Every week for the last few months I’ve been making the guy I’m seeing a high protein meal plan, as he’d like to gain a little weight.
I like finding easy recipes but ones that’ll help him add protein and try to get as many calories as I can find.
I came across this recipe and decided to try my hand at it.
Why use protein powder?
By replacing the all the flour In this recipe with protein powder and the recipe still works nicely.
However, when replacing flour for protein powder, start with replacing 1/3 cup of protein powder for every 1 cup of flour in the recipe.
What did he think?
Peanut butter protein bars for the win! He loved them and let a few people at his work sample the extra one I sent with him everyday just for them.
I used a vanilla birthday cake protein powder as something a little different.
It may sound weird but these almost didn’t make it through the week with the rest of his lunch.
Ingredients
- 2 cups large flake oats use gluten-free if necessary
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder (I used vanilla birthday cake)
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk or a little more if the mixture still seems dry. You want it to be slightly sticky so that it all binds together
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats and vanilla protein powder. Next, add the peanut butter, almond milk, and maple syrup, if desired. Stir until well combined and slightly sticky. The mixture should bind together but not be gooey.
- Line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and press the mixture into the pan with a spatula until equally distributed. Place the pan in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Remove from freezer and cut the mixture into 8 equal-sized bars using a sharp knife. You may need to allow mixture to thaw out for a few minutes before you can cut through the bars.
- Place each bar in a little Ziploc bag or saran wrap and store in fridge or freezer.
These freeze great and they aren’t gooey or dry at all. They’re the perfect consistency to stay in a bag or lunch box all day.
I hope you guys enjoy this recipe and decide to make them yourselves.
They might be good with a few other add ins like chocolate chips, cranberries, or raisins if you’re not one for protein powders.
He says they are a great snack in the way to work, as he works an hour away. He wakes up at 5:30 and who wants to cook breakfast then? Ugh, not me! Hah.
you just feel better with a little something in your stomach in the morning, these are a great alternative to something heavy.
Oh my, these are a fascinating recipe to me, I love that you replace flour with protein powder, I never thought of that!
You’d think it would have a weird taste to it but it’s really delicious and you can use any protein powder you’d like.
Vanilla birthday cake protein powder sounds delicious! I have had PeScience’s cake pop protein before having to go dairy free for my eczema, but I would highly recommend trying that one out too. It is amazing, and I am sure would be super tasty as protein bars. Thanks for sharing!
Yum! I’ll have to give the cake pop a try. Mmm I love cake pops! Thank you for the suggestion.
I think I’ve seen the cake pop, I may get that next time. I love cake pops, hah.
Protein bars are my favorite. Going to try this for sure.
You’ll love these!
This is a great idea! I love making homemade granola bars but I haven’t added protein powder. Thanks for the idea. 🙂
You can’t tell a huge difference, the bars don’t have a grainy taste or anything but it does pick up the flavour nicely.
These sound delicious. I like the ingredient combo. Will try.
You won’t be disappointed. If you do try them swing back around to let me know how you liked them.
Love this…always looking for protein snacks to fill up on when we are on the go!
They’re so good! You’ll like them if ya give them a try.
What a great idea, I love that you can free them too! Thanks so much for sharing, this is one to add to my list 🙂
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If you give them a try let me know how they turn out. They were tasty.
These look so delicious! I love everything with peanut butter in it and I use protein powder as well sometimes, so this looks like the perfect recipe for me. Thanks for sharing!
They’re really good, they didn’t last very long haha. I like that you can use whatever protein powder you’d like.
Yum! Those peanut butter protein bars look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you so much! I’m horrible at taking pictures of food, so thank you for that hah.
This would make the perfect mid-morning snack for me! I love peanut butter, these sound great!
Yes, they do keep you full and they’re delicious. They definitely do the trick.