No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites

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These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray! 

These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray!

*Originally published 12/2015.*

Hi friends!

I’ve been making these No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites for 5 years now and they are still a HUGE favorite of mine. I actually make them year-round, usually sans candy cane or white chocolate drizzle, but now that the holiday season has rolled around again, I plan to enjoy adding those crushed candy canes to my next few batches!

These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray!

These mint chocolate bites come together super quickly, are full of flavor and require just a few ingredients!

Here’s how you make them:

 

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These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray!

  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: approximately 16 balls 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1/2 cup pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
  • 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 tsp peppermint extract
  • 2–4 Tbsp milk – dairy or non-dairy (you could also use water)
  • Optional coating: crushed candy canes & melted white chocolate

Instructions

  1. Put almonds and pepitas in a food processor and pulse until well chopped.
  2. Add dates and pulse several times to chop.
  3. Add cocoa powder, peppermint extract and milk (or water) and process until well combined. (I’d start with 2 Tbsp of liquid and add more if needed.
  4. Form mixture into balls. Mixture will be a little bit wet and slightly sticky.
  5. Roll in crushed candy canes or drizzle with white chocolate if desired.
  6. Store in the fridge or freezer.
  7. Enjoy!

Notes

– You can eat these straight out of the freezer if you like them super cold.
– Feel free to sub in your favorite nuts or seeds.
– If you want an even sweeter treat, sub 1 Tbsp maple syrup for 1 Tbsp milk

Aren’t these peppermint chocolate bites just so freaking festive?! Makes me want to eat the whole batch ASAP. Also keep in mind that if you like mint and want to forego the candy canes, you could eat these as mint chocolate energy bites year round!

These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray!

I enjoyed mine straight out of the freezer, but they also do fine stored in the fridge. They don’t really freeze all the way through so you can easily bite into them even right when you take them out.

These No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Bites are simple, healthy and ready in minutes. This gluten-free recipe would make a great addition to your holiday cookie tray! 

 

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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  17. No hot oven to mess with and although it is a treat and no one will deny they will fill any sweet tooth snack attack they have a lot of good stuff in them so you don’t have to feel too guilty. I love treats that are out of the expected the chocolate will fool my boys into thinking mom is being bad but the surprise will be on them. This says holiday with a capitol H.

    Thanks for sharing,

    Christine

  19. I made these with my girlfriend…. holy cow. I’ve never seen food disappear this fast, seriously one of the most delicious desserts I’ve ever had and it didn’t take too long to prepare. Thanks for the recipe!

  24. Love this recipe! I want to give it to the teachers at my nut-free school, though, so what could I sub for almonds, or could I leave out entirely? Thank you!