This Perfect Bar recipe tastes exactly like the store-bought version, requires only 5 ingredients, and so easy to make! Plus, it’s gluten-free and healthy!
PIN Perfect Bar Recipe
This perfect peanut butter protein bar recipe feels like EVERYTHING that I have been working towards in my life, all sliced up in a CHEWY, DENSE, protein PACKED and OH SO PEANUT BUTTERY little bar of pure, unadulterated MAGIC.
Yep. Even more than those healthy peanut butter oatmeal breakfast bars or No Bake Whole30 Apple Almond Butter Bars that I WAS making every single weekend until THESE rolled around.
Why You Will LOVE This Recipe
- They’re made from real food.
- They have the most ADDICTIVE dense texture
- They are loaded with nut butter
- PROTEIN. Whiiiich, THEY HAVE.
- The perfect bar ingredients are SUPER simple and clean
- They taste pretty STINKIN’ close to the store-bought ones, my internet friend. Everyone who tried them agreed.
- This peanut butter protein bar recipe is one of the easiest and most delicious, and TOTALLY ZERO PERCENT sad things that you will ever have the satisfaction of shoveling into your hungry, snacking mouth.
- All you have to do is beat a few wholesome ingredients together, press them into a pan and let the refrigerator firm it ALL up to create this DENSE and RICH, healthy-fat and protein-packed slice of HEAVEN.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/4 cups natural peanut butter, creamy
- 1/4 cup honey, plus 4 tsp
- 3/4 cup non-fat dry milk powder
- 1/2 cup unflavored powdered egg whites
- 3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
INSTRUCTIONS
- Line the bottom and sides of a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat together the peanut butter and honey until they thicken.
- Add the remaining ingredients and beat until they begin to mix. Then, use your hands until well mixed. The dough will be thick, a little bit sticky, and soft.
- Press evenly into the prepared pan and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until firm.
- Slice into bars
- DEVOUR!
FAQs
Use only 1/4 cup plus 2 teaspoons honey and sub the dry milk powder for SIFTED (very important) powdered coconut milk.
Omit all the milk powder and use all egg protein, if you want to make it suitable for a paleo diet, and it works great. It is slightly less sweet, but still very tasty! Also, substitute almond butter for the peanut butter.
Use refined coconut oil if you don’t want a coconut taste.
I recommend a no-stir variety of peanut butter.
how to store perfect Peanut Butter protein bars
Keep them in an airtight container so they don’t dry out. Put them in the fridge for up to a week, or you can put them in the freezer where they will last for up to 3 months. If freezing them, wrap them in plastic individually then put them in an airtight container. Also, don’t stack them regardless of where you store them.
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Brittany Audra @ Audra's Appetite says
I just recently discovered Perfect bars on a recent trip, and LOVE the texture! I like to splurge and get 1-2 weekly, but the cost adds up. Love making store-bought versions at home!!
Taylor Kiser says
Aren’t they SO GOOD!! You have to try these!
Sammy says
These look so good– can’t wait to try the Paleo version! I actually just recently found powdered coconut milk for a DF version!
Taylor Kiser says
Yay! I LOVE powdered coconut milk! Hope you love!
Cassie Thuvan Tran says
I LOVED Perfect Bars! I wish they had more plant-based flavors (they currently have only two vegan bars). I will definitely try looking at the labels of those varieties and see if I can replicate them myself!
Taylor Kiser says
Hope you love them girlie!
Andi says
Hi taylor would you mind just sharing with us what brand of peanut butter, egg powder and milk powder you used to create yours. Im sure subbing with other brands will work just as well but for overseas readers like myself, we would have to order the egg powder for example online to ship in from the states and i would really love to nail this on my first try. Thank u so much!!
Taylor Kiser says
Absolutely! 🙂
For the peanut butter I used Skippy Natural, for the egg white powder I used NOW foods and I also made it with Judees Gluten Free and the milk powder is honestly a no name brand, so that shouldn’t be an issues – I think they are standard across the board. The coconut milk powder is Native Forest! Let me know if you try them!
Maria says
Hi. Not sure if you have been made aware yet or not, but this post is flagged as vegan. With egg whites and honey,yeah, not so much hehehe. I was looking for a vegan perfect bar copycat when this popped up. Sadly, I must keep searching. Thank you.
Taylor Kiser says
Oh thank you! I didn’t even realize!
Paul Otto says
Hi,
If substituting all egg protein for milk powder, do you end up using 1 1/4 Cups powdered egg whites?
Taylor Kiser says
You got it! 🙂
Sara says
So excited to find this recipe! It’s exactly what I was looking for. I LOVE Perfect Bars and so do my kids. Which means they’re costing me a small fortune. Definitely making these tomorrow for my kiddos. I’m doing keto right now, so I’ll probably experiment with a keto version for me.
Taylor Kiser says
Let us know if you try a keto version!! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
christi says
Perfect bars have their superfood blend added in as well (one of my favorite parts bc its the easiest way to get those into my daughters body). Do you think adding a super greens type powder would work? I also though to adding a mushroom superfood blend as well, as I have been using the Four Sigmatics mushroom coffee blend most days for the last couple weeks and my focus and productivity are insane, and I’ve noticed huge dips in those levels when I skip it. I found a different prad that is just the mushroom blends, but wasn’t sure the flavor/texture would meld as well with the coffee and lots of review mentioned mixing with a variety of foods and smoothies. I’ll be sure to hashtag and such on Instagram when I try each out!
Taylor Kiser says
I have no idea, but let us know if you try it! 🙂
Laxmi says
I love Perfact bars but can’t have eggs. Can I replace egg with something else in this recipe.
Taylor Kiser says
I have notes in the recipe notes about replacements that I’ve tried!
Aly says
Where do you buy the egg whites?
Taylor Kiser says
The egg white protein? On Amazon. I have it linked right below the recipe.