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, vanilla, salt. 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
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
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, chocolate chips, and coconut.
- Add the peanut butter, honey, vanilla, and salt. 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
Nutrition
*nutrition calculations are approximate
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. :)