Recipe - Peanutbutter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Protein Bites + Oatmeal Version

Protein Bites

Peanut-butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip

This is a combination of a couple recipes that I found on pintrest and tweeked a little for my own needs. The nutritional info is only an approximation depending on the ingredients you buy. 

These are perfect for those cookie cravings, while their not low calorie they are an ok source of protein with NO butter, white flour or white sugar. 

18 Servings per Batch

• 1/2 cup Peanut-butter
• 1/4 cup Honey
• 1 cup dry oats
• 1 scoop Vanilla Whey Protein
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Mix everything together, if you'd like to leave these raw there is no need to bake them, if you'd like to bake them (which is my preference)

Bake @ 300 for 20 minutes

to make each bite even I use a medium cookie scoop

Oatmeal 

The nutritional info is for one batch but I often split this into two meals one at 6am and one at 9am with half adding sliced banana or other fruits on the side.

• 1 cup
• 1/4 cup quaker oats

Boil water and cook oatmeal for about 5 minutes until you get the constancy you want

• 1 tbsp peanut - butter 
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1 tbsp chocolate chips
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla

Ingredient Suggestions

Always try to buy raw organic honey

You could also use maple syrup, molasses, stevia, agave.. any sweetener of your choice, just don't forget to read the labels. You will need less or more depending on what you use, and you don't have to use a sweetener at all if you choose not to, I suggest mashed banana or applesauce as a replacement ingredient.

Instead of standard peanut - butter brands which are about - 90cal, 8g fat, 1g sugar, 3g protein per tbsp) with lots of unhealthy additives - try and get a peanut butter whose only ingredient is peanuts OR

Chocolate Cake Batter Protein Oatmeal

Chocolate Cake Batter 

Brownie Batter

Oatmeal

1. 1 Cup Water
2. 1/3 cup Quaker Quick Oats

Bring the water to a boil,  Cook the oatmeal for 5-10 minutes until its just a little thinner than you would like

1. 1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder 
2. 2 tbsp water
3. 1 fresh banana 
4. 1 tsp vanilla 
5. 1 tbsp cocoa powder (optional) *

Mash banana until its smooth, add water and vanilla, mix that into the banana before adding protein powder. stir together and then add to oatmeal. 

Substitutions 

Water --> 

1. strong coffee (which goes SO well with chocolate) 
2. strong tea. I prefer a vanilla tea. (I have never tried any dessert teas but I have heard you can get them from stashtea, tealish and teavana
3. 1/2 cup water + 1/2 cup;
1. Almond Milk
2. Rice Milk
3. Soy Milk
4. Coconut Milk

Banana --> 

1. use half a banana 
2. 1/2 cup apple sauce  don't use the extra 2 tbsp water, 
3. Chia seeds (leave them sitting in 2 tbsp of water for about 10 minutes) 
4. Greek Yogurt don't use the extra 2 tbsp water

Additions 

1. Strawberries (this is my favourite)
2. Coconut oil & Shredded coconut
3. Almonds 
4. Nutella 
1. I prefer to mix in some crushed roasted hazelnuts 
5. Peanuts or peanutbutter
6. Chocolate chips
7. Icing sugar
8. Caramel
9. Sweetners
1. Maple Syrup
2. Honey
3. Sugar
4. Stevia

*the cocoa powder makes it extra chocolaty, read the nutrition labels carefully because some of them have lots of hidden sugar

Tip! if you like your oatmeal "softer" cook it with more water (or substitute) for longer. Just base when its done on the consistency

If you mix the protein powder right into the oats it will sometimes get grainy.