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Home » Healthy Recipes » Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites

Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites

June 14, 2017 By Shashi 22 Comments

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A little bit naughty (hello creamy milk chocolate), a little bit nutritious, these Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites call for 5 ingredients (6 if you include salt) and are a delicious anytime pick me up!

Gluten Free Pistachio Chocolate Bites

Since it’s beginning four years and 2 days ago, this little blog of mine has introduced me to quite a few fantabulous bloggers and blogs! And, over these past few years, I’ve torturously employed my salivary glands in drooling over recipe after delicious recipe. However, one question has sprung from all that recipe reading and drooling. And, that is – do I count salt and pepper as ingredients or not? Some include them when they do a tally of all the ingredients that go into a dish and others don’t… and am not sure where I stand…

No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites

It’s kind of like the whole sleep dilemma. My daughter says she can never have too much sleep, with her pulling off 9+ hours every night she can. To support her theory, she likes to bring up the fact that Albert Einstein used to indulge in 10+ hours of sleep! As much as I love to indulge in some serious shut-eye, too much of it can leave me struggling to get back into my sleep-grove! After a long night of sleep, I end up wide awake the next night, and indubitably, stay up way late to balance off the extra sleep hours. So, what do you think? Is there such a thing as too much sleep?

Pistachio Chocolate Bites Preparation - step 1 and step 2Pistachio Chocolate Bites Preparation - step 3 and step 4

And…
Do you include salt and pepper in your total number of ingredients?
If salt was indeed counted as one, then these little, Super Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites consist of 6 ingredients: pistachios, certified gluten-free old fashioned oats, chia seeds, dates, indulgent milk chocolate and a couple of pinches of salt. If not, these contain only 5 ingredients!

Easy Chocolate Pistachio BitesNo Bake Pistachio Chocolate Bites

These bites are a tad bit different from the bites I’ve shared here before in that they contain no almond butter or peanut butter. I simply ground up pistachios and old fashioned oats in my blender till they were a flour-like consistency. Then, I added in dates that had been soaked in warm water, chia seeds and some deliciously creamy and indulgent, melted milk chocolate and rolled these naughty and nutritious Chocolate Pistachio Bites up!

If you use certified gluten free oats, these little bites would be gluten free as well as dairy free! If you happen to give these a try, I would so love to know what ya think…

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Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites

Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites

Yield: 10 or more servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted pistachios
  • 1/2 cup certified gluten free old fashioned oats
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 4 dates soaked in warm water for 5-10 minutes
  • 1/2 cup good quality milk chocolate melted (or dark)
  • 2 pinches salt

Instructions

  1. Place the pistachios and oats in a high speed blender and pulse till well ground and look flour-like almost.
  2. Add in the soaked dates, chia seeds and salt and pulse till mixture clumps up.
  3. Then, spoon pistachio mixture into a bowl. 
  4. If you haven't already, melt the milk chocolate (you could use dark chocolate if you prefer) in a broiler or in the microwave (check and stir at 25-30 sec intervals - took a total of 45 seconds for mine to melt and not be too hot). Make sure melted chocolate isn't too hot. If it's hot, then let it cool a bit. Then pour melted chocolate into the pistachio, oats, dates, chia mixture and stir well.
  5. Gather teaspoons of mixture up and roll to form bites/balls.
  6. Chill these easy no bake chocolate pistachio bites for 30 minutes before enjoying.
  7. *They can be stored in the fridge for 4-5 days (at least that's how long they lasted in our house).
Nutrition Information
Yield 10
Amount Per ServingCalories 107 Saturated Fat 2.5g Cholesterol 2mg Sodium 40mg Carbohydrates 13.6g Sugar 7.7g Protein 1.7g
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  1. Catherine

    June 14, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    Shashi, you had me at chocolate, then healthy, then no bake, and then at 5 ingredients! I love everything about these little bite-sized treats…a perfect snack any time of day! xo, Catherine

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  2. Luci's Morsels

    June 15, 2017 at 12:46 am

    You had me at no bake and then you sweetened the deal with the nutrition information! These look so yummy and I am dying to try these! Thank you for sharing. Luci’s Morsels | fashion. food. frivolity.

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  3. [email protected]'s Recipes

    June 15, 2017 at 1:53 am

    I am a loyal fan of no bake desserts :-)) These are not only delicious, also so good for you! Thanks for sharing, Shashi.

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  4. Prasanna Hede

    June 15, 2017 at 3:07 am

    Love no-bake snacks /desserts these days! and Pistachio is my loved snack anytime.These are yumm!

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  5. jane @ littlesugarsnaps

    June 15, 2017 at 4:09 am

    I’m a sleep hog – I like as much as my kids 🙂

    These bites are everything I love – pistachios, dates, chocolate and a little salt. Love how easy they are to make.

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  6. patty @pattysaveurs.com

    June 15, 2017 at 8:12 am

    Love how easy your pistachio bites are to make, only 3 ingredients wow!

