diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index c214b72..1c9e50b 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package crypto
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/aes"
 	"crypto/cipher"
 	"crypto/rand"
@@ -171,3 +172,42 @@ func DecryptStream(reader io.Reader, writer io.WriteCloser, key string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// EncryptBytes encrypts a byte array and returns the encrypted bytes.
+// For better performance with large data or when you have readers/writers available,
+// use EncryptStream instead.
+func EncryptBytes(data []byte, key string) ([]byte, error) {
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	writer := &nopCloser{&buf}
+
+	if err := EncryptStream(reader, writer, key); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// DecryptBytes decrypts a byte array and returns the decrypted bytes.
+// For better performance with large data or when you have readers/writers available,
+// use DecryptStream instead.
+func DecryptBytes(encryptedData []byte, key string) ([]byte, error) {
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(encryptedData)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	writer := &nopCloser{&buf}
+
+	if err := DecryptStream(reader, writer, key); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// nopCloser wraps an io.Writer to implement io.WriteCloser with a no-op Close method
+type nopCloser struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (nc nopCloser) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_test.go b/crypto/crypto_test.go
index eb97cbc..28b7a18 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-type nopCloser struct {
-	io.Writer
-}
-
-func (nopCloser) Close() error { return nil }
-
 func TestStreamEncryptionDecryption(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -684,3 +678,48 @@ func TestStreamKeyReuse(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("DecryptStream() should fail with wrong key")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBytesEncryptionDecryption(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		data []byte
+		key  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "simple data",
+			data: []byte("hello world"),
+			key:  "test-key",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty data",
+			data: []byte{},
+			key:  "test-key",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "large data",
+			data: bytes.Repeat([]byte("test"), 1000),
+			key:  "test-key",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Encrypt
+			encrypted, err := EncryptBytes(tt.data, tt.key)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("EncryptBytes() error = %v", err)
+			}
+
+			// Decrypt
+			decrypted, err := DecryptBytes(encrypted, tt.key)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("DecryptBytes() error = %v", err)
+			}
+
+			// Verify
+			if !bytes.Equal(decrypted, tt.data) {
+				t.Errorf("Decrypted data doesn't match original")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}