Cheap Protein Bars without Powder
Ready for homemade and cheap baked protein bars without powder? This protein bar recipe is easy and you only need a few ingredients!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Active Time1 hour hr 12 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 22 minutes mins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked, baked protein bars, bars, homemade protein bars, protein, protein bar, protein bars, protein powder, without powder, without protein
Yield: 10 Bars
Calories: 110kcal
Cost: $3.25
Crust
- 1 ¼ Cups Rolled Oats
- 2 Teaspoons Brown Sugar Substitute
- ½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Ounce Milk Substitute or Milk
- 2 Tablespoons Butter Melted (or Coconut Oil)
Bars
- 2 Cups Cottage Cheese Fat Free
- 2 Ounces Greek Yogurt Your choice flavor
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2-4 Tablespoons Sweetener I prefer Erythritol
- 2 Large Whole Eggs
- 1-2 Scoops Protein Powder Your choice flavor
- Chocolate Chips Or nuts, raisins, dried fruit, etc
Melt your Butter or Coconut Oil and mix together all of your crust ingredients
Line a pan of your choice (whatever size or shape you want) with some parchment paper and press your crust mix into the bottom of it
Bake your crust on 350F/176C for around 12 minutes
Mix together all of your bar ingredients
Lightly mix in anything else you want your bars to have in them
Pour your bar mix on top of your crust
Add a topping
Bake on 325F/162C for 50 minutes to 1 hour (your edges should start to brown)
Let them cool, wrap them up, and put them in the fridge for a couple hours
Factor in the calories from whatever you add inside or on top of them after (it’s easy)!
Keep them in the fridge and they should last 5-7 days!
Make them in bulk and freeze them!
Calories in the whole recipe w/ 1 scoop of Protein Powder and no topping:
- Calories: 1197
- Fat: 41g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Sodium: 1615mg
- Carbs: 103g (Net Carbs: 93g)
- Fiber: 10g
- Sugar: 30g
- Protein: 104g
Calories Per Bar (if you cut 10) w/ 1 scoop Protein Powder and no topping:
- Calories: 120
- Fat: 4.1g
- Saturated Fat: 1.8g
- Sodium: 161.5mg
- Carbs: 10.3g (Net Carbs: 9.3g)
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugar: 3g
- Protein: 10.4g
Calories in the whole recipe w/ no Protein Powder or topping:
- Calories: 1097
- Fat: 41g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Sodium: 1504mg
- Carbs: 102g (Net Carbs: 92g)
- Fiber: 10g
- Sugar: 30g
- Protein: 80g
Calories Per Bar (if you cut 10) w/ no Protein Powder or topping:
- Calories: 110
- Fat: 4.1g
- Saturated Fat: 1.9g
- Sodium: 150.4mg
- Carbs: 10.2g (Net Carbs: 9.2g)
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugar: 3g
- Protein: 8g
Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.2g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4.1g | Saturated Fat: 1.9g | Sodium: 150.4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g