Healthy No Bake Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe

Healthy No Bake Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe

Today we are making a Healthy No Bake Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe! This cookie recipe is a combination of nuts, seeds and grains with a fresh banana to make a banana flavored, no bake cookie bite. You can easily make substitutions in this recipe, and it’s made with just one blender cup!

Why call it a cookie bite? The cookies are mini, and you can pop them into your mouth in one go (like a brownie bite)! Alternatively, you can also roll them into balls instead.

Why We Love No Bake Cookies

No bake cookies and energy ball recipes are some of my favorite to make, because of the minimal equipment required, no hassle for cleaning up, usually no chilling time required and for ease of customizing the recipe. Don’t have oats? Use more nuts. Have a nut allergy? Use some seeds or oats. Don’t have almond flour? Make your own by pulsing up almonds for a minute in a spice grinder. Don’t like the taste of cashews? Use another nut like walnuts or pecans instead.

And if you’re a fan of chocolate? Drizzle melted chocolate or sprinkle some chocolate chips over top of the finished cookie. It’s so much easier to customize a no bake snack recipe like this versus a cookie that needs to be baked (and it takes less time too). This is an easy recipe to make with kids, or at home by yourself when you want a snack but don’t want to take out too many ingredients and kitchen equipment!

Why You’ll Love This Healthy No Bake Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe

Fruits, Nuts, Seeds & More: The ingredient list for these little bites contains bananas (serving of fruit!), nuts (cashews), dates (tons of vitamins and minerals!), oats (more dietary fiber) and seeds (hemp seeds, which also contain protein). Packed with tons of good stuff in each bite!

Substitutions

Cashews: Use roasted and salted cashews, as extra flavor comes out more than with raw cashews. Roasted cashews usually have oil and salt added, so if you’re looking to avoid these, then raw cashews can be toasted at home to bring out some flavor instead. Substitute these with another nut that doesn’t have a strong flavor, such as pecans or almonds.

Peanuts can be used, but they will lend a strong peanut-butter-like flavor to the cookies. They will add more protein as well though.

Oats: This recipe uses rolled oats, but you can substitute with quick-cooking oats instead.

Hemp Seeds: Raw hemp seeds are a good source of protein and healthy fats. Try to use another nut or seed as a substitute.

Medjool Dates: For best results, use pitted Medjool dates. These are large, soft and caramel-like for blending into no bake cookie or snack bite recipes. Deglet Noor dates can also act as a substitute.

Ripe Banana: Use a fully ripe banana that isn’t too ripe and spotty. Just a few spots on a ripened banana would be best. Overripe bananas will have more sugar than just ripened bananas, but using one that’s too ripe will give a taste of not-so-fresh bananas (like, the kind of bananas you use in banana bread, but that’s not what we want).

Protein Powder (Optional): Use an unflavored protein powder. Taste test it before adding to this recipe. If you enjoy the taste of it just mixed in water, then it should be fine to use here. Alternatively, try using almond flour, more cashews or more hemp seeds. You can find different types of protein powder at the grocery store or at a health food store.

Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe Notes

• For a chocolate-flavored cookie, press mini vegan semisweet or dark chocolate chips into the cookie instead of cashews. Alternatively, drizzle melted chocolate over the cashew topping! Then place these in the refrigerator to harden up the chocolate before serving.

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If you make this Healthy No Bake Cashew & Banana Cookie Bites Recipe, then leave a comment and star rating! Don’t forget to tag your photos @peanut_palate on Instagram. Enjoy!