5-Ingredient No-Bake Protein Balls

The arrival of September brings the return of busy days. We’re running to school, work, play, and everything in between, with little time to keep our energy up while doing it all. If you can find about a half an hour to make these peanut butter-chocolate protein balls this weekend, you’ll be rewarded. They pack up easily and each one delivers five grams of protein, so they’re just the thing to curb mid-morning and afternoon slumps all week long.

It’s hard to go wrong with this crowd-pleasing peanut butter and chocolate chip-flecked equation, but you can easily mix things up for allergy or dietary reasons, or just sheer preference. Swap peanut butter for almond or sunflower seed butter, try date syrup instead of maple syrup or honey, and switch out the chocolate chips for chopped dried fruit, shredded unsweetened coconut, or cacao nibs. Once you get the hang of it, you might never make the same version twice.