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Chocolate Cookie Protein Bars

This easy recipe is the perfect mix between cookie and brownie, soft and chewy, beyond easy to make and full of goodness with notes of caramelly dates, cherries, vanilla, and salt. Packed with protein and healthy fats for the perfect snack.
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Snack
Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating
Keyword chocolate cookie protein bars, chocolate protein bars no bake, clean eating dessert or snack, healthy protein bar recipe, no bake chocolate protein bars
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups dates, soaked 30 minutes and drained
  • 1 cup almonds or walnuts or a mix
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
  • 1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries
  • 1/4 cup protein or collagen peptides powder
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Toppings

  • 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon flaky salt

Instructions

  • Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan or dish with parchment paper on the bottom and sides leaving some overhanging to act as a handle to get the bars out easier for cutting.
    Place almonds into a food processer and process until broken down and crumbly. Add dates, oats, coconut, protein powder, cocoa, coconut oil and vanilla extract and continue to process until mixture is sticky and well combined.
    Add cherries and pulse a couple of times to combine or fold in by hand so as not to break them up too much as its nice to have texture variance and different sized “bits” in your protein bars.
    Press the base mixture into the bottom of your pan or dish evenly. Refrigerate while you prepare the filling.
    Sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the top, pressing them gently into the surface. Sprinkle with flaky salt if desired.
    Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
    Once set, lift the mixture out of the pan using the parchment overhang and cut into 12 bars or more smaller squares.
    Store in the fridge for up to 1 week or freezer for up to 3 months.
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