You only need four ingredients for these balls: ripe bananas, oats, chocolate chips and a pinch of salt. The mashed bananas hold the mixture together and bring all the sweetness.

In the oven, the balls firm up slightly on the outside and stay soft inside – a quick snack between meals or on the go.

Chocolate Banana Energy Balls

Baked balls made with ripe bananas, oats and chocolate chips – simple, quick and with just four ingredients.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Servings: 10 balls

Course: Snack

Ingredients Equipment Instructions Notes

Ingredients

  

• 2 bananas ripe, approx. 240 g peeled
• 100 g rolled oats
• 30 g chocolate chips
• 1 pinch salt

Equipment

• 1 baking tray lined with baking paper
• 1 mixing bowl

Instructions

 

1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C (conventional, top and bottom heat). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Peel the bananas and mash them thoroughly with a fork in a bowl.
3. Add the oats, chocolate chips and salt and mix everything into an even mixture.
4. With slightly damp hands, shape about 10 balls and place them on the tray, leaving a little space between them.
5. Bake for about 25 minutes, until the balls are firm and lightly golden.
6. Leave to cool on the tray.

Notes

The nutritional values are rough estimates for 1 ball (with 10 balls from this amount), calculated with bananas of about 120 g each when peeled and dark chocolate chips.

Tips & Notes

Bananas: The riper the bananas, the sweeter the balls and the easier they are to mash. Brown spots on the skin are ideal.

Size: This amount makes about 10 balls, roughly 3–4 cm across. Smaller balls need a few minutes less.

Texture: If the mixture is too soft to shape, add 1–2 tbsp oats and let it rest briefly.

Storage: Once cooled, keep them in an airtight container in the fridge, where they last about 3 days.