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No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

August 6, 2010 by Joy the Baker 70 Comments

No Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

I made you brown balls today.

Yea… I feel bad.

Yea… you totally deserve better.

The summer is alive with color and gorgeous produce and I bring you brown balls?  I’ve got some nerve.

In other news:

I’m looking for a place to live by the beach… turns out that it’s exhausting.

I’m currently eating popcorn for at least two meals a day.

I’m house sitting a dog that begs and farts.

Lastly, I spent a majority of this evening using two Sharpie markers, 18 pieces of white paper and a camera.  It’s an art project to ask a boy out… because texting just seems too hard and awkward.  Riiiight.  Dang, I’m weird.

No Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

No Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

This is what happens when you stare at your barely stocked kitchen cupboards long enough…

Little brown balls of oats, cereal and dehydrated bananas glued together with maple syrup and peanut butter seems like a good idea after a solid 18 minutes of blank cupboard staring.

Uh….

Here’s what you should know about these little gems.

They’re hearty, made with raw oats and peanut butter (among other things)… if you want to use almond butter or sunflower butter you totally should.

I used maple syrup to bind the balls.  Honey is also great!

Dehydrated banana slices (that I found at Trader Joe’s) are a little bit softer and tastier than banana chips.  You can use either.  You could also substitute dried cherries, cranberries or apricots.

Now… use an ice cream scoop with one of those revolving levers to portion these balls out.  If you have trouble getting them to stick together, just help them along with clean, wet hands.  They’ll harden and keep their shape in the fridge.

That’s it for the pro tips.

Now… brown balls.

No Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

adapted from Martha Stewart and my kitchen cupboards

makes 24 balls

Print this Recipe!

1/3 cup maple syrup or honey

1/4 cup natural peanut butter

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup cold cereal like Rice Krispies  (I used wheat and flax flakes)

1 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

1/4 cup dehydrated banana slices, or dried cherries or cranberries or apricots

In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together the maple syrup or honey, peanut butter and butter.  Heat until the butter is melted and the peanut butter is loosened.

Combine cereal, oats and dehydrated banana slices in a medium bowl.  Pour the warm peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients and fold tom combine.  Stir until all of the dry ingredients are moistened by the peanut butter mixture.

Using a small scoop, scoop mixture onto a wax paper lined baking sheet.  Press balls together with clean and damp fingers if they break apart a bit.  Place in the fridge for about 15 minutes to harden and set.  Place balls in cupcake liners and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

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  1. Colleen

    September 28, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    hi joy! i made this a couple days ago & they tasted delicious!! however, it was a little too sweet for my taste. what do you recommend using as a substitute for some of the honey that will work well for binding the mixture but not over sweetning it? i think i could probably use about 1/2 of the honey instead of 1/3cup, but what would i use for the other half to make sure it sticks & comes together? thanks!

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