No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Energy Bites

• 1 ¼ cups rolled oats, old-fashioned ≈ 101 g
  Swaps for rolled oats

  Instead of oats

  • Quick oats: The same amount. Softer, more cake-like cookies and bars with less chew; mushy in granola and overnight oats.

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• ½ cup peanut butter, creamy ≈ 129 g
  Swaps for peanut butter

  Instead of peanut butter

  • Sunflower seed butter: The same amount. Earthier and a little sweeter.
  • Almond or cashew butter: The same amount. Milder and less salty (add a pinch of salt).
  • Soy nut butter: The same amount. Close in taste and texture; contains soy.

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  Cooking for an allergy? Check every label.

• ⅓ cup honey ≈ 112 g
  Swaps for honey

  Instead of honey

  • Maple syrup: The same amount. Thinner, with a maple flavor; a little less sweet.
  • Agave syrup: A little less (about ¾ the amount). Sweeter and very neutral; thinner.
  • Light corn syrup or golden syrup: The same amount. Less sweet and neutral (golden syrup tastes buttery).

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  Don't give honey, even baked into food, to babies under 1 year old.

• ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips ≈ 57 g
  Swaps for mini chocolate chips

  Instead of chocolate and chocolate chips

  • Semisweet and bittersweet: The same amount, either way. Bittersweet is less sweet and more intense; semisweet is milder and sweeter.
  • Chopped bar chocolate for chips: The same weight (a 12 oz bag of chips is about 2 cups). Melty puddles and streaks instead of neat chips.
  • Chips for bar chocolate when melting: The same weight. Chips melt thicker and less smoothly, so ganache and glazes are a bit stiffer.

  All 4 swaps for chocolate and chocolate chips

• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed (optional)
• 1 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  Swaps for vanilla extract

  Instead of vanilla extract

  • Vanilla bean paste: The same amount. Stronger, with visible vanilla seeds.
  • Vanilla bean: The seeds of 1 bean for each 1 tbsp extract. A deeper, floral flavor and visible seeds.
  • Alcohol-free vanilla: The same amount. Made with glycerin; a slightly milder taste.

  All 5 swaps for vanilla extract

• 1 pinch kosher salt
  Swaps for kosher salt

  Instead of salt

  • Table salt or fine sea salt: About half as much as Diamond Crystal kosher, about ¾ as much as Morton kosher. The same saltiness when measured this way.
  • Salt by weight: 1 tsp is about 6 grams of table salt, 5 grams of Morton kosher, 3 grams of Diamond Crystal kosher. The most reliable way to swap, especially in baking and brines.

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Cooking for a crowd? Pans, timing and salt for 12 to 50.

Missing something? Tap Swaps next to an ingredient, or see all substitutions.