Peanut Butter Protein Cookie Dough Bites

These cute little bites must be in your fridge or freezer ASAP. They honestly have the flavour of your favourite peanut butter cookie dough however with out the dangerous enterprise of consuming uncooked eggs!

My completely excellent protein cookie dough bites are made with easy substances, plus mini chocolate chips (for happiness) and you already know I shared loads of straightforward methods to make them your personal.

I at all times haven’t any bake snacks and treats in my fridge or freezer as a result of I’m a agency believer that “lunch dessert” is a necessary a part of mealtimes. You’ll LOVE how straightforward and scrumptious these cookie dough bites are, so watch the video to be taught methods to make them HERE roll them up this week and revel in!

All the pieces you’ll must make these protein cookie dough bites

These little bites couldn’t be simpler to make and require simply 7 tremendous easy (and customizable!) substances. Right here’s what you’ll want:

Peanut butter: make sure you use a pure creamy peanut butter constructed from simply peanuts and salt. Extra nut butter choices under!
Honey: I prefer to sweeten them with honey as a result of PB + honey = love.
Protein powder: add the right increase of protein with any unflavored protein powder. I used Important Proteins Collagen Peptides. It additionally helps maintain them collectively!
Vanilla extract: a contact of vanilla brings out the pure sweetness in these bites. Learn to make your personal right here.
Oat flour: a bit of oat flour additionally helps the bites keep collectively in order that they’re not too “moist.”
Flaxseed meal: get a bit of increase of fiber and omega-3s with flaxseed meal.
Chocolate chips: what’s life and not using a little chocolate? I at all times add mini chocolate chips to those cookie dough protein bites.
Sea salt: you all know I’m topping these with flaky sea salt. Duh.

Easy ingredient swaps

Sure, you can also make these cookie dough protein bites your personal with a number of easy ingredient swaps:

Select your nut butter. I LOVE the flavour of peanut butter in these bites however be happy to make use of any creamy pure nut butter you’d like. I believe cashew butter can be excellent!
Hold them vegan. Merely use maple syrup as a substitute of honey, dairy-free/vegan chocolate chips, and common unsweetened protein powder as a substitute of collagen peptides.
Swap the protein powder. When you don’t have protein powder or collagen peptides, you should utilize high-quality blanched almond flour as a substitute.

Make your personal oat flour for these little bites

When you don’t have any oat flour readily available, no worries! You may simply make your personal by mixing up rolled oats right into a high-quality flour. Learn to do it right here!

Cookie dough power bites in 3 straightforward steps

Combine the “dough.” Add all your moist and dry substances to a bowl and blend nicely till a cookie dough texture varieties. If it’s feeling a bit of too moist, merely add a bit extra oat flour.
Add the chocolate. Fold within the chocolate chips (I typically simply do that with my fingers!)
Roll, chill & get pleasure from. Use a small cookie scoop to roll the dough into 10 balls, place them on a plate, and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Then refrigerate for an hour earlier than digging in!

Do this enjoyable dessert possibility

As I discussed, I like rolling mini chocolate chips into these protein cookie dough bites, however you might additionally soften further chocolate chips or a chocolate bar and dip the bites within the melted chocolate for an additional deal with! Simply bear in mind to relax the bites first, dip them within the chocolate, after which chill them once more in order that the chocolate hardens. SO GOOD.

Storing & freezing suggestions

To retailer: maintain these no bake cookie dough protein bites in an hermetic bag or container within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
To freeze: you may freeze these power bites in a freezer-friendly bag or container for as much as 2 months. When you’re consuming them straight from the freeze I like to recommend letting them soften up a bit within the fridge or at room temp earlier than doing so.

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I hope you like these peanut butter protein cookie dough bites! When you make them make sure you go away a remark and a score so I understand how you preferred them. Get pleasure from, xo!

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Protein-Packed Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites

Prep Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Complete Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Serves10 servings

Simple cookie dough protein bites made with 7 easy substances for the right freezer-friendly snack or deal with! These vegan-friendly cookie dough protein bites are naturally sweetened and full of over 10g of protein, plus wholesome fat from creamy peanut butter to maintain you glad.

Components

½ cup (128g) creamy pure peanut butter or cashew butter (simply nuts and salt)
¼ cup (80g) honey (or pure maple syrup)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup (40g) unflavored protein powder (I used Important protein collagen peptides)
3 tablespoons (18g) oat flour, plus extra as essential
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons mini chocolate chips (common is ok, too)
Maldon sea salt, for sprinkling

Directions

In a big bowl, add the entire substances aside from the chocolate chips and salt. Combine collectively till substances are nicely mixed and it resembles cookie dough. Whether it is too moist add one other tablespoon of oat flour. Fold in chocolate chips. Observe: Typically I exploit my fingers to combine them into the batter extra simply!
Use a small cookie scoop to seize dough, then roll into balls and place on a plate. Repeat with remaining dough batter, putting 1 inch aside. Sprinkle with flaky salt, if desired then chill the balls within the fridge for 1 hour. As soon as chilly, you may maintain them in an hermetic container for as much as 1 week within the fridge. Alternatively, retailer within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Get pleasure from everytime you want a candy deal with. Makes roughly 10 cookie dough bites.

Recipe Notes

Be at liberty to make use of any nut butter of your alternative, simply be certain that it’s a nut butter with solely nuts + salt within the substances.
These have been examined with Important Proteins collagen peptides. If utilizing a unique protein powder, you could expertise totally different outcomes, however these ought to nonetheless work out!
These are scrumptious when dipped in chocolate for an additional candy deal with.