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The Best Protein Bars

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

Protein bombs to go: With this recipe for the best easy protein bars without sugar and gluten, you can save some money!

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Today's protein bar recipe is a real trend recipe. And besides, the bars taste super moist and totally delicious - even though they are protein bars.

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  • Taste and Occasion
  • Ingredients
  • How to make the Protein Bars
  • Top Tip
  • Recipe Card
  • Variations
  • Nutrition

Taste and Occasion

These homemade protein bars are delicious! Now and then, I eat protein bars if they taste (almost) as delicious as usual unhealthy 😉 candy bars. Unfortunately, good ones are often not cheap. But fortunately, I am an experimenting baker. And since you can also make protein bars yourself, the test baking has been on my to-do list for a while.

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Ingredients

The problem: All protein bar recipes I found contained nuts or nut puree, which is taboo for allergy sufferers like me. That's why I simply developed my own bars, although "easy" doesn't quite apply since the first attempts were unbelievably dry. But the last test series was top 😉 ! The homemade protein bars are incredibly moist and delicious!

Check out my other similar recipes!
  • German Bee Sting Cake
  • Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
  • Grandma's Easy Shortbread Biscuits
  • Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

The basic version consists of ground almonds (or sunflower seeds), rice flour and coconut flour; add vanilla protein powder, some coconut blossom sugar, and almond milk. This makes the protein bars gluten-free and vegan, at least if you use vegan protein powder. Other sugar alternatives like brown erythritol are also suitable instead of coconut blossom sugar, which has an excellent caramel taste.

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How to make the Protein Bars

Let's get started with this recipe for homemade protein bars: Firstly, preheat the oven to 320°F/160°C and line an approx. 10*10 in/ 25*25 in baking pan with baking paper. Now, knead all dough ingredients very well with a food processor, blender, or food processor. Then, pour the dough into the pan, smooth it out and bake for about 16-18 minutes. Important: The bars should still be soft and moist.

Also important: Allow the bars to cool. Either cut directly into bars and eat "plain". Or spread with the date caramel topping. For this, chop the dates very finely (best with a kitchen chopper) and put them in a small saucepan with the almond milk. After that, bring to a boil. Slowly boil down until a bit creamy. If needed, puree additionally afterward and allow the date caramel to cool and spread on the pastry sheet. Finally, spread with couverture melted in a water bath and cut into bars. Enjoy your homemade protein bars.

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Top Tip

Recipe Recommendation

German Bee Sting Cake

Incredibly delicious classic: this fluffy bee sting made from yeast dough is filled with a custard cream, but it also tastes great without the filling as an especially quick alternative.

As a highlight, you can get a caramel topping - not quite low in carbohydrates, of course - made with dried dates and almond milk. Top it off with some sugar-free chocolate: heavenly!

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Recipe Card

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Protein Bars

Super juicy protein bars without nuts. With suitable protein powder, the bars are vegan. They taste in the low carb alternative even without topping.
Prep Time10 mins
Baking Time16 mins
Servings: 8 bars
Calories: 178kcal

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 100 grams (1 cup) ground almonds, or cashews/sunflower seeds
  • 50 grams (⅓ cup) rice flour
  • 2 tablespoons heaped coconut flour
  • 60 grams (⅔ cup) vanilla protein powder
  • 60 grams (⅓ cup) Xucker bronxe, or coconut sugar
  • 250 milliliters (1 cup) almond milk

For the optional topping

  • 50 grams (⅓ cup) dates, preferably Medjool
  • 100 milliliters (7 tablespoons) almond milk, coarse specification
  • dark chocolate, without sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 320°F/160°C. Line an approx. 1010 in/ 2525 cm baking pan with baking paper. Knead all dough ingredients very well with a food processor, blender, or food processor. Pour dough into the pan and smooth it out. Bake for about 16-18 minutes. Bars should still be soft and moist.
  • Allow bars to cool. Either cut directly into bars and eat "plain". Or spread with the date caramel topping.
  • For this, chop the dates very finely (best with a kitchen chopper). Put them in a small saucepan with the almond milk and bring to a boil. Slowly boil down until a bit creamy. If needed, puree additionally afterward. Allow the date caramel to cool and spread on the pastry sheet. Spread with couverture melted in a water bath and cut into bars.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!
Protein bombs to go: With this recipe for the best easy protein bars without sugar and gluten, you can save some money!Protein bombs to go: With this recipe for the best easy protein bars without sugar and gluten, you can save some money!Protein bombs to go: With this recipe for the best easy protein bars without sugar and gluten, you can save some money!

Variations

Conclusion: a great, tasty treat, from which, unfortunately, you do not automatically become fit and healthy and slim 😉, but which tastes very good and even a bit healthier than store-bought bars and Co. Who has tried my easy protein bar recipe no longer want to buy store alternatives, promised!

You can find lots more bar recipes on my blog. From the low carb to the healthy alternative. Or how about the vegan granola bars.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Protein Bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 178 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 15mg5%
Sodium 95mg4%
Potassium 77mg2%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 1IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 120mg12%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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It's like a little miracle to me every time. Seemingly simple ingredients are made into something that can brighten up your life. Butter, sugar, eggs, and flour melt into an airy biscuit, a fine tart, a juicy cake, or a crispy biscuit. Baking is what makes us happy.

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