This paleo protein bar recipe only require only 5 ingredients and one bowl! They’re soft chewy and perfect for a healthy, portable snack!
Mr. FFF: “But everyone loves edible cookie dough! Look how popular your vegan brownies stuffed with cookie dough ands cookie dough overnight oat are!”
Me: “Yes, they love cookie dough that is just slightly under-baked and ooey gooey. Not like, you know, completely RAW and with UNCOOKED EGGS..”
Mr. FFF “No. This paleo bars recipe is fine babe, they’re just really, REALLY soft. Which is what you’re going for right?”
Me: “I’m going for “soft” like soft-BAKED. Not “soft” like “soft-give-you-salmonella-and-who-knows-what-else-RAW”
Hubs: “That Salmonella thing is totally a myth. I’m a nurse, I know these things.”
Riiiight. You guys…
My Hubskerdoodle is trying to kill you. My apologies.
IF you’re wondering where the latest and greatest #marriedliveconversations brought to you be yours truly and her nutso crazy spouse came from, it was the development of this high protein snack-age that are PALEO APPROVED!
What is the paleo diet?
The paleo diet is a very popular way of eating these days! Its approach focuses on eating whole, real foods in their natural state – or just as you would find them on earth! Nothing packaged. It also does not allow gluten, grains, or dairy. I love that it’s not about counting calories or eating perfectly portioned meals. It’s about eating whole, real food that nourishes your body AND also tastes really, really delicious!
These bars were kind of like that homemade almond butter that we spread on our faces on Monday, in the sense that I made them about eleventy billion hundred thousand times.
It’s a real number yo’. Ask Wikipedia. It does not LIE.
And for the first 4 trial and errors, I achieved tasty-yumminess. How-EV-er, these simple protein bar recipe was the Jedi mind tricksters of the “I LOOK BAKED, BUT I AM 100% NOT BAKED AT ALL, AND IMMA KILL YOU IF YOU EAT ME” world.
You understand.
Unless, you know, you’re my husband apparently.
Every. Single. Time that I baked this little paleo approved protein bar recipe, and tweaked them, they would PUFF up and look all tempting and golden and soft and GIMME THE WHOLE PAN NOW. I would even do that mean thing that we do to baked goods and POKE it right in its center with a tooth pick. It even followed the Jedi suit, and came out clean.
And then.
The bars sank. Like SANK. Like I-don’t-even-know-how-they-were-still-in-the-pan-they-were-so-low. They should have sank right through it onto the FLOOR.
Dramatic? Me? NEVAH.
And they were SOMEHOW RAW. LIKE, I kept wondering how to make paleo protein bars that actually WORK, and were not “no bake” recipes like that perfect bar recipe.
Of course, “raw” was somehow “under-baked and cookie dough like” according to the man-who-shall-not-be-named-because-he-is-trying-to-kill-you.
Which, I can’t confirm or deny, was the inspiration for the cookies and cream paleo protein bars. No baking = NO RISK.
Obviously, I didn’t post those. You should know, however, that Mr. FFF ate them all. For dinner. Because he’s that weird guy that considers things like sugar free keto granola bars enough for a meal? WEIRD.
Anyway. He is still alive.
I’ll keep you posted on that one though.
Anyway.
FINALLY, after aforementioned zillion million attempts, SUCCESS was reached.
Success in the form of ONE BOWL (REJOICE!) ONLY 5 ingredients (salt DOES not count as one, capeesh?) which I bet you probably have RIGHT NOW.
Success In the form of…well, the form of homemade paleo protein bars. Because that’s what they are. Between you and me these are one of my FAV snacks. I got between ’em and the protein peanut butter cups regularly.
I was trying to get all wordy and tell you how they are lightly sweet with a light springy texture that kind of sort of MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH as you munch.
But, I guess I just did anyway.
MAYBE IT WAS ON PURPOSE.
You’ll never know.
Make sure you also check out the best tasting protein bars: protein bar review!
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Almond Butter (120 g)
- 1/4 Cup Honey
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 Cup Grass-Fed Vanilla Whey Protein Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and rub an 8×8 inch pan with coconut oil. Set aside.
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl, melt the almond butter and honey until the almond butter is soft and creamy, about 1 minute.
- Whisk in the egg and egg yolk until well combined and the almond butter begins to thicken. Stir in the protein powder, salt and baking soda. Mix until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and press out evenly. If your mixture is sticky, rub your fingers with some coconut oil, and it should help spread it out easily.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bars come out clean, and the edges and golden brown, about 11-13 minutes. Careful not to over-bake, as you want them soft.
