Protein Puppy Chow Recipe: Healthy Ginger Snap Style {Gluten Free + Super Simple}

This quick and easy puppy chow recipe has no refined sugar or chocolate, and uses chocolate protein powder instead! It tastes like a healthy ginger snap cookie, and is perfect for Christmas!

Crunchy. Crispy. Sweet + Spicy.

These are a few of my favorite thiiiiiings.

Oh, and protein. Because strong muscles means I can lift more of this protein puppy chow recipe into my face at a greater speed. Uh huh uh huh uh huh.

Fer cereal though (had to) I can’t keep my snack-munchin’ face out a bowl of the good stuff. AKA: crunchy, squares of spiced cinnamon, hugged with a luscious, smooooth layer of creamy, melty almond butter and totally-Christmas-appropriate molasses, and then COVERED with a sweet, rich chocolate-y PROTEIN POWER.

Uh. I mean POWDER. But, ya know, SAME DIFF.

I know I don’t need to make any acquaintances with puppy chow because it’s bayyysically on every.single.persons must-stuff-into-face during the Holiday season list. Even if you have NO IDEA why the heck it’s called puppy chow, and you’re a human, you STILL EAT IT.

But. I do still wonder.

Anywho. You know it. You love it. You can’t get enough OF ITTTTTT.

I’ll stop.

I’m preeeee aware that everybody has their most favorite version of this addicting-crunch-a-rific like Snack jam, but I’m here to tell you one thing is for certain peeps: once yo’ chow has been chocolate gingersnap-i-fied, you won’t be going back for seconds of that boring chocolate and peanut butter, not-so-healthy tradish stuff.

Liiiiike. There’s no sugary chocolate, no weird syrupy stuff and NO refined powdered sugar because our powder is of the PROTEIN variety. There’s just sweet, powdery-soft chocolate perfection covering every tiny, healthy ginger snap-like morsel guys. And then there’s you. In the corner. SHOVING it all into your face at RAPID speed in the name of H-E-A-L-T-H and B-U-F-F-N-E-S-S.

Our crunch snack game guys? IT IS STRONG.

Just image yourself wrapped up in a cozy, fuzzy blanket, sipping on a mug of steaming hot chocolate (maybe add MORE chocolate protein powder to it? LIGHT BULB MOMENT) and having a little up close and personal face time with crunchy, spicy-sweet Ginger Snap Puppy Chow.

That kind of reality is not just fo’ the movies yo.’

IT CAN BE YOURS. REACH OUT AND GRAB IT.

Before I grab your bowl first.

Recipe

Healthy Ginger Snap Protein Puppy Chow Recipe

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Serves: 4

Prep: 10 minutes minutes

Total: 10 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup Natural creamy almond butter
• 1/4 Cup Molasses
• 2 Tbsp Coconut oil
• 4 Cups Cinnamon Chex cereal
• 2/3 Cup Protein Powder (vanilla or chocolate)
• 2 1/2 tsps Ground Ginger
• 2 tsp Cinnamon

Instructions

• Place the almond butter, molasses and coconut oil into a large, microwave-safe bowl and microwave until melted and creamy, about 1 1/2 minutes.
• Stir the mixture well to combine and then add in the Chex. Stir gently until the almond butter mixture coats the cereal.
• In a large, Zip-loc bag, combine the protein powder, ginger and cinnamon. Shake the bag around the make sure the spices get mixed in with the protein powder.
• Add the Chex cereal into the bag and shake around until evenly coated in the protein powder/spice mixture.
• Pour into a bowl and let cool, so that the almond butter hardens and sets.
• DEVOUR

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Author: FoodFaithFitness

Course:Snack

Cuisine:American

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Weight Watchers Points Per Serving: Points+: 7. Old Points: 6

(per 1/2 cup)

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