If you’re looking for a filling a satisfying WW snack idea to beat cravings, these Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Protein Balls are the perfect solution. Everyone can snack on these chewy, chocolatey, delicious granola bites.
Making Weight Watchers granola bites checks a couple of boxes on my meal prep and planning list. I can whip these up as snacks for the family, a mid day energy boosting Weight Watchers snack for me, or a quick breakfast on the go.
Since these granola bites are made with oats and peanut butter, I get a filling snack that squashes my sweet tooth cravings.
This recipe is so easy to customize–You can incorporate your family’s favorite add-ins like flax seed, chia seeds, raisins, cranberries–just make sure to re-calculate the freestyle smart points for your snack.
How to make Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Protein Balls:
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, chocolate chips, and coconut.
- Add the peanut butter, honey, and vanilla. Mix well until evenly combined. I prefer using a stand mixer with this recipe because it seems to make the balls easier to roll out and stick together.
- Chill mixture in the refrigerator for an hour, then roll out balls about an inch in diameter.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Tips for making Weight Watchers Granola Bites:
- Depending on your peanut butter, the mixture might be a little dry or a little moist. Just add a little more peanut butter, honey, or oats to the mix–depending on what you need. I’ve found that thinner peanut butter like the Kirkland Organic Creamy that we buy from Costco works best because it’s so thin.
- I think that using mini chocolate chips helps these granola bites stick together better than using the regular chocolate chips–especially if you’re going to make 40 balls out of one batch.
- Swap out your add-ins, but don’t forget to re-calculate your WW points!
- If you can’t make balls and are over trying, take a peek at this post to see how we form and cut our granola bars–you can easily make bars instead.
Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Protein Balls
These Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Protein Balls are a healthy Weight Watchers snack idea! Weight Watchers Granola Bites are a filling peanut butter protein ball recipe that is super easy to customize with your favorite add-ins–chocolate chips, raisins, cranberries, flax seed, and more.
Prep Time10 mins
Chill & Roll1 hr
Total Time10 mins
Servings: 40 Pieces
Calories: 64kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 cups oats quick oats
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup coconut flakes unsweetened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, chocolate chips, and coconut.
- Add the peanut butter, honey, and vanilla. Mix well until evenly combined. I prefer to use my stand mixer or a hand mixer for this–stirring by hand never seems to incorporate all of the ingredients well enough for me.
- Chill mixture in the refrigerator for an hour, then roll out balls about an inch in diameter. Keeping the mixture in the fridge before rolling helps them to roll easier.
- Store in an airtight container–I prefer the refrigerator!
Notes
*Note: I use a bit more peanut butter and honey to help the balls stick together. I add about 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/8 cup honey to what's listed above. You could also form the balls into bars instead - I explain how to do this easily in my Healthy Granola Bar post. Weight Watchers | These are 2 Freestyle Smart Points each assuming you make 40 small balls per batch. That means for a serving of 2 you would track 4 Freestyle Smart Points. If you'd like to make these larger, you should aim to make 20 balls per batch and they would be counted as 4 FSP for 1 ball.
Nutrition
Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
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Phillip says
Ooh real ingredients!!
Jo says
hello Becca, just wondering if i add in the extra honey and peanut butter, will that change the points for each ball?
thank you.
Becca says
You’ll have to count that depending on how much extra you use of each. :)
Iola Zinn says
Allergic to peanuts, can I use another but butter?
Becca says
Absolutely!
Beth says
These are the best!
Carolyn Parker says
Hi, this looks great! One question… on the video, you use (vanilla) protein powder, but that isn’t in the recipe. how much WW Vanilla protein powder would you use and would that affect the quantities for the rest of the recipe or number of points? Thank you!
Becca says
I didn’t include the optional ingredients :)
It completely depends on the kind of powder you use – I’d calculate the new points in the app.
pj says
So, how many of these can you eat in a sitting?
Becca says
How many can I? Or should I? :) If you’re asking about serving size, all of the information you need is in the recipe at the bottom, including how big to make them and the points calculation!