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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Carly says
If I wanted to avoid using coconut oil all together in this recipe, do you have any other recommendations for a replacement? Maple syrup maybe?
Taylor Kiser says
You really need the coconut oil to get the right texture! Sorry! You can try something else but I can’t promise it’ll work!
JG says
I made wo coconut oil to my satisfaction
Sondra says
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I love it! Made my second batch this morning.
Taylor Kiser says
So glad you liked it!
BR says
Thanks for this recipe! Just made it and it’s incredible. Have you tried making it with maple syrup instead of honey?
Taylor Kiser says
I haven’t! But let me know if you try!
Anna says
I bought Judee’s GF dried egg white powder. It doesn’t specifically say it’s protein powder, but is it the same thing?
Taylor Kiser says
I believe so! Maybe try to find a nutritional label for a plain egg white protein powder online and see if it looks similar?
Arto says
Is there any way to make these so they can keep at room temperature? Would love to be able to pack them as a snack but they get soft/messy quickly as they warm.
I wonder how the Outright bar pulls this off?
Other than that, we love them! Thanks for the recipe!
Taylor Kiser says
I am really not sure as recipes are only tested as written – sorry!
Priscilla says
Do you think it would work to replace the dry milk powder with shredded unsweet coconut and/or oats? Trying to make this dairy free without having to buy the coconut milk powder. Where have you found that BTW?
Taylor Kiser says
I really can’t tell you, as recipes are only tested as written and that’s a pretty important ingredient!
I get it at our natural foods store or online!
Elina says
I’ve made these today and I’d say they are 98% to the Perfect Bar! Thanks for sharing it. I used equal parts of almond butter and peanut butter and it worked out pretty well.
I got 10 slices out of mine so the calories went down to 270/each.
Taylor Kiser says
yay! So glad you like them!
Chris G. says
I added chia seeds to mine. Pretty sure the homemade ones are better than store bought. Been really trying to get out of $1.89/bar and I think this is a winner!
Taylor Kiser says
YAY!!!!! So glad you liked!!
Whitney says
Perfect bars are my fave but I’m too cheap. I ordered the ingredients rally hoping this recipe would be good and WOW. So so thrilled. They taste exactly the same to me! Thank you!!
Taylor Kiser says
YAY! So glad!
Luiz Braido says
Another winner here! This was really tasty and easy to make. I brought it in to work and 3 people asked for the recipe. I led them to your site and said I make tons of your recipes. Thanks!
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Taylor Kiser says
I’m so glad!!