Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

These rich and fudgy 4-ingredient homemade protein bars offer 11g of protein per serving. These rich and fudgy 4-ingredient homemade protein bars offer 11g of protein per serving.

Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
20 mins
FREEZER FRIENDLY
Yes
SHELF LIFE
3 days
Contains
Peanuts, Dairy, Nuts, Eggs
Ingredients
Serves 4
peanut butter
Swaps: almond butter, toasted peanuts
cacao powder (raw)
egg white
we used a carton of egg whites
medjool date
pitted and roughly chopped
Optional
Swaps: cacao nibs
roughly chopped
sea salt

NUTRITION PER SERVING (Read more)

218kcal
Calories
14g
Total Fat
18g
Carbs
8g
Sugars
11g
Protein
7g
Fibre
3mg
Iron
17%
 
109mg
Magnesium
26%
 
174mg
Phosporus
14%
 
377mg
Potassium
8%
 
53mg
Sodium
2%
 
0mg
Vitamin B1
0%
0.1mcg
Vitamin B12
4%
 
0mcg
Vitamin D
0%
1.9mg
Vitamin E
13%
 
24mcg
Vitamin B9
6%
 
1mcg
Vitamin A
0%
 
0mg
Vitamin C
0%
1.5mg
Zinc
14%
 
1mcg
Vitamin K
1%
 
0.6mg
Copper
67%
 
0.2mg
Vitamin B2
15%
 
3.1mg
Vitamin B3
19%
 
0.1mg
Vitamin B6
6%
 
35mg
Calcium
3%
 
Calories: 218kcal; Total Fat: 14g; Carbs: 18g; Sugars: 8g; Protein: 11g; Fibre: 7g; Iron: 3mg (17%); Magnesium: 109mg (26%); Phosporus: 174mg (14%); Potassium: 377mg (8%); Sodium: 53mg (2%); Vitamin B1: 0mg (0%); Vitamin B12: 0.1mcg (4%); Vitamin D: 0mcg (0%); Vitamin E: 1.9mg (13%); Vitamin B9: 24mcg (6%); Vitamin A: 1mcg (0%); Vitamin C: 0mg (0%); Zinc: 1.5mg (14%); Vitamin K: 1mcg (1%); Copper: 0.6mg (67%); Vitamin B2: 0.2mg (15%); Vitamin B3: 3.1mg (19%); Vitamin B6: 0.1mg (6%); Calcium: 35mg (3%)
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Contains
Peanuts, Dairy, Nuts, Eggs
Ingredients
Serves 4
peanut butter
Swaps: almond butter, toasted peanuts
cacao powder (raw)
egg white
we used a carton of egg whites
medjool date
pitted and roughly chopped
Optional
Swaps: cacao nibs
roughly chopped
sea salt
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Ingredients

Serves 4
peanut butter
Swaps: almond butter, toasted peanuts
cacao powder (raw)
egg white
we used a carton of egg whites
medjool date
pitted and roughly chopped
Optional
Swaps: cacao nibs
roughly chopped
sea salt

Method

Your notes

1

Gather and prepare your ingredients. Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan. Line a small (13.5x16.5cm) loaf tin with parchment paper.

2

Place the peanut butter, medjool dates, cacao powder and egg whites into a small blender. Blend until smooth.

3

Scrape into your prepared loaf tin. If desired, sprinkle with cacao nibs or dark chocolate.

4

Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing. Sprinkle with flaky salt while the chocolate is still melted.

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User comments (16)

Angie Last month

Soo delicious! Really simple to make, these are a regular treat in our home

Helen 2 months ago

100g egg whites is roughly 3 eggs. Bought a whole carton of eggs misunderstanding the direction.

Dina 2 months ago

I think it needs less cacao and a could do with with something to make it less dry eg add yoghurt to the mix

Kathy 4 months ago

Just tried the first bite — delicious! A very easy treat and an affordable replacement for commercial bars w/similar ingredients.

Anne 4 months ago

Peculiar taste and texture. MAde at the same time as the peanut cookies which I loved

Fatima 5 months ago

Nice texture but bland/not sweet enough

Sarah 5 months ago

This recipe did not work. Such a tiny amount made, following quantities in the recipe and when cooked it is dry with an unpleasant texture. I may try playing around with the quantities and may be adding in almond flour or wheat flour but as written, this recipe doesn't work in my opinion.

Ciara 5 months ago

So fudgy!!! I did not expect them to taste as good as they did with so few ingredients - giving Snickers vibes!

5 months ago

It’s a bit bitter - recommend to add nuts in addition to salt.

Morag 5 months ago

A question about this recipe, please. The size of loaf tin is specified but not which set of ingredients to follow for that tin. 4 may be too few and 8 too many? Hope this makes sense. Thanks!

Helen 5 months ago

Yum!

catherine 5 months ago

Amazing, more like this please, thank you

Kim 5 months ago

Smells amazing when cooking, lovely warm but chocolate heaven straight from the freezer. Made a double batch and froze into bite sized pieces

Bo 6 months ago

So easy to make and totally delicious!

Louise 6 months ago

Very indulgence unsure if used correct amount of dark chocolate to add found it very hard measure two tablespoons of dark chocolate prefer a exact amount of measure in grams as felt was very luxurious.

Emma 6 months ago

My first attempt at this made a small ball of mixture that wouldn’t even fill a quarter of a loaf tin. So I doubled the recipe to serve 8. This was better, it made more of a loose paste.

I think it could have been one of two things: the quantity of ingredients - it came up automatically to serve 4, or possibly the Medjool dates - maybe they needed soaking first?! Who knows. It’s in the oven now though!

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