Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars…
Just five ingredients, and no baking required!
These homemade protein bars are packed with wholesome ingredients and serious peanut-butter flavor. Or would you prefer bachelor bar number two: a highly-processed block with an unpleasant taffy-like texture and an aftertaste that long overstays its welcome?
Oh yeah, he is a handsome one, with a laundry list of ingredients such as: soy protein isolate, fractioned palm kernel oil, maltodextrin, corn syrup solids, distilled monoglycerides… these are some of the actual ingredients in many protein bars on the market today.
You’re much better off making your own—the main ingredient in my homemade protein bar recipe is peanut butter. Do your body a favor and choose homemade:
Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars
Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter, or allergy-friendly substitute (110g)
- 1/4 cup protein powder (I use Vanilla Nutribiotic) (20g)
- 3/4 tsp baking soda (trust me)
- 1/4 cup Sucanat or brown sugar (40g)
- 2 tbsp applesauce (30g)
- tiny pinch salt if desired (I use 1/16 tsp, and my pb also has salt)
Instructions
If your peanut butter is from the fridge, gently warm it until it is a stir-able consistency. In a mixing bowl, stir the peanut butter and applesauce until they form a smooth paste. In a separate bowl, combine all remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour the dry ingredients over the pb mixture, and stir until evenly incorporated. It will be a little crumbly, so transfer the crumbly dough to a gallon-sized plastic bag. From inside the bag, form one big ball. Still in the bag, roll out with a rolling pin. Cut bars (or portion bars into individual bags and shape them) and put in the freezer to firm. (Alternatively, you can bake these or make protein peanut butter cookies if you’d prefer.) I store mine in the freezer, but you can fridge them if you want softer bars. Makes 4-6 homemade protein bars, depending on how thinly you roll/shape the bars.
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Sophia @ Pray. Work. Eat. says
I was wondering what the use of the baking soda was? I was guessing it’s supposed to add a baked/cookie taste… but not sure…. Could you enlighten me on this?
Sherry says
quick question…I don’t have Sucanat and I would prefer not to use brown sugar. Can I use stevia (liquid or powder) or Xylotol….not sure if I spelled that right.
Shirley L says
I just made these for my grandson who has had problems with eating (swallowing issues and I think maybe just picky!). I think he’s going to love them! I do! I’m not sure what gave yours in the pic the white speckles, I ground up some almonds very fine and added them. These are delicious and easy! Thank You!!
Susan Smith says
These turned out great and are so super easy to make! I subbed almond butter for the peanut butter and used the protein powder that I had on hand (Vanilla Sunwarrior Warrior Blend brand). Also, instead of making these into bars, I rolled them into 8 balls. I was excited to find a recipe using Sucanot as I recently found a bag of it in the back of my cupboard that needs to be used up. I will definitely be making many more of these in the future!
Mackenzie says
Wow. These are AMAZINGGGGGG! I just wanted to eat the dough without freezing it/putting it in the fridge, but that was amazing too. I’ve been meaning to make these for a long time, so I’m really glad I did! I used Gold Standard 100% Whey vanilla ice cream protein powder (my husband’s) and it was delicious. Thanks Katie!
zauq says
really quick and easy recipe, thanks for sharing
brown says
I know this is an old post but anted to give my 2 cents.
I substitute some ingredients to make it keto and the recipe came out fabulous!
I subbed 1T butter + 1T s/f (NO Malitol!) maple syrup, for the applesauce, and to that mixture added 1/4t ground cloves.
I used Swerve Brown sugar, and to the dry ingredients, added 1t cinnamon…
was super pleased with the results and this is a recipe you can “make your own”