Have you seen are vast selection of high protein ball recipes for lunch and dinner? Well it’s time for dessert balls. These Peanut Butter Pretzel Protein Balls only take a few minutes to prep, you don’t need an oven to bake them, and they pack some serious energy!
Start this one off by processing 1 cup of rolled oats. You could process it into a flour but I prefer it to have some oat texture to it.
Did you know you can make homemade oat flour this way too?
If you don’t have a food processor, a blender should work just so long as it’s powerful enough. If you need a cheap food processor, check mine out below, I’ve had it for YEARS!
Follow by adding into a bowl your oats, 6 ounces of a reduced or fat free cream cheese, 6 tablespoons of peanut butter, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder, 1 tablespoon of a sweetener, 5 crushed up chocolate covered pretzels, and 1/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum to help keep everything together.
Mix those up until your protein ball mix is clumped together. It shouldn’t be sticky!
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Use that mix to shape your balls however big you want them, I usually make a couple different sizes.
Finish them off by pressing in a single chocolate covered pretzel or whatever else you want to the top of each one.
You could also throw them in the fridge to harden up a bit but they taste great as is, the choice is yours!
As for taste? They taste like a mini chocolate candy bar dipped in peanut butter. Delicious!
These peanut butter protein balls are packed with healthy fats and complex carbs. Complex carbs are slow to digest so they’ll keep you going for longer!
Tips
- If you want to lower the carbs, you could use either almond or coconut flour.
- If you’re aiming for these to be keto friendly, shoot for full fat cream cheese and use erythritol for your sweetener.
Yes, we’re using chocolate covered pretzels. These would typically be considered “not the best” for your diet but we are using them in moderation. If you’re only eating a couple of something (in this case 20 to 40 calories per ball) it’s completely fine.
Did you know? You don’t need to completely remove every single food you like just to reach your goals. That, in my opinion, is unrealistic and also unhealthy. Have balance and this “lifestyle” will be way easier as well as more enjoyable for not just you but everyone else around you too!
Like these balls? Try our DELICIOUS Protein Cheesecake Balls next!
Pretzel Peanut Butter Protein Balls
What We Used
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats
- 6 Ounces Cream Cheese - Full, Reduced, or Fat Free
- 6 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 2 Scoops Protein Powder - Chocolate!
- 1 Tablespoon Sweetener
- 5 Pretzels - Chocolate Covered
- ¼ Teaspoon Xanthan Gum
Instructions
- Process/blend your Rolled Oats a bit (I like to leave them with some texture but you can turn them into flour if you prefer)
- Crush up your Pretzels
- Mix everything together until clumpy
- Shape your balls
- Press in whatever you want, like another Pretzel
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Notes
- Calories: 1455
- Fat: 59g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Sodium: 1402mg
- Carbs: 122g
- Fiber: 16g
- Sugar: 39g
- Protein: 109g
- Calories: 145
- Fat: 5.9g
- Saturated Fat: 1.4g
- Sodium: 140.2mg
- Carbs: 12.2g
- Fiber: 1.6g
- Sugar: 3.9g
- Protein: 10.9g
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