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no-bake protein bars

No-Bake Protein Bars

These easy, simple, no-bake protein bars are the perfect on-the-go snack or post-workout fuel up. Packed with protein, fiber, and healthy fats.

Course Snack
Keyword healthy snack recipe, no-bake protein bars
Prep Time 25 minutes
Servings 6 bars
Author Taavi Moore

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups rolled oats
  • ½ cup cashews
  • 2 tbsp shredded coconut
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp chocolate protein powder optional
  • 5 pitted, medjool dates
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil
  • 2-3 tbsp nut butter such as peanut or almond
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp water
  • Pinch of flaky sea salt
  • ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
  • ½ cup dark chocolate chunks
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

  1. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.

  2. To a food processor, blitz the oats and cashews until it resembles a coarse flour. Add in the coconut, sesame seeds, protein powder, dates, coconut oil, nut butter, maple syrup, water, and salt. Process until the dough starts to come together. Add another tbsp of water if it's still dry. You should be able to press the dough together with your hands. Add in the pumpkin seeds and process until they are incorporated.

  3. Press dough into the baking pan. It wont fill the whole pan up, so just shape into a rectangle that takes up about half of the pan. You can try to fill up the whole pan, but they will be thinner bars. Transfer to the freezer for 10 min.

  4. Melt chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave for 30 sec. at a time. Take the bars out of the baking pan (with the parchment paper). Cut into 6 even rectangles. Drizzle with dark chocolate. Transfer to the baking pan again and freeze for 5 min. until chocolate is set. Store bars in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a week.