So recently, I bought a bunch of chocolate protein that I don't like much (why oh why did I stray from vanilla?!), and was on the hunt for recipes to use it up. I've made protein bars before, and they didn't impress me much (cue Shania Twain), but I stumbled across this recipe and thought it didn't look too bad.
So I took the plunge and made them, and WOW THEY ARE DELICIOUS. I even fed one to my roomie who claims not to like protein powder and she thought it was a brownie. I made slight alterations to the recipe, as follows:
edit: fixed type of almond milk
So I took the plunge and made them, and WOW THEY ARE DELICIOUS. I even fed one to my roomie who claims not to like protein powder and she thought it was a brownie. I made slight alterations to the recipe, as follows:
- 1 cup dates
- 1 cup almonds
- 3/4 cup protein powder (I used Vega chocolate)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- 4 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I started with 2 tbsp, I think it depends on the protein powder you're using)
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Place dates in food processor and process until pea-like consistency is reached.
- Add in nuts and continue processing until dates and nuts are finely ground.
- Add in protein powder, cocoa powder, salt, peppermint extract and almond milk and process until a well-combined sticky ball is formed.
- Take a 9 x 9 inch baking dish and line with plastic wrap.
- Place bar mixture into dish and flatten, making sure the top is even.
- Place in freezer for at least 15 mins.
- Remove from freezer and lift plastic wrap out of dish.
- Cut into 12 bars.
- Store in fridge or freezer.
edit: fixed type of almond milk
