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Vanilla Banana Walnut Chocolate Bites

Soft, chewy no-bake bites with ripe banana sweetness, toasty-tasting walnuts, warm vanilla and little pockets of dark chocolate.

Vanilla Banana Walnut Chocolate Bites

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup sliced100 gBananavery ripe, mashed
  • ½ cup chopped60 gWalnutsfinely chopped
  • ¾ cup70 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 3½ tbsp20 gSweetened shredded coconut
  • 3 tbsp30 gSemisweet chocolate chipsroughly chopped
  • 1½ tsp6 gVanilla extract
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt

Steps

  1. Prepare first: mash the banana until smooth, finely chop the walnuts and roughly chop the chocolate chips.
  2. In a bowl, stir the vanilla, cinnamon and salt into the mashed banana.
  3. Add the oats, walnuts and half of the shredded coconut and stir until evenly combined into a thick, sticky mixture.
  4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Cover and chill the mixture for 30 minutes so the oats soften and it firms up enough to shape.
  6. With damp hands, roll the mixture into 12 bites, about 3 per serving.
  7. Roll each bite in the remaining half of the shredded coconut to coat.
  8. Chill the bites on a plate for 30 minutes until set. Keep refrigerated in a covered container and eat within 3 days.

Check labels: Vegan when you buy semisweet chocolate chips labeled vegan.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Check labels: Dairy-free when you buy semisweet chocolate chips made without milk.

Contains: Tree nuts. Some brands contain milk, gluten, soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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