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Easy, homemade alternative to store-bought protein bars
Thought I would share this simple recipe for protein bars I've been making for the last year or so. I used to spend something like $50-$60 per/mo. on the store-bought kind so these have saved me a good bit of $. Bonus points for taking, at most, 10 minutes to put together.
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder (chocolate also tastes good)
- 3/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 tbs. almond milk
Mix together and mold into bars or roll into balls, and refrigerate for 30-40 mins before eating. Each batch makes about 6 bars or 12 balls.
Neat recipe! Have you tried subbing out the chocolate chips with something more keto-friendly? How do you think this compares to store-bought bars?
I've actually made them without the chocolate chips a few times and they still taste fine. I suppose you could sub in something like dried blueberries, but I haven't tried it.
The thing with the store-bought bars is that (to me) they taste almost like a candy bar since most of them have that sort of nougat consistency and are covered in chocolate or some kind of "frosting". These aren't as dense and they're less sweet, but they still taste pretty good (so long as you like peanut butter) and will absolutely keep you full.
This turned out great, thanks for the recipe! I tweaked it by adding more protein powder, a bit more milk, and some olive oil to hold it together (plus a bit of honey).
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
So you don't cook the oats? Just confirming. The recipe sounds great, but I've never eaten raw oats before.
Nope, no need to cook them.
Any caloric info on these? I could use something to eat at work instead of lunch.