Homemade Protein Bars

Thanks for posting your recipe Chrisparadise.

I'm in the process if making my own protein bars. Experimenting with consistency and ingredients. Here's what my latest experiment. Not sure how to add pictures as it would make the nutritional facts way easier. I workout every day and burn 1000 calories so 284 seems like nothing to me when it comes to getting 28g of carbs and 26g of protein, but you can tweak this recipe according to your likes and dislikes, needs, etc. You could get away with using no sugar and just the honey or vice a versa or remove it altogether, although I've never tried that. This is just a base so far that seems to work fine. I don't know how to make a recipe public so I'm including it at the bottom.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 12.0
Amount Per Serving
Calories 284
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 8 g 12 %
Saturated Fat 2 g 12 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 28 mg 9 %
Sodium 123 mg 5 %
Potassium 138 mg 4 %
Total Carbohydrate 28 g 9 %
Dietary Fiber 3 g 12 %
Sugars 14 g
Protein 26 g 51 %
Vitamin A 1 %
Vitamin C 2 %
Calcium 9 %
Iron 8%

Calories Per Serving
284
12 Ingredients Edit Recipe

2.0 cup(s), Cereals - Oats, regular and quick and instant, not fortified, dry (oatmeal, rolled oats)
8.0 scoop (35g), Whey Isolate Vanilla Creme
0.75 tbsp, Spices - Cinnamon, ground
0.25 cup, All Purpose Flour - Unbleached
0.25 cup, Honey
1.0 egg, Large Egg
8.0 Tbsp (32g), Creamy Peanut Butter
2.0 tsp(s), Vanilla extract
0.25 cup, packed packed, Sugars - Brown
0.25 cup, shredded, Nuts - Coconut meat, raw
2.0 pieces (14g), Unsweetened Baking Chocolate Squares (Net Carbs)
1.0 cup, Unsweetened applesauce

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
In a large bowl, mix together they ingredients. Make a well in the center, and pour in the honey, egg, applesauce, peanut butter, and vanilla. Mix well using your hands. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Grate unsweetened chocolate over the mixture along with the coconut. If you like you can add sesame seeds, flaxseed, etc to the top. Then pat down to make sure it incorporates when the chocolate melts.
Bake for18 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bars begin to turn golden at the edges. Cool for 5 minutes, then cut into bars while still warm. Do not allow the bars to cool completely before cutting, or they will be too hard to cut.
I like making 12 but you can cut into whatever you like. I hope this helps and gives you a general idea. You can do so much, just experiment and you're bound to find something that works for you.

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My daughter made these this week and they were (if I don't say so myself) AMAZEBALLS!

About 3 carbs a pop and 80 cals (well, we used coconut flour and less peanut butter).

http://kateshealthycupboard.com/gluten-free-recipes/chocolate-peanut-butter-protein-balls/

I been trying to make my own. This week using, oats, pumpkin seeds, caocao nibs, rice malt syrup, coconut oil and pb2. Blend the crap out of the dry ingredients and then mix in wet. Come out to 200 calories each but only need one.

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Chrisparadise579 wrote: »

my go to is protein power balls from body beast, 1 cups peanut butter 3/4 cup rolled oats, 1 mashed banana and a scoop of whey protein mix together and roll into 12 balls

chris, how long do these keep for? Do you store them in the fridge?

I'm too lazy, so I stick with quest.

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christinev297 wrote: »

@Chrisparadise579‌ or anyone can you let me know if my calculation was correct?? I'd love to try these, but not at 1097 calories each..

I would think they would be more like 200 calories each? 150 for pb, 50 oats, 50 protein