans
brazil nuts
cashews

Dried fruits

Dates
Figs
Cranberries
Sultanas
Apricots

Bulking agent

Oatflakes
Cereal/Muesli
Puffed quinoa
Granola

This time I chose puffed quinoa and peanut butter as main ingredient. The rest is just what I had at home: mixed seeds and nuts, dates, dried cranberries, some maple syrup and chocolate. You can even add chocolate chips.

I’m not saying this Vegan Puffed Quinoa and Peanut Butter Energy Bites are low in calories… of course they aren’t but then you only need one to satisfy a craving of sweet but healthy treat.

Enjoy!