- Cool in the pan until room temperature and then slice into bars and DEVOUR.
Tips & Notes:
Nutrition Info:
Recipes written and produced on Food Faith Fitness are for informational purposes only.
FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:
WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: SMART POINTS: 4 POINTS+: 3. OLD POINTS: 2
(per 1 bar)
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Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
I am passing these onto my friend. She is obsessed with Almond Butter!
Taylor Kiser says
Then she would be all over these! Thanks chica!
Charissa says
This looks beyond amazing. I haven’t made homemade protein in ages…definitely gonna get on this! 😉
Taylor Kiser says
Thanks Charissa! They are so much better than store bought 🙂 I hope you love them!
Mike says
I love almond butter. I make my own in batches and always try and find new ways to utilise it. These protein bars would be amazing breakfast treats for the kids. Thanks for sharing!
Taylor Kiser says
I love making almond butter too! Hope you love these! 😀
[email protected] says
These bars look well worth the effort to get them right!
Taylor Kiser says
Thanks Christin!
Aida @ TheCraftingFoodie says
These look AMAZING! I’m a huge almond butter fan (I’m actually an equal opportunity nut butter fan 🙂 I totally hear you on something looking so delicious, fluffy, and perfectly cooked only to be raw. It’s heartbreaking, but your efforts look like they totally paid off with these delicious, protein-packed treats!
Taylor Kiser says
SO glad you can sympathize with me! 🙂 Thank you so much Aida!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
These look amazing! Def worth the multiple trials, pinning 🙂
Taylor Kiser says
Thank you so much for the love and pin! Happy Friday!
Al says
I finally have all my ingredients collected so I can make this! The store bought ones can expensive so I am looking forward to making these. Thank you for sharing this!
Taylor Kiser says
I hope you love them! Please let me know how they turn out! 😀
Mandie | Mandie's Kitchen says
Wow, these look really healthy and a great protein snack! I read your about page and I am glad to meet you! Finding fellow Believers is always refreshing, and reading your story really resonated with me. I also had an eating disorder (that I talk about on my blog), but mine lasted around 5-6 years. Definitely NOT what the Lord wanted, but I was (and am) vain….Well, we live and learn – but it would help if I weren’t SO stubborn!
Oh, quick question, what plug in do you use for your popular posts at the bottom of our page? And how do you get that facebook “pop up” grey like box at the bottom also?
Taylor Kiser says
5-6 Years! WOW! I still struggle, as you probably read, but I can’t imagine living totally like that for that long, I am SO glad you are free now! I totally get being stubborn – that is me to a T!
It’s not a plugin, it’s a widget that you can only get with my theme. The facebook pop up is this: http://conversionsbox.com/
Hope that helps!
Mandie | Mandie's Kitchen says
Yeah, it was not a bright time in my life, that’s for sure. I too, am very glad it’s in the past and I can fight my way to stay out of that pit! Thanks for the info!
Taylor Kiser says
You got it! 😀
Claire says
Do you happen to know how many calories are in this recipe (by the serving or by the whole batch)?
Taylor Kiser says
Unfortunately, I don’t believe in calorie counting but just eating whole, healthy foods, so I can’t tell you the nutritional info. Feel free to plug the recipe into something like myfitnesspal.com and it will help you out – sorry!
Garrett Smith says
I didn’t use Whey because I can’t have dairy, so I made these and instead of using Whey I used Avocado and it actually worked out pretty well, then on the second batch I added some cinnamon, vanilla extract and ginger and it was even better!
But I have one problem, my bars break apart too easily and can make a mess, is there a non-dairy paleo ingredient to help it stick together better?
Taylor Kiser says
That sounds like some tasty additions and swaps! 🙂
Unfortunately, as you’ve already changed the recipe I can’t really tell you what to use, as the recipe wasn’t developed with avocado, and that could easily be the culprit of your bars. Did you include the almond butter in the bars? That could definitely help!! Sorry I can’t be of much service here!
Garrett Smith says
Yeah everything else is the same, they are actually perfect consistency for muffins so I might just use a muffin pan next time lol. Thanks for the reply though!
Taylor Kiser says
Haha strange! But let me know if that works! 😀
kate says
Do you still have this recipe? I couldn’t find it at the link posted.
Taylor Kiser says
Unfortunately I don’t…but they are aware of the issue and are working on fixing it ASAP! Sorry for the inconvenience!
Taylor Kiser says
Wanted to let you know its up! 🙂