The BEST of all things creamy and sweet. These easy Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars are healthy, vegan, gluten-free, and DELICIOUS! Perfect for back-to-school and an easy work snack!
If this is your first time here on Jar Of Lemons, welcome to what seems to be a continuous experiment of healthy food that requires no effort whatsoever. Seriously, it’s almost ridiculous. I want to say that it’s because I’m SOOOO busy but…let’s be honest…I’m just not into complicated recipes!
There are a few exceptions, where a recipe is totally worth the extra effort. But for the most part, I’m all about the easy, quick way of life! Which is good, because I think you actually are super busy and could agree that easier is better when it comes to healthy eating. 🙂
In this case, my quick & easy healthy eating experiments have resulted in one of my new faves: Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars!
As in, 5-ingredients ONLY Peanut Butter Protein Bars in 10 minutes or less. Rejoice, my friend. These delicious bars can be considered just as much dessert as they could a post-workout snack, take to work snack, or after school snack!
And since peanut butter cravings have been on my mind (oh hey, Peanut Butter Chocolate Blender Donuts), these seemed like a really good idea! Things you will need for this recipe:
Side note: feel free to make substitutions as needed! Also (and in case you were wondering), I’ve added crushed pistachios on top for extra texture!
Watch how easy it is to make these Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars!
Here’s the recipe for these super easy Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars:
Homemade Peanut Butter Protein Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 4 scoops vegan vanilla protein powder
- 1/4 cup agave syrup
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 1 1/2 Tbsp cacao powder
Instructions
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Mix the peanut butter, protein powder, and syrup together in a mixing bowl.
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Pour the mixture into a square cake pan (covered in wax paper) and freeze for about 5 minutes to set.
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Mix the tahini and cacao powder together.
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Top the set peanut butter mixture with the chocolate tahini and freeze for another 5 minutes.
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Slice into bars and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Keep these in the freezer until you are ready to serve them!
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Check out A Month Of Healthy Eats For The Busy Girl for more quick and easy (ummm and DELISH) recipes like this one!
I have found scoop size varies a lot from protein powder to protein powder… Do you have a specific size scoop you use?
Hi, Liv! A scoop in this case is a little less than 1/4 cup. Enjoy the recipe!
What’s not to love about these bars! They look oh so yummy AND quick and easy to make! The best part is they aren’t loaded with sugar. Well that and the peanut butter! 🙂
Thanks, Sonali! Haha yes, peanut butter is always a good thing!
These might be my new favorite treat! I love peanut butter so much!
It’s definitely one of mine! So good!
Ooh, tahini – sneaky! These looks so wonderfully fudgy. I’ve been wondering how this combo would bake up, too – pb and protein powder. May have to try it!
Haha, exactly! Enjoy the recipe! You’ll have to let me know if you end up baking it 🙂
You had me at peanut butter! Love that pop of color on top too!
Love it! Enjoy!
Yes, a thousand times YES! I love everything about these! Your photos are beautiful and I could {I mean I do} eat chocolate and peanut butter all day every day! I have some of my favorite protein powder on hand just ready to be used for this recipe!
Thanks, Laura! Haha girl, me too. So good!
Holy YUM! These beat any store-bought protein bar out there! LOVE peanut butter and chocolate together!
Haha! They’re pretty delicious. Thanks so much, Bethany! 🙂
These looks ridiculously delicious; I can smell them through the screen. I’m looking forward to making these myself. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Thanks, Simon! Haha so perfect, that’s always my goal! Enjoy, and yes please let me know how it goes!
These look delicious. The fact that they are high in protein makes them a little less sinful to eat 😉 Thanks for sharing this! I have saved this to try!
Thank you, Janine! Yes, definitely!! 🙂
I had to pin these right away! I love that they’re not loaded with sugar!
-Clarissa @ The View From Here
Thanks for the pin, Clarissa! 🙂 Yes, me too!