Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars - High Protein, Sugar Free

12 bars
22 min

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.

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
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.

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 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.
Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars - High Protein, Sugar Free
Recipe details
  • 12  bars
  • Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 12 Minutes Total time: 22 min
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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/
Haylee Jane Monteiro
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