Homemade Protein Bars

You should check out Derek Howes the protein chef on you tube. He does lots of tasty recipes.

I prefer baked protein bars because they're less perishable, but it's basically just banana and protein powder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SwEl8h9v9A

I'm currently really liking pure protein bars, especially the cookie dough flavor. The chocolate peanut butter and chocolate deluxe aren't bad, but the cookie dough is definitely my favorite.
I tried quest bars but I couldn't get into them. The texture is just too funky for me

Pure protein chocolate chip, nature valley almond dark choc protein bar, quest raspberry white choc, quest cravings peanut butter cups. 1 cup of fiber one cranberry almond cereal with 1 cup carbmaster protein skim milk has 20 g of protein and tastes great for a meal or big snack.

Sounds yummy...gonna try making them! do you store them in the frig? how long will they keep?

Take your favorite cookie or brownie recipe and change it. Take out some of the sugar and some of the flour and replace it with protein powder! Maybe throw an extra few egg whites in as well, or swap some butter with cream cheese. Bonus points for switching the rest of the flour to almond meal, flax meal, ground oats, whole wheat flour, or some combination

You'd be surprised the big difference you can make in a recipe, but you'll probably have to tweak it until it's perfect for ya (small batches are your friend.)

Does anyone have any homemade protein bar recipes to share? I am so clueless in the kitchen so simple and easy to follow recipes would be a major plus!

Or if anyone can recommend any tasty store bought protein bars? That would be great too. So far every single protein bar I've tried is either barely tolerable or tastes how dog food smells so I'm just looking for better tasting high protein snacks to keep me satisfied throughout the day.

Any suggestions would be appreciated ????

Just try the home made quest bar recipes.They are tasty.

http://www.sweetcheetah.com/2013/07/diy-quest-bars.html

This I eat them every day.

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As far as store bought bars go, I really like cliff's builder bars. Theyre 20 g protein, although they are 270 cal and more of a "meal replacement" type bar. They are super chocolatey and delicious I find, but I also love the taste of soy!

thanks

Quest bars are great.

The Power Crunch protein bars are yummy too - they're like wafer cookies, not that weird gritty nougat like a lot of protein bars. The peanut butter flavor is my favorite!

Just tried making these. My nutritional info was a little off what was on sweet cheetah. Obviously I didn't use the same brand ingredients she did. A learning lesson for any one thinking of trying it. Compare different brands! I will need to try different honey, PB, and protein. If I cut the batch into 6 bars I get

Calories-223g, carbs-33g, fat-7g, protein-11g, sodium-58mg, sugar-23g

Compared to my clif bar white chocolate macadamia, I'm still doing better. Except my homemade bar has 2 grams more of sugar. The bright side my ingredient list is waaayyy shorter.

Homemade Protein Bars | No-Bake Protein Oat Bars



INGREDIENTS:

From Pinterest: I haven't tried this yet, but will soon.

2 cups dry whole grain oatmeal
4 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
½ cup natural peanut butter
1/3 cup of water or milk
DIRECTIONS:

This protein bar recipe is extremely simple and doesn't even require turning on your oven! Simply mix all the above ingredients together in a large bowl. Then line a pan with wax paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray and press the mixture into the pan. Smooth the mixture to remove areas that are uneven to ensure bars are evenly proportioned. Next, simply place the pan and ingredients into the fridge for 30 to 45 minutes. Remove and cut into bars of desired size. Enjoy!

sounds yummy! how long do they last?

I did those with almond butter and dried apricots, they were still ok after a week, but I threw the rest out after that. It's the main issue really... they don't keep very long so you end up having to eat them all the time, and they're pretty high calories for the protein, so it's a bit of a pain to fit them in your diary.

So I prefer the convenience of store-bought bars. The ones that fill you up the most are Quest bars for sure (high protein and high fiber), even if they're not the best tasting ones (although I still like some of them). For taste, Cliff, Luna or Pure protein soft baked bars win for sure, but they're not as much protein or more calories.

If you can find Chocolite bars, they are good and have a good ratio of protein and fiber too, but I can't eat more than one or I get major gas.

Try these - they don't have any protein powder in them, but really yummy!

http://cookathome.info/quinoa-protein-bars/