Welcome back to another episode of our Budget Bites series, this one showing how to make these Easy & Cheap No-Bake Cashew Brownie Bites. This series is all about recreating kids’ snacks using healthier ingredients and for a much lower price than store-bought versions.
These ones are rich, chocolatey, fudgy, and have only 4 real ingredients, no added flavours, oils or salts, and no excess packaging. They are perfect for toddlers, school lunchboxes or a quick energy-boosting snack for parents too!
We compared these to 3 similar products at the supermarket, which cost $4.70 per 100g, and our homemade version comes in at only $1.46 per 100g: more than 3× cheaper! BUT if you want to make them even cheaper, you can sub peanuts + cocoa for the cashews and cacao and the price drops to just $0.78 per 100g (which is over 6× cheaper). A must-make regardless of whether you’re looking for budget swaps, or just after healthy homemade snacks.
Easy & Cheap No-Bake Cashew Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- 300 g raw cashews
- 150 g dried dates (pitted)
- 150 g raisins
- 25 g cacao powder (sub with carob for under 24 months)
- 1/2-1 tbsp water (only if needed)
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a food processor and blend until no large chunks remain, but still texture. Scrape down the sides as needed. If the mixture is struggling to form into a large ball, add the extra water, 1 tsp at a time.
- Roll into balls (optional, roll in desiccated coconut), or press into a lined container and refrigerate for 1–2 hours before slicing into bites/bars.
- Enjoy!
Storage
Keeps in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.Notes
Nutrition - Per Serving
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8 Comments
These were so easy and quick to make, everyone loved them
I’m so glad to hear they were enjoyed!
We made these for our 3 year old. We didn’t have raisins so we used tart dried cherries instead and they turned out amazing! She loves them so much! Definitely adding to our recipe rotation. We can’t get enough of your recipes not just this one, we love all the ones we’ve tried.
This is so nice to hear! I’m so happy your little girl loved them. We LOVE cherries and cranberries for bliss ball kind of things to give that tang, we use it to make something similar without the cacao for a bakewell style bite too (add a little almond extract and the flavour is perfect). x
Can you leave out the cacao, carob and cocoa, what else could you add instead
yes you can leave them out and just enough as a sweet cashew bite
Can you leave out raisins at all is it sweet enough with dates?
Wanting to keep sugars as low as possible
You can reduce the fruit, if doing that it would be best to blend any nuts or seeds first to a fine crumb and then add the dried fruit. You could also soak the dates to soften them, which will further help it come together easier without needing as much dried fruit.