Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars - High Protein, Sugar Free

Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars made with protein powder and peanut butter powder for a sugar-free, low fat dessert! With an oatmeal base, high protein peanut butter, frosting and crunchy bacon, PB bacon dessert bars are gluten free too.
Peanut butter and bacon is such a good combination – I cannot! The sweet and salty combination of the peanut butter oatmeal base and peanut butter caramel and the salty bacon really make these a beautiful dessert recipe.
A must-try!
Ingredients for Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars Recipe:
These healthy peanut butter bacon bars are made with simple healthy ingredients, have no sugar or milk, making them the perfect homemade gluten free, low carb and Vegan protein bar!
- Rolled Oats
- Oat Flour
- Vanilla Protein Powder for healthy homemade protein bars that’s also sugar free
- I used Quest Nutrition Vanilla Whey-Casein here.
- Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly lower carb high protein recipe. I use the Multi-purpose mix protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
- Peanut Butter Powder also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt
- Unsweetened Applesauce
- Unsweetened Almond Milk
The Protein Peanut Butter
- Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Peanut Butter (or Vanilla) Protein Powder for high protein peanut butter layer, and also replace the sweetener.
- I recommend Whey-Casein Peanut Butter or Vanilla flavor from Quest Nutrition for this recipe to keep it sugar free.
- Sugar free Maple Syrup for low calorie protein bar with no sugar!
- I use the sugar free monk fruit maple syrup from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)
- Some Water
The Protein Frosting Layer
- Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt
- Vanilla Protein Powder – I used whey-casein from Quest.
- Peanut Butter
And then on top:
- Bacon! Try to use the reduced fat ones for a healthy dessert with bacon
Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars - High Protein, Sugar Free
Recipe details
Ingredients
Base:
- 1/2 cup Rolled Oats, 45g
- 1/2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-Casein, 45g
- 1/4 cup Unflavored Protein Powder, Whey-Casein, 22g, see post for subs
- 1/4 cup Oat Flour, 22g
- 6 Tbsp Peanut Butter Powder, 42g
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter, 32g
- 1/2 cup Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt, 112g
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce, 120g
- 1/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 60ml
Protein Peanut Butter:
- 1/4 cup Peanut Butter Powder, 24g
- 1/4 cup Peanut Butter (or Vanilla) Protein Powder, Whey-Casein, 22g
- 3 Tbsp Maple Syrup, Sugar-free recommended below, 45ml
- 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter, 32g
- 1 Tbsp Water, 15ml
Topping:
- 2/3 cup Non-fat Greek Yogurt, 150g
- 1/4 cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 22g
- 1/2 Tbsp Peanut Butter, 8g
- 4 slices of Bacon
Instructions
- Grease an 8 x 8” pan or line with parchment paper; leave an overhang to lift out later.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
Base:
- In a bowl, combine rolled oats, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder, oat flour, peanut butter powder and baking powder.
- Add in peanut butter, yogurt, applesauce and almond milk (little at a time) and mix.Mixture should be thick but spreadable.
- Transfer to prepared pan and press down.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, then let cool about 10 minutes:
Protein Peanut Butter:
- In same bowl, stir together peanut butter powder, protein powder.
- Add maple syrup, peanut butter and water (1 tsp at a time) and mix.
- Spread on top of base layer and use back of spoon to smoothen.
Frosting + Bacon:
- Preheat oven to 425°F
- Place bacon on foil-lined baking sheet and bake 12 minutes.Let cool, then break/crumble.
- In a bowl, combine yogurt, protein powder and peanut butter.Spread over base.
- Slice into 12 bars.
Tips
- Nutrition details are calculated using products recommended below.
- See website(link below) for nutrition, alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.
- https://www.haylskitchen.com/healthy-peanut-butter-bacon-bars/

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