Chocolate Protein Bars (Stable at Room Temperature)

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Chocolate Protein Bars (Stable at Room Temperature)

These are highly customizable. Feel free to change the nuts or leave them out entirely. You can also add different extracts. These are stable at room temperature though they will get soft and tacky so wrap them in individual parchment paper pieces for transport. Pressing coconut flakes or finely chopped nuts into the outside of the bars also helps with handling at room temperature, just remember to update the macros depending on the substitutions and additions that you make. Mint or orange extract would be good here. You can also add berry extracts as well as some crushed freeze-dried berries.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword bar, Chocolate, dairy-free, no-bake, no-cook, protein, travel

Prep Time 10

Refrigeration Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 156kcal

Author Jenny Ross

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup finely shredded coconut 4 ounces, 1/3 cup (1 ounce) reserved
6 tablespoons cocoa powder 42 grams
6 tablespoons monk fruit powdered (45 grams)
pinch salt
6 tablespoons egg white protein powder sugar free vanilla flavor (60 grams)
6 tablespoons collagen unflavored (60 grams)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons coconut cream
1 cup roughly chopped macadamia optional

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Instructions

Combine all dry ingredients (reserving the extra 1/3 cup shredded coconut) in a large bowl, including chopped nuts, if using.
Add vanilla and coconut cream and mix completely (this will take a fair amount of stirring and will not initially look like it will come together - keep stirring and pressing the mixture).
Press into an 8x8-inch pan lined with parchment or plastic wrap. Sprinkle the top with half the remaining shredded coconut and press it in slightly so that it sticks. Flip the protein bar square out onto another sheet of parchment or plastic, peel off the first one and sprinkle that side with the remaining shredded coconut, also pressing slightly to ensure it sticks. (The idea is to coat the bars loosely with shredded coconut for ease of handling later.)
Refrigerate until cool and set, about an hour, slice into 12 bars and wrap individually with parchment paper. Store in the refrigerator until eating as they can spoil due to the coconut cream. These can be taken for travel and will not melt although they will get soft and tacky when warm.

Notes

If using the macadamias, the nutrition is as follows: Calories: 236, Carbs: 5, Fiber: 3, Fat: 18, Protein: 14.

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