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  7. Dawn - Girl Heart Food

    June 15, 2017 at 8:16 am

    No I don’t think there is such a thing as too much sleep (girl over here loves her sleep, but I do have to get up early pretty much every day, so I always wish I had more)….hehehehe
    Do you remember the show ‘Five Ingredient Fix’? I think it was on Food Network (not sure if it still is) and it was a show about making recipes that had, well, 5 ingredients or less. This show didn’t count salt or pepper as ingredients. I completely understand your dilemma, though. They are technically an ingredient, but are a pantry staple. I’m still not sure exactly where I stand, but if Food Network has a show that don’t count ’em, maybe we should go with that 😉 ?
    Now, these bites! Girl, they look delicious and so easy too! Love the chocolate/pistachio combo here. I know for a fact that I would have to double this recipe cause they wouldn’t last very long between hubby and I.
    Have a wonderful weekend, my friend! xo

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  8. David @ Spiced

    June 15, 2017 at 8:25 am

    I’m with ya on the number of ingredients thing! I always get confused about what to call a recipe, too. Heck, should we could water as an ingredient here, too? I mean you do need it for the dates. (For the record, I wouldn’t count water…but it is interesting to consider.) Either way, this recipe sounds fun! I love the flavors you’ve got going on here. And I can TOTALLY hear Lil Shashi arguing about Einstein and 10+ hours of sleep. Haha! I hope you gals are doing well!

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  9. Natalia

    June 15, 2017 at 8:53 am

    These no bake bites are awesome! Would be the perfect snack for adults and kids alike. And no, I don’t think I can ever get too much sleep

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  10. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary

    June 15, 2017 at 9:05 am

    Happy belated blog-iversary, sweet friend!!!! I’m so very thankful to have “met” you through this crazy blogging world!! As for salt, pepper, and olive oil – I don’t count those in the ingredient count. Rachel Ray doesn’t count them, so why should I? LOL! 😉 I love these bites!!! Pistachio is one of the best nuts in my humble opinion, so I’m glad to see them here! You know I can’t have cocoa, so I’m thinking I need to make a white chocolate version of these pronto! Cheers, my dear! XOXO

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  11. Demeter | Beaming Baker

    June 15, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    Well, that SO did not go where I thought it was gonna go! Haha. You’re always keeping us on our toes, Shashi! I usually count the salt, unless it’s optional. Optional ingredients sooo do not count! Lol. Meanwhile, 10+ hours would be a dream come true, ya know? Your daughter’s got the right idea! Meanwhile, I would LOVE to be able to indulge in a large batch of these beauties—made with dark chocolate for me, of course. This recipe is just amazing, Shashi! Wishing you and your daughter a FABULOUS weekend! 🙂

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  12. GiGi Eats

    June 15, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    No bake is 100000% dangerous. 1000000%. Ha! I would eat about 10 of these before saying, OKAY STOP!!!! And then, I would eat about 5. LOL!

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  13. Adina

    June 16, 2017 at 5:07 am

    I worry about too little sleep, I rarely manage more than 5-6 hours in the night, with several interruptions…. not nice in the long run. Beautiful pictures, I would love some of those delicious bites.

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  14. Allie Taylor

    June 16, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    NOOOO!!! Never too much sleep. Ha ha. That from a sleep-deprived individual. Ha ha. Hudson usually gets up once or twice a night and he is seven now, so you can see there have not been too many nights of uninterrupted sleep around here and I crave some serious shut eye. Maybe even hibernation. Can you tell? And if I were able to get away for that longed for hibernation, I’d be sure to take a big stash of these naughty and nutritious Chocolate Pistachio Bites — I’d just pop one in and roll over for another few days. Ha ha. Hope all is well my beautiful friend and that your summer is going GREAT for you girls!!! Love ya. XO

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  15. Healthy World Cuisine

    June 16, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    How delicious are these little bites of goodness. 5 or 6 or however many ingredients, we would love to have one for each hand. Sleep on the other hand can be so difficult. I think I do best with a routine. International travel and other interruptions really mess with sleep cycle and so do working the midnight shift. I swear I will never catch up on the shut eye I have lost over the last several years. LOL

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  16. Pamela (BrooklynFarmGirl)

    June 16, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    I love everything about this recipe! Yum 🙂

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  17. mira

    June 18, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    I’ve been looking for new healthy snack recipes to try and these look perfect! I’d love to be able to sleep for 10 hours, but I always wake up so early, even before everyone else in the house 🙂 Happy blog anniversary 🙂

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  18. Ben|Havocinthekitchen

    June 19, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Shashi, remember – there’s no such a thing like too much of sleep. Well, I wish I were Albert Einstein, but being just Ben, I do 5-6 (with a better exception once in a while) hours on a business week. However, I try to do my best on weekends having 8-10 hours and then, if possible, a nap or few:) That’s a good question about salt, pepper, and other seasonings. This is really up to personal taste so I just say I just say “a little/pinch/to taste/if desired” when listing these ingredients. These bites look super delicious and fancy. No wonder – pistachios, dates, oats, chocolate…that’s basically all my favorite ingredients (minus lavender, dulce de leche, and irish cream haha). Well done!

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  19. puja

    June 19, 2017 at 2:38 pm

    10+ hours of sleep…. I cannot even imagine along with the blogging, kid, and household work. Even if I plan to sleep for more than 6-7 hours on a Saturday or sunday. Guess what happens? Either I will wake up on my own because of the daily habit of waking up early or the phone bell will ring or the sleep will get disturbed with some or the other thing…

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  20. [email protected]

    June 20, 2017 at 5:49 am

    Lynne would completely agree with your daughter in that you never can have too much sleep , with frequently putting in sleep shifts of up to 12 hours!

    Myself Shashi, well I agree with you. I only need a certain amount of sleep per night (6/7 hours) or if I go over that, or under that I struggle to cope the next day!

    Love this no bake chocolate pistachio recipe. So easy and so tasty!! 🙂

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  21. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen

    June 20, 2017 at 6:59 am

    I can sleep for 10 hours ever night if I can. But I surely take 9-10 hours of sleep during weekends. So there is no such thing as too much sleep in my book. 😉 These no bake chocolate pistachio bites look scrumptious, Shashi.

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