Peanut Butter Protein Balls

These peanut butter protein balls are easy to make and will only take around 20 minutes. These protein balls make a great pre or post workout snack with a massive 7 grams of protein in each ball. With the added layer of chocolate it gives them the appearance of a sweet treat and a taste that you’d think was bad for you but actually they are pretty healthy thanks to the added protein and the filling peanut butter! This recipe has enough ingredients to make around 10 reasonably sized protein balls.

Ingredients

Peanut butter – 100 gr
Dates- 50 gr
Honey – 1 tbsp
Protein – 70 gr
Coconut butter – 2 tbsp
Cocoa powder or chocolate

The Process

Melt the honey if it is hard and mix it with peanut butter.

In the mixture of peanut butter and honey, add protein (we used chocolate) and mix well. If the mixture turns out to be too liquidy after mixing for a while just add a little more protein. You want it so that the mixture looks like wet sand, clumpy enough so you can make it into balls. Don’t forget that you can use any other protein flavour, it doesn’t have to be chocolate. Other flavours might create some interesting tastes!

Melt the coconut oil and then add it to the mixture. Make small balls from the mixture with your hands or a scooper. Balls should be just a bit bigger than a golf ball.

Next, cover the balls with cocoa or chocolate. If you cover the balls with cocoa you can do it right away. If you want to cover the balls with chocolate you will need to put them in the freezer for 30 minutes before covering them – While your waiting for them to freeze, melt the chocolate! With the cold protein balls from the freezer, cover them with melted chocolate. Put them in the fridge and let them set for an hour before eating.

As you can see above, they look delicious and make a great snack in the car or when travelling to work or your next workout. I say 2-3 balls are the recommended serving size and go great with a whey protein shake or a quality pre-workout formula. Go further with coconut sprinkled on top or even add/change ingredients to the mixture such as almonds, dates or oats. I’m a big fan of coffee – The last batch I made used coffee flavoured whey protein powder with almonds – It was great!

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