Peanut Butter Cup Protein Balls – No Bake and Sugar Free
Easy, no bake Peanut Butter Cup Protein Balls that taste like bites of Reese’s cookies but are sugar free and gluten free! These healthy Reeses protein balls are made with oats, peanut butter and stevia protein powder for the perfect workout snack.
Yes, another protein ball recipe here because these bites and truffles are just so easy to make!
These ones are basically peanut butter protein balls with chopped up peanut butter cups.
Just 5 ingredients – one of which is the PB cups!
A bit too minimalistic here and they only take about 5 minutes to make too.
Hopefully this was convincing enough because you’re going to love these.
What you need for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Protein Balls
These homemade peanut butter cup protein truffles are made with just a few healthy ingredients- no dates and no syrup!
- Creamy Peanut Butter for soft and smooth protein bites
- Instant or Rolled Oats; Use gluten free if needed
- Vanilla Protein Powder – this is what makes them high protein truffles. I use Vanilla Quest protein powder for this and all my recipes.
- Unsweetened Almond Milk
- Sugar free Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups candy. I use the one from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)
To make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Protein Bites
These reeses peanut butter cup truffles are the perfect no bake and easy protein energy bites.
- Process the oats in a food processor to make a rough flour-like consistency.
- Combine the peanut butter, oats, protein powder and milk in a bowl.
- Stir until it forms a dough. It might look too dry, but just give it a bit of time. If it’s still too dry, add just a teaspoon of more milk.
- Chop the Reese’s or sugar free peanut butter cups and fold in.
- Spoon out some of the peanut butter protein truffle mix, about a tablespoon worth, and roll it using your (clean) hands.
Peanut Butter Cup Protein Balls – No Bake and Sugar Free
Recipe details
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Peanut Butter, 85g
- ⅓ cup Rolled/Instant Oats, 30g
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, 22g
- 2 Tbsp Almond Milk, or other
- 2 Peanut Butter Cups, Sugar-free Lakanto recommended
Instructions
- Place oats in food processor and process to form rough flour – about 30 seconds.
- In a bowl, combine oats, peanut butter, vanilla protein powder and milk.
- Mix with a big spoon to form a dough.If mix is too dry, add about 1 tsp milk, or more oats if too wet.
- Chop peanut butter cups into chunks using a sharp knife (and chopping board).Add to mixture and fold.
- Spoon out about a 1-2 Tbsp mixture at a time roll into balls using clean hands.
Tips
- Nutrition value, tips on my website: https://www.haylskitchen.com/peanut-butter-cup-protein-balls/
Comments
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TWO OF THE INGREDIENTS I HAVE TO ORDER ONLINE,,SO NOTHING ABOUT THIS RECIPE INTERESTS ME,WHY DONT YOU ADD SUBSTITUTES,ADDING ORIGINAL
PEANUT BUTTER CUPS TAKES THE HEALTHY OUT OF RECIPE,!
NOT SHOUTING,I HAVE ARTHRITIS IN MY HANDS AND NEUROPATHY,VERY HARD TO NAVIGATE SOMETIMES,,,,,