Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Protein Bars Recipe
These are wonderful make-ahead healthy protein bars for those busy mornings - or when you just need a filling snack or yummy dessert. My favorite part about these bars? There is no baking, AND they taste like cookie dough!
Ingredients
- 1½ cups finely ground almond flour
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (can be added to taste)
- ¾ cup organic creamy peanut butter (all natural)
- 4 to 6 tablespoons almond milk (the final amount will depend on your protein powder)
- ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips (I used sugar free chips sweetened with stevia)
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- fine sea salt or Himalayan pink salt to taste (adjust to taste at the end)
Instructions
- Line a bread loaf pan or an 8 x 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. All some excess parchment paper to use as handles to lift the bars out.
- Combine the protein powder, almond flour, and cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl. Use a whisk to combine and break apart any clumps.
- With a spoon or spatula, stir in the peanut butter, honey, almond milk, and vanilla extract. Once blended, add the chocolate chips and then salt to taste.
- Do a test and press a spoonful together into a ball with your hands. It should clump together but not be too wet. If it won't hold together it is too dry. Stir in more almond milk a little at a time (a ½ to 1 tablespoon at a time) until the dough will hold together but isn't too soft or sticky. Transfer the dough to the dish and press in firmly with your hands.
- Freeze for 25 minutes then remove and slice into 12 bars. Transfer the bars to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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- VARIATIONS: Up to ⅓ cup of chopped toasted peanuts may be added; ½ to 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract may also added.
- TIPS: Use all-natural peanut butter (the kind you have to stir with only peanuts and salt); Since different protein powders and peanut butters have varying amounts of salt, add salt to taste after adding the chocolate chips.
- STORAGE: Store in an airtight container in the fridge up to 1 week. They can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
- NOTES: The final nutritional value will depend on the protein powder you use.
Nutrition
Calories: 239kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 10gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 88mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 0.2IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg
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