Healthy Homemade Banana Protein Bar

These tasty protein bars are perfect for a quick breakfast or healthy snack. Made with wholesome ingredients, they are thick and chewy and are my healthier take on the store-bought protein bars that in my earlier fitness days I had to rely on to get enough protein in during the day while I was super busy running a gym and training clients.

I grew tired of forking out tons of money for a store-bought protein bars, and opted to make my own and immediately felt SO much better about it. Not only are they way healthier, but you can make them for around one third of the price of store bought bars.

This recipe is for you if you like the creaminess of bananas, mixed with oats, peanut butter, protein powder and a touch of coconut oil to help glue them together. They are a cross between blondies and cookie dough, and needless to say, they taste absolutely sublime! The best part? They are actually good for you.

These bars contain no butter or hydrogenated oils, no cane sugar, no artificial flavours and colours and no shelf-extending preservatives that make supermarket-ready bars last as long as possible.

Simply smooch up a bunch of ingredients together, press them into a bread pan, and leave the mix to set overnight. Open the fridge in the morning and you will wake up to a bunch of yummy bars to enjoy for breakfast, pre- or post- workout, or simply as a snack for school or work.

You can customize this recipe as you like. Add chopped nuts, coconut flakes or other dried fruit. You can play around with the nut or seed butters too, and use almond or cashew butter, or tahini (sesame seed butter) instead of peanut butter.

If you want you can add seeds like hemp or chia, or use more nut or seed butter so go for it. Sunflower seed butter, for example, is delightful in these bars.

If you prefer dried fruit (raisins, apricots, cherries, cranberries for example) just swap out the chocolate chips!

Anything goes! Just make it yours!

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating

Keyword banana protein bar no bake, clean eating dessert or snack, healthy homemade banana protein bar, healthy protein bar recipe, no bake banana protein bar recipe

Servings 12

Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 cup oats, instant or quick
• 1/2 cup peanut (or any other nut) butter
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup protein or collagen powder
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

• In large, microwave safe bowl add mashed banana, peanut butter, honey and coconut oil.  Microwave for 30 seconds or so to soften and mix well to combine.

  Add oats, coconut, protein powder, cinnamon and sea salt and mix well to combine. Add chocolate chips last and stir them in when mixture has cooled as they may melt. 

  Press mixture into the prepared pan and refrigerate until firm.

  Once firm remove from refrigerator and remove from pan using the parchment paper handles. Slice into 12-16 bars (or more smaller squares) depending on your preferred size.

  Store in fridge for up to one week or freezer for up to 3 months.

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