{"id":31166,"date":"2014-08-24T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T13:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=31166"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T17:25:13","slug":"chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-protein-balls-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-protein-balls-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Balls Quick and Easy Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthy cookie dough? Sign us up! These chocolate chip cookie dough protein balls are the perfect post-workout snack. They\u2019re grain-free, dairy-free, vegan, and can be made with just five ingredients! Plus, they feature vanilla protein powder,\u00a0giving each ball a whopping five grams of protein. Try different nut butter variations<\/a> such as peanut or macadamia to match your palate’s preference.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong>12 No-Bake Energy Bites Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Lee Hersh\u00a0<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Balls Recipe<\/h3>\n

Yields\u00a0<\/b>18 balls<\/em><\/p>\n

Prep time: 10 minutes<\/p>\n

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

2 scoops vanilla protein powder<\/a>
\n1 cup almond meal
\n1\/2 cup nut butter (we used almond butter)
\n1\/4 cup maple syrup
\n1\/4 cup dairy-free mini chocolate chips<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Place protein powder and almond meal in a medium-size bowl and mix.<\/li>\n
  2. Then, add in nut butter and maple syrup and mix again. At this point the batter should be just like cookie dough.<\/li>\n
  3. Finally, add in chocolate chip and mix one last time. Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out dough into your palms and roll into balls. Repeat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Photo by Lee Hersh\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We\u2019re on a roll with these cookie dough protein balls: They\u2019re gluten-free and pack five grams of protein per bite. Who wouldn’t want this recipe post-workout?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":31168,"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":[428,26,27,9,427,17],"tags":[35,39,53,175,80,87,341,381,284],"class_list":["post-31166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","category-vegan","tag-chocolate","tag-dessert","tag-fuel","tag-gluten-free","tag-protein","tag-snacks","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets","tag-vegan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31166","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}