Easy No-Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites
A little bit naughty, a little bit nutritious, these Easy No Bake Chocolate Pistachio Bites are a delicious anytime pick me up!
Since its 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 tortuously 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…
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?
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!
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 this 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…
Other Easy Bites…
Bananas and Cream Protein Bites
Peppermint White Chocolate Protein Bites
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
- Place the pistachios and oats in a high-speed blender and pulse till well ground and look flour-like almost.
- Add in the soaked dates, chia seeds, and salt and pulse till the mixture clumps up.
- Then, spoon the pistachio mixture into a bowl.
- 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.
- Gather teaspoons of the mixture up and roll to form bites/balls.
- Chill these easy no-bake chocolate pistachio bites for 30 minutes before enjoying.
- *They can be stored in the fridge for 4-5 days (at least that's how long they lasted in our house).
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.
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!! 🙂
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…
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!
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 🙂