PB & J Bites make a great grab-and-go snack to have on hand or stock your freezer with. Filled with the flavors of the traditional lunchtime sandwich but in a snack, bite-size!
I think I’ve established the extent to which snacking happens in my house. So today I’m stopping by to quickly share one of our new favorite snacks: PB & J Bites. Whether you consider these small-sized snacks balls or bites, I find they are the perfect hand-held snack for toddlers. Two served up with a sippy cup of milk or water and voila! You’ve got yourself a simple snack filled with whole grains, protein, and yes, SOME sugar. Which essentially is me saying I’m not perfect and let my kids have a little here and there… [which I fully admitted in another recent snacking post about no-added sugar snacks].
While I know many food bloggers and friends make batches of bites or balls each week as part of their weekly snacking food prep, I tend to go in spurts. Truth is, when I make snacks like these PB & J bites they usually only last a few days. The boys are good about portion control [thanks to Mom], but this Mom needs to take her own advice and eat a few at a time. Easier said than done when I’m enjoying them with a glass of red at the end of a long day.
Consider these the perfect post-nap, school pick-up, or post-practice snack—- if your kiddos can have nut butter. And I dare you to enjoy one or three with a glass of cabernet. Triple dog dare you!!!
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup jelly [I used strawberry]
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- Add ingredients to food processor. Cover and pulse on high for 1 to 2 minutes, until the dough forms.
- Using a 1 tablespoon scooper, scoop out dough and then roll between your palms to form the bites.
- Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
If you’re a fan of snack bites or balls, here are a few other archived recipes you might want to try!
Dark Chocolate Cherry No-Bake Bites: who doesn’t love dark chocolate or cherry?!
Chocolate Chex Cookie Bites: Chocolate Chex was a BIG pregnancy craving for me…
These look great! Is there something else I could sub the Chia Seed for? Flax Seed?
You could! You might need more PB. You could also add hemp seeds
do you have to add seeds?
Nope totally optional!
Can these be frozen and then thawed out in a lunch.