Yes, you read that title right. Such a thing does exist! Who doesn’t love cookie dough?
These are sinfully good even with no refined sugar. These may just be the most delicious things I have ever made. It gets even better. They only take minutes to make. You could just be minutes away from popping one of these babies in your mouth. I am drooling just looking at the picture. These would go great with a glass of my Homemade Almond Milk.
Healthy No Bake Cookie Dough Bites
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup raw almonds
10-12 pitted medjool dates pitted
1/4 -1/2 cup water
optional chips, coconut, cacao nibs, raisins, etc.
Throw the almonds and oats in the food processor
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How can I modify this without the almonds? I have a child with a nut allergy.
You can try using sunflower seeds. It may alter the taste slightly, but they should still be good.
Do we need to soak the oats or almonds first?
Nope! Just throw them in.
Wow! I made the cookie dough bites with the almonds and rolled oats tonight! They are wonderful! Even my husband asked for another! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
Thank you! So glad you liked them!
I made these today with sunflower seeds that I had on hand and they turned out delicious!!!! Great recipe and easy to make. They taste like real cookie dough!
Awesome! So glad you liked it.
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It would be nice to see some serving sizes and calorie counts on what you make. It looks good, but I’d like to know how many are how many calories!
I got about 20 large cookie bites out of the batch. I figured each one to be about 80 calories each.
Thanks, they look really good!
I hope you like them!
There is an app on my phone called my fitness pal, which also has a website. It has a function where you put in all the ingredients and number of servings and it will tell you the complete nutritional count for a given recipe. I don’t use it often enought, but it’s there.
I have that on my phone and haven’t used it since I quit processed sugar. I am not sure how accurate the calorie counts are for homemade foods. Everyone uses different ingredients. It’s great for prepared foods, because you can scan the labels.
Do you chop up the dates or leave them whole?? Recipe looks great!!
I cut them in half to pit them and just throw them in the food processor.
How long will these keep? I’m the only one in the house who would eat them.
They should keep in the fridge for at least a week! Mine didn’t last that long though. They are so yummy!
I would love to make these but don’t have a food processor. Any suggestions?
Do you have any kind of chopping machine? A strong blender would work. So would a magic bullet, but you would have to blend each ingredient separately and then combine together. If you have none of those, you can probably cut the dates with a knife and then mash them, but I am not sure how you would crush the oats and nuts.
The only blender I have is a smoothie maker. I guess I need to update my appliances! Maybe a food processor for my birthday… These no bakes sound great! Glad I found your blog.
I am glad you found me too! I got my 7 cup cuisinart off amazon for $99. I love it!
Can I used steel cut oats or quick oats? I need to use what I have on hand b4 I purchase more. We are on a tight budget.
I think you could. Please report the results if you use steel cut oats. I would love to be able to tell others.
I liked them alright, I wasn’t wowed by it. I wonder if it had anything to do with using steel cut oats and a blender rathern than a food processor. I also cut the recipe in half since it was just me trying it out. I was able to get 10 cookies out of it. The calorie count estimated at 36 per cookie, just in case someone is interested. I could tast a hint of sweetness, but nothing like other cookies. Is that how it should have been? I’m going to try them again another day. Maybe add more dates for sweetness. I love that they are healthy and easy to make. I appreciate all your posts and exposed pieces.
Maybe it has something to do with the blender? I have got nothing but great feedback from this recipe so I am sorry to hear you were not wowed. Did you use medjool dates? Maybe it was the steel cut oats. I am not sure.
I used Sun Date Pitted Dates. I didn’t even realize I got the wrong dates. However, I am happy to say, my 3 year old decided to try it and he liked it. I’ll definitely be trying it again once I get the correct ingredients. I know eveyone has loved them, so I was disappointed mine didn’t turn out. I definitely believe it was my error somewhere. Have a great Wednesday.
I would love to hear how you like them with the medjool dates. Have a great day.
I never said it was 36 per cookie. I only got 20 large cookies out of my batch.
I just tried them again with Medjool dates, rolled oats, and all prepared in my new food processor. Results… DELICIOUSNESS!! Glad I tried them again with all the right stuff.
Yay! I just made more today too!
Yummy! Made them yesterday and made more tonight
Glad you liked them.
I’ve never purchased dates….where do you typically find them in a grocery store?? Near the raisins?
