No bake ‘healthy’ Nutella bites

Nutella bites are delicious chewy morsels of oats, puffed rice and Nutella. These tasty snacks are indulgent bite-size treats that everyone can enjoy.

My daughter Kipper has, as you might expect, a number of cuddly toys. These cover the extent of the animal kingdom, and include elephants, giraffes, dogs, ducks, fish, monkeys, seals, whales, rabbits, octopi, and, of course, bears. Most of them live in a storage box but there are a few who have a more favoured status. These get carried around, slept with, taken on holiday, etc. 

So it shouldn’t have surprised me too much when Kipper announced one day that one of her favourite cuddly rabbits was having a birthday. And therefore she needed to make some cakes for the party.

Needed, you understand, not merely wanted.

Healthy treats

I try to maintain a reasonably healthy diet for us, and only make sweet stuff on special occasions. But I could see that suggesting a birthday yogurt, or a birthday fruit salad, just wasn’t going to cut any ice. I suggested muesli cookies, but she wasn’t going to give in for something that doesn’t even have any chocolate in it. Oh no.

So, in the end we made these chocolatey and delicious no-bake Nutella bites. Kipper prepared the (teeny) paper cases. She weighed, stirred and spooned. And thank heaven, cuddly rabbit’s birthday party was a huge success!

Reorganised breakfast (plus a little Nutella!)

I’ve dubbed these delectable little morsels ‘healthy’ as they are mostly made of milk, oats and puffed rice – it’s basically breakfast mixed with Nutella and dolloped into paper cases. AND I used the teeny-tiny petit four paper cases, to limit sugary snack intake further. This way, Kipper can have TWO and feel terribly indulgent. Meanwhile I’m smug in the knowledge that it’s probably less altogether than a single one made in a normal-sized paper case. Heh heh heh. Sneaky Mum.

These yummy Nutella bites were a big hit with Kipper’s friends, as well as her cuddly toys! I’m also happy to report that the few that were left survived a couple of weeks in a box in the fridge, while we were away.  So you don’t have to be in a hurry to eat them all up, either.

Late night treats

Incidentally, if you’re the kind of parent who likes to minimise your child’s sugary snack intake by eating all the sugary snacks late at night while your offspring are sleeping (It’s for their own good! Honestly!) then you’ll probably enjoy these. They might, for instance, go well with a mug of hot chocolate in front of the telly. Hypothetically. Ahem.

We made 23 no-bake Nutella bites, but obviously this will depend on the size of your paper cases.

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No-bake oaty Nutella bites

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Nutella bites are delicious chewy morsels of oats, puffed rice and Nutella! Indulgent bite-size treats that everyone can enjoy.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Cake, Snack

Cuisine American, Vegetarian

Servings 24 bites

Calories 41 kcal

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

 

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• 85 g Nutella
• 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
• 50 ml milk or non-dairy alternative
• 50 g porridge oats
• 50 g puffed rice

Instructions

 

• Spread out 20-24 mini paper cases on a baking tray. Set aside.
• 85 g (2/7 cups) Nutella, 1 tbsp margarine or butter, 50 ml (⅕ cups) milk or non-dairy alternative
  Melt the nutella, butter and milk together in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring, and cook for about a minute.
• 50 g (½ cups) porridge oats, 50 g (2 cups) puffed rice
  Remove from the heat and stir in the oats and puffed rice. Mix well.
• Place teaspoonfuls of the mixture into the paper cases. Refrigerate for at least an hour to cool and firm up.

Notes

Take care when making these with children as the Nutella/butter/milk mixture gets very hot.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

No-bake oaty Nutella bites

Serving Size

 

1 bite

Amount per Serving

Calories

41

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

2

g

3

%

Saturated Fat

 

1

g

6

%

Trans Fat

 

0.02

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

0.1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

0.2

g

Cholesterol

 

2

mg

1

%

Sodium

 

6

mg

0

%

Potassium

 

28

mg

1

%

Carbohydrates

 

6

g

2

%

Fiber

 

0.4

g

2

%

Sugar

 

2

g

2

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

Vitamin A

 

18

IU

0

%

Calcium

 

8

mg

1

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword nutella, oats

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