Here is the next post in my Jamie Eason Inspired Protein Bar Series! Over the next week I have six (a total of 8 – if you haven’t checked out my Lemon Strawberry Protein Bars yet you must!) amazing protein bar recipes coming to the blog. All these recipes are clean, lean, low-carb, high-protein and full of nutrients.
For anyone that is eating healthy I know a challenge can be avoiding chocolate. Now, dark chocolate here and there is fine in controlled portions but cocoa powder is even better! Cocoa actually has some great health benefits. It is high in anti-oxidants and releases chemicals in the brain that are similar to the chemicals that are released when you are in love. So the comforting feeling you get when you eat chocolate is more than just satisfying your cravings. Here I give you a way to enjoy your chocolate 100% on-plan and guilt free! These are almost fudgy they’re so good. A great idea is to portion these out 2 x 2 in ziplocks to control your portions and have quick to grab snacks.
Enjoy day 2 of my protein bar/muffin series. Let me know how much you love these chocolate bits of goodness! I love hearing from you and chatting about delicious healthy food.
*All these protein bar recipes can be made in a lightly greased 8 x 8 baking dish then cut into squares OR you can make them in muffin tins like I choose to. Either way they are delicious.
Chocolate Protein Bars (Chocolate Protein Muffins)
(made in muffin tins)
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Oat Flour *see notes below
- 2 Scoops Natural Protein Powder (plain whey works great)
- 6-8 Packets Stevia
- ½ Tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ Tsp Sea Salt
- 4 Egg Whites
- ½ Cup Water
- 1 Cup Pureed Blueberries *see notes below
- ½ Cup Plain Non Fat Greek Yogurt
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Tbsp Natural Cocoa Powder
Oat Flour Directions – To make oat flour simply take dry oatmeal and blend it until it is flour consistency.
Blueberry Puree Directions – Next puree blueberry using a blender or food processor. Make enough to have ½ cup of blueberry puree. Set to the side.
Tip: If you are running low on time or don’t want to puree your own fruit you can always buy jars of organic baby food. 8 oz of baby food in the jar is 1 cup of fruit.
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix all dry ingredients together. Then mix in all wet ingredients. Stir until smooth and blended.
- Lightly spray muffin tin with oil (extra virgin olive oil).
- Place batter evenly in muffin tins.
- Bake for 30 minutes (check them at the 20 minute mark and keep an eye on them for the last 10 minutes).
- Remove from the oven, gently remove them from the tin and place on a cooling rack. These are very moist and fragile until they cool.
- Once they cool they are firm and yummy! Place in a sealed container.
Notes:
*Makes 12 protein bars/muffins.
**Serving size for women is 2 (4 for men).
***DAMY Members can have 2 for meal 2 or 4.
This recipe is great. The perfect guilt free muffin. 🙂
We love these here!! So happy you love them!Â
Chocolate and blueberries: sounds delicious to me! Definitely gonna try to make them this weekend!”
You will love them Mary! Enjoy 🙂Â
I got confused on the amount of blueberries! 1/2 or 1cup? I used 1 cup–hopefully they’ll turn out ok! Can’t wait for the oven timer!!
Do you know the Nutritional Info per Muffin? Thanks 🙂
Hey Jessica, Â Here at DAMY Health we are count free. Check out this link for the full scoop. Hope you are having a great day! http://www.damyhealth.com/faq/#countcalories
What are the nutrition facts?
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I followed the recipe step by step. Didn’t came out so nice. Consistence is ok, they look ok, they smell ok, they taste “funny”, to be generous. I guess it’s the Stevia.Â
Hey Angeluz, sounds like your stevia is not great for baking. I can promise you we make these all the time and they are amazing! Hopefully you can figure it out. Have a great weekendÂ
Hi Amy! Looks delicious! Are these muffins to be used for satisfying a sweet tooth or to incorporate as a protein packed snack?
Just made these, but totally changed the flavor to peanut butter and Jelly. They are moist and delectable! I used peanut butter protein powder, replaced the chocolate powder with pb2 and dripped the blueberry purée over the top once they were in the pan. Very peanut buttery and jelly! I didn’t have sweetener packets so I just did 6 tsp of trivia baking blend. I will use a few added tsp of sweetener next time as my husband and I felt they could have used a little more sweetness.
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can i use banana or applesauce instead of berries? will almond yogurt be okay?tthanks!
Sure! Both should work great 🙂
Damy, is there another sub for oat flour I’m allergic
Hey! Not for this recipe but there are others I have! What are you looking for?