Yes, that is where they would be. They look like big prunes, but taste nothing like them.
Thanks! I think I’ve only had dates once and I feel like they were bacon wrapped and grilled maybe (I did not cook them). They were yummy. Looking forward to trying this recipe.
Hope you enjoy it! It’s one of my faves.
What are cacao nibs?? Your picture looks like you put chocolate chips in yours. What brand do you use that you feel are “healthy”??
cacao nibs are pure chocolate with no sugar. They give a bitter taste that cuts the sweetness and also a good crunch. If you wanted to use chocolate chips, look for grain sweetened chips like Enjoy Life chips or carob chips. Both can be found in most grocery stores. Cacao nibs are found in health food stores.
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I made these yesterday. I think I’m gonna need a new food processor if I continue to food process dates lol. My 15 year old machine seemed to get a little weary when the dates went in. These were very good, and I just ate two for breakfast
. My super picky kids…my son ate part of one I sliced off for him and said it was “ok” but didn’t want more. My daughter ate a whole one, but didn’t want more. I may have better luck with your new Nutella bite since she loves Nutella, and neither one of my kids even like oats. More for me!
Glad you liked them! I have found that processing the oat and almonds first may help. Hope you like the Nutella bites.
I just found your site a few days ago and I have already made five of your recipes for my family (4 kids, husband, and me); we have LOVED everything. These and the quinoa pesto are the favorites so far! Any plans for a cookbook? I have never had this much luck with one site! Thank you so much!
Thank you! I am so happy you like the recipes! I would love to do a cook book one day.
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I will make this recipe again and again! It couldn’t be easier, was fun for my 4-year old to help with and tasted great. Thank you!
You’re welcome! I just made them myself. This time I added 1 tsp crushed vanilla bean and it was heaven! I highly suggest trying it. My daughter helps me too. She is 3.
How many ounces are those 10-12 dates? There were only chopped dates available at my grocery store so I’m wondering how many cups/ounces that would be. Thanks!
Maybe 1 cup chopped dates? I would start with that and see what the dough looks like. If it seems crumbly, you can add more. I would think it’s somewhere between 1-1 1/2 cups. I would love to know for others who may try chopped dates.
I just made these but I might of added to much water. I just put it in the fridge to see if the “dough” would firm up a bit. I used medjool dates and I have to say that when I tasted the dough it was amazing with a spoon. LOL! It is so sweet and yummy. I don’t have a food processor but am going to buy one this week. I have a vitamix and although I love it, I think a food processor would be easier to use on some recipes as well as chopping things up.
So glad you liked them! If you add too much water, you can always add a bit more oats to help soak up some of the water. I have both a Vitamix and a Cuisinart and I have to say that the Cuisinart is so much better for recipes like this. The Vitamix is great for smoothies though.
Do you think this would work with a few tablespoons of cocoa powder? Will it mix well with the water?
I think it will. I think a reader might have already tried it. You might need to add a tad more water. Please report the results!
I just made these and they are delicious! I made a half batch and added about 1-1/2 T of cocoa powder and a bit of vanilla extract to the 1/4 cup water. I didn’t even need to add the chocolate chips! Yum!
Awesome! Glad you liked them! Last time I made them I added 1 T crushed vanilla bean and it made them taste even sweeter! I highly suggest trying it sometime!
I have to say I was hesitant to try these because I’ve never tried dates before, but gave it a shot since the reviews were good. These are super easy to make and i’m pleasantly surprised how delicious they are. Next time i will add vanilla, that sounds awesome. I plan on making the mint chocolate ones tomorrow! yumm!
Awesome! I was hesitant to make anything with dates until a I saw a recipe for Raw Snickers Bars that used dates as the caramel. I always assumed dates were like raisins. Turns out, they are nothing like raisins. I was hooked the moment I first tried one. If you are ever craving something sweet, try a date filled with almond butter. Yum!
That sounds interesting! I thought the same thing, I will certainly give that a try, thanks for the tip and all these fantastic recipes!
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Thank you much for this recipe. The Healthy No Bake Cookie Dough Bites are delicious.
You are very welcome! Happy you like them.
We’ve made these a couple times & they are delicious! This last time instead of water I added a sliced banana. It turned out amazing!
That’s good to know! So happy you like them! We make them often too.
i put the chocolate chips after the food processor?
I did to make the picture look pretty, but you can throw them in with everything else also.