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Any at all have a recipe using Protein Powder?

I simply will not buy another packaged bar!

W

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Try on The World According To Eggface... I make a donut that is Protein packed that she has on there...she probably has others... the donuts are YUM-O!!!

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Jamie Eason has some pretty good recipes for Protein Bars, theyre on bodybuilding.com

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I know the guy at GNC tried to talk me out of buying Quest bars there and said you can google a lot of recipes using Protein powder.

I just did a quick search for recipe Protein Powder bar and found a lot of websites. You'll definitely have to look at the recipes and make sure they are bariatric friendly and not just packed with Protein (low fat, low sugars, etc.)

Here's one I found that point to a lot of other sites.

http://bembu.com/homemade-protein-bars

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Here are 3 that I like:

Homemade Protein Bar
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup whey Protein Powder
1/3 cup Dried Cranberries
1/2 tbls Cinnimon
1/4 cup Almond slivers
Mix Seperately from Dry Mix and warm for 30 sec
1/4 cup 70% Dark chocolate
1/4 cup sugar free Apple sauce
1/4 cup Organic Peanutbutter
1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Almond Milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mix Wet and Dry
Line 8X8 container with wax paper
pour in mixture
put in fridge for 20 min
5-min no-bake:

2 cups oats
5 scoops choco or choco chip protein powder
8 tbsp natural PB
1 tbsp milled flaxseed
1/4 cup Water

Mix all ingredients together, folding my hand (very sticky). Line 9 x 9 pan with wax paper. Mash "batter" into lined pan; make sure to mash it into the corners and try to make it flat. Freeze for ~2 hours. Cut and keep in fridge.

I get 12 bars out of this at:
174 cal
13 carbs
7 healthy fats
15 protein
2 sugar (awesomely low!)
78 sodium
oat and Peanut Butter Protein Bar 300x225 Clean Protein Bar recipes that ROCK
2 cups quick oats (regular oats will be pretty chewy in this recipe)
5-6 scoops Clean Protein Powder
2 tsp vanilla extract – vanilla bean
5 tbsp natural peanut butter
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup dried cranberries (optional)
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chip or raw cacao (optional)
Lower carb option: omit the cranberries and chocolate chips, add 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Higher fibre option: add 2 TBSP chia seeds to this mixture
Directions
In a large bowl, combine oats, protein powder, coconut, cranberries. Add peanut butter and stir till peanut butter is coated. Slowly add ~1/2 cup almond milk, stirring throughout (add just enough liquid to the mix forms a batter-like consistency). Add chocolate chips if desired.
Line an 8×8 pan with wax paper, add mixture to pan. Cover mixture with another layer of wax paper and press down till the mixture is pressed flat. Refrigerate 30-60 minutes, then cut into bars. Wrap any unused bars in saran wrap and store in the fridge. Makes ~10 servings.
Nutritional info per bar (cranberries and chocolate chips included):
240 cal
9 g FAT
24 g carbs
- 4 g fibre
19 g Protein

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Thanks everyone!! Wanting to avoid oats and sugar. Pooky's raw cake idea is exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for the tip! I'll post if I can nail down a good combo of lo sugar lo carbs &hi Protein. Tks. W

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These look great, thanks for posting!

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I put together this original recipe using the premise of raw. However they were pretty moist so I thought I'd dehydrate in a low oven for a bit. However the oven was 300 or 350 and I left them in for an hour Oops. They came out dry but the finish can always be adjusted. They are high Protein and lo carb. My search kept directing me to dates, but the Medjool dates were super expensive and had pits! Dates can also be too sweet (for me) so I went with prunes. Here goes:

1 c prunes (packed down and pitted)

1 1/4 c total: toasted: nuts/seeds. I used lots of pumpkin, a few pecans and cashews, sunflower, hemp hearts

4T cocoa powder

6 sc unfl Protein powder

Process prunes til sticky, add the rest and evenly incorporate (I gave a few pulses but of course it rendered the nuts tiny)

Press into 8x8 pan and chill.

Warning: These are NOT sweet!

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oops and my quick calculations came out at:

128 cals ea

15 gr Protein.

(8x8 pan cut into 12.)

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Crap!

and 3T nut butter

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