{"id":22745,"date":"2013-12-19T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=22745"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T17:26:58","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-protein-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/chocolate-peanut-butter-protein-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reward yourself after a challenging winter workout by chowing down on one of these good-for-you protein bars. With 6 grams of protein each, they will put those holiday cookies (and store-bought protein bars) to shame. If you don\u2019t own a food processor, you can purchase oat flour at most grocery stores. To keep it vegan, simply replace the whey protein powder with a plant-based variety<\/a> and use maple syrup in lieu of honey.<\/p>\n

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Photos by Emily Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nServes 12<\/i><\/p>\n

Prep Time: 15 minutes
\nCook Time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
\n1\/2 cup quick oats
\n3 scoops chocolate whey protein powder<\/a>
\n1\/2 cup organic brown rice crisps cereal
\n1\/4 cup honey
\n1\/3 cup peanut butter
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n1-2 tablespoon non-dairy chocolate chips<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Line a 9×5\u201d loaf pan with parchment paper or lightly grease with cooking spray.<\/li>\n
  2. Place rolled oats in food processor and pulse until oats are a flour consistency.<\/li>\n
  3. In a medium bowl, mix processed rolled oats with quick oats, protein powder, and cereal.<\/li>\n
  4. In a small pan over medium heat, stir honey and peanut butter until melted and combined. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour peanut butter mixture over oats. Stir well.<\/li>\n
  5. Using hands, press mixture into prepared loaf pan.<\/li>\n
  6. In microwave, melt chocolate chips for 1 minute, and then 30-second intervals stirring in between, until fully melted. Use a fork to drizzle chocolate over bars.<\/li>\n
  7. Let cool in refrigerator for 30 minutes before slicing into 12 bars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0RELATED:<\/strong> 9 Healthy Homemade Protein Bar Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

    With inspiration from Running With Spoons\u2019\u00a0recipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    For more recipes from Emily, visit\u00a0<\/i>www.emsbytes.com<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Treat yourself post-workout to one of these chocolate peanut butter protein bars. Bonus: This good-for-you recipe takes just 30 minutes flat! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,27,9,427],"tags":[35,39,80,87,341,381],"class_list":["post-22745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","tag-chocolate","tag-dessert","tag-protein","tag-snacks","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}