For my first recipe, I wanted to share these easy, protein packed snacks that are perfect on-the-go before or after the gym, after school, or even as a dessert! These Protein-packed Energy bites are all you need! They are so easy to whip up in about 20 minutes on the weekend and fill the snack times of the week with a healthy treat.
Protein Bites are such a hit in my house, my husband requests them on every hunting trip, my kids ask for them as dessert or as a snack, and I look at them as a quick breakfast on the go some mornings. I always have them available in the fridge for grab and go convenience. They are so simple and the flavor combinations are endless!
Base Ingredients:
Nut Butter: The runnier, the better – It is tough to stir the ingredients with a more solid or thick nut butter. Natural nut butters with oil separation work really well. You can even use seed butter if you are allergic to nuts!
Oats: I choose to use Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats because their consistency is perfect for no-bake recipes. During their processing, they are steamed and rolled so they have a flatter, more flexible texture to them.
Honey: A spoonful of sugar helps everything, right? This tad of sweetness helps to better balance the overly protein flavor and helps these to pass as dessert some nights.
Protein Powder: For these protein bites, my favorite is to use a plant-based, organic protein powder. I have used whey protein with great success but didn’t care for the taste as much. The consistency was more moist with the plant-based protein powder.
Flaxseed: Be sure to use a ground flaxseed in this recipe – it helps to incorporate all of the other ingredients better.
From these base ingredients, the flavor combinations seem to be endless! Check them out in the recipe card below!
What do you think?
Give this base recipe and try and then have fun with the flavor combinations! Get inspired and try our own. Let me know in the comments what you found that worked. I would love to hear about how your recipe turned out! Please leave a comment and your star rating for this recipe below.
Protein Power Bites – All Flavors
Ingredients
Base
- 1 cup Nut Butter
- ¼ cup Honey maple syrup if vegan
- ¼ cup Flaxseed Meal
- ¼ cup Oats gluten free if preferred
Cinnamon Raisin
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder vegan protein if preferred
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- ¼ cup Raisins
Almond Joy
- ¼ cup Shredded Coconut
- ¼ cup Chocolate Protein Powder vegan protein if preferred
Peanut Butter Cup
- ¼ cup Chocolate Protein Powder vegan protein if preferred
- use peanut butter as nut butter of choice
Cranberry Orange
- ¼ cup Cranberries
- 1 tsp Orange Extract
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder vegan protein if preferred
Blueberry Muffin
- ¼ cup dried blueberries
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder vegan protein if preferred
Instructions
- Toss all base ingredients into a medium sized bowl and mix with a spoon.
- Choose flavor add ins. Combine.
- Mixture will become very dense and will take some muscle to thoroughly combine. Use your hand to finish mixing if needed.
- Mix until the dough is the consistency of Play-Doh.
- Scoop tablespoons of mixture out at a time and roll into a ball.
- Store protein bites in airtight container in the fridge.
