A healthy spin on a classic favorite.  Copycat KIND Bars are a homemade version of the popular, wholesome, nut-packed frozen treat bars! They are creamy, crunchy, and are the perfect thing to have stashed in your freezer for when your sweet tooth hits! They are so darn good you could put them in the category of:  The Best Frozen Treat There Ever Was!

Almond butter and vanilla protein infused ice cream, nut buttery caramel, and roasted peanuts are doused and drizzled in chocolate, making for the most delicious and indulgent frozen treat!

These homemade KIND bars are a more wholesome twist on the classic. They have been ‘healthified’ and made with no refined sugar, palm oil, or peanut oil, unlike the store-bought version. Just simpler ingredients, same yummy vibe!

This recipe is a rich, indulgent dessert or treat inspired by the famous KIND bars. Its dairy-free ice cream topped with silky sweet caramel and covered in chocolate.  Kinda pretty, but still a healthy copycat ice cream bar! This is a dessert that is full of creamy deliciousness in each bite.

These healthier KIND ice cream bars are real close to the originals. The ice cream is made with a yogurt and almond butter base and is what we call ‘nice cream’. Nice cream is a term that has come to represent any frozen creamy treat free from loads of sugar and artificial flavors.

You simply blitz nuts or frozen fruit in a high-speed blender and the end result is a whole-food ice cream that is rich, creamy, and luscious enough for a special occasion yet light and easy enough for an any time indulgence.

It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Ice-cream just out of nuts. It tastes like ice-cream and it is so damn good! This is definitely one for the recipe bible.

These delicious ice cream bars are ideal for a special occasions. They are super easy to make and require very minimal ingredients so you can easily elevate your frozen treat game with this nutritious dessert, proving that healthy can also be delicious.

It’s shocking how good these are! If you let them thaw a little bit before snacking, they become the perfect texture. These babies are the perfect healthy sweet treat as the protein content will leave you feeling full while also satisfying and helping to curb sugar cravings while still being healthy!

That’s really the trick with eating healthier, its not limiting or denying yourself yummy things, its about ADDING good stuff so you don’t crave the not-so-good high sugar things that can wreck health.

Experience the delight of guilt-free indulgence with this frozen ice cream bar recipe – a creamy blend of deliciousness to keep in your freezer for an any time treat or snack.

The only hard part is waiting for them to freeze.  The next best part is these bars fall into the category of “bet you can’t just eat one”! So, try not to eat them all in one sitting!

Copycat KIND Ice Cream Protein Bars

These healthy copycat KIND frozen treat bars are just as creamy, crunchy, and crave-worthy as the original but made with simple, whole food ingredients! They are gluten-free, plant-based, packed with protein and refined sugar-free, making them the perfect frozen dessert to keep on hand for a nourishing sweet fix!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating

Keyword chocolate covered ice cream protein bars, clean eating dessert or snack, copycat KIND ice cream protein bars, healthy ice cream protein snack frozen bars, healthy protein ice cream bars

Servings 6

Ingredients

Ice Cream Base

• 1 cup thick Greek-style yogurt or cottage cheese *Cottage cheese is less tangy than the yogurt and tastes more ice cream like or use half and half
• 1/4 cup almond or cashew butter
• 1/4 cup protein or collagen peptides powder
• 3-4 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nut Butter Caramel

• 1/2 cup almond, cashew, or peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil, softened
• pinch of sea salt
• 1/2 cup peanuts, roasted, chopped 

Chocolate Coating

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Instructions

• You will need a rectangle 8-cavity silicone candy bar/protein/energy bar mold or you could make them in parchment paper lined or a silicon muffin pan.

  Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in small dish and microwave with 20 second bursts stirring between each one until melted and smooth.

  Or use double boiler method - (pot of boiling water with a bowl resting on top) melt the chocolate chips and the coconut oil together.

  Once melted, add a little to the bottom of the molds, and using a teaspoon being sure to cover most of the bottom and bring it up the sides as well.

  Place the mold in the freezer while you create the ice cream base.

  In a blender,combine all of the ingredients. Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust as you would like more sweetener or vanilla.

  Once the chocolate layer has hardened, remove them from the freezer. Equally divide the yogurt mixture amongst the mold, covering the chocolate shell and reaching 2/3 of the way up the sides of the mold.

Nut Butter Caramel

• Mix together all of the caramel ingredients until smooth, then stir in the nuts. Add a little of this to the centers of each bar. Then place them in the freezer for 2-3 hours until completely firm.

  Once firm, remove the bars from the mold. Line a plate or baking sheet with parchment paper.

  Drizzle melted chocolate over top of each one (you will likely need to remelt the chocolate). Place back in the freezer for 30 minutes to let the chocolate firm up before moving the bars to an air-tight container. Store in the freezer.

  Let thaw 5 or so minutes prior to eating for the creamiest texture!  

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