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No Bake Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls with five ingredients that’s simple and easily customizable. A candy bar tasting goodie you can’t resist!
Do I ever have a candy bar tasting goodie for you today! Allow me to introduce you to healthy chocolate peanut butter protein balls. No baking required, only five ingredients, customizable and healthy!
These chocolate peanut butter protein balls made with protein powder are easy to whip up for a quick and tasty snack that’s better for you!
To make them, all you have to do is get your food processor or blender out for these bad boys. But first, highly important! You must roast the peanuts before doing anything.
I mean if there is one thing you should do in life, it is roasting the peanuts. The roast brings out the oils in the nuts and just makes them tasting amazing! You don’t have to, but I highly recommend it.
After you roast then all you do is blend, roll, refrigerate and devour, and when I say devour I mean devour. These peanut butter chocolate protein bars taste just like candy bars. They taste like Snicker bars to me. They are a simple, awesomely healthy and tasty treat!
Just in case you’re looking for an excuse to make more healthy goodies, I recommend trying these chocolate peanut butter protein cookies, chocolate protein cookie dough and chocolate protein bar recipe next!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanuts, unsalted, raw
- 1 cup dates , pits removed
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 5 tablespoons chocolate chips, or dairy free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place peanuts on a baking sheet and roast in the oven 5-7 minutes. Once you start to smell them, they are done. If the peanuts are shelled, carefully remove the shells. They will come off easily after roasting.
- Place peanuts in a food processor or blender and blend on high several minutes until it turns into peanut butter.
- To the peanut butter, add the dates. Blend until the dates and peanut butter are incorporated.
- Next add the apple sauce and protein powder. Blend the ingredients together until thoroughly combined.
- Roll the batter into 12 balls. You may need to wet your hands a little to keep the batter together. Insert 3 dark chocolate chips into each bite. Place in the refrigerator 1-2 hours to set before devouring!
Notes
- Keep bites in the refrigerator up to 12 days or in the freezer up to 60 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So chocolatey and love the Vegan Clean chocolate!
These look great! I have been wanting to try recipes with the Vega Protein.
peanut butter cups! yummy
You had me a chocolate and peanut butter << aka the best combo ever. That protein powder sounds awesome! The less sugar, the better!!
These look yummy!
protein balls are something that I am really looking forward to having in the house when my daughter is born!
yes to all things chocolate and peanut butter! These look amazing, pinned 🙂
Thanks! I’ll trade you for some of your cookies. 🙂
You know I LOVE this recipe! Quick, easy, chocolate, protein, and peanut butter. What’s not to like?! Can’t wait to try these!!! Pinned and sharing!
Thanks Blair! I’m sure the boys and you will love them.
I love protein balls! So many different ways to make them, love this combo!
They’re the perfect snack, yes?
I feel like with the crunchiness this would be a cross between a snickers and a reese’s. Which I would totally be down for.
Yes! Now that you say that I realize they are.