No-Bake Peanut Butter Protein Bars with Chocolate Chips

Name: No-Bake Peanut Butter Protein Bars with Chocolate Chips
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Maple Syrup (1 tbsp real maple syrup); 1 tsp Vanilla (1 tsp good quality vanilla extract); ½ cup Low-Fat Cottage Cheese (1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese); ½ tsp Cinnamon (1/2 tsp cinnamon); ¼ cup Almond Milk (1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk); 5 pieces Medjool Date (5-6 pitted Medjool dates — up to 6); ¼ tsp Sea Salt (1/4 tsp sea salt); 1 cup Smooth Peanut Butter (1 cup peanut butter); 140 g Vanilla Protein Powder (140 g vanilla whey protein powder); ½ cup Oat Flour (1/2 cup oat flour); ¼ cup Chocolate Chip (1/4 cup mini chocolate chips); 3 oz Dark Chocolate (3 oz good quality dark chocolate (70%) melted, for drizzling on top); 2 tbsp Pecans (2 tbsp pecans finely chopped for sprinkling on top of the chocolate drizzle)

No-Bake Peanut Butter Protein Bars with Chocolate Chips - Breakfast,Snack (American)

135 minAmerican

Servings12

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Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Pescatarian
Egg Free

Steps

1Combine dates, cottage cheese, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon,salt, and almond milk in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth.
2Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl and add peanut butter.
3Blend until smooth, stir in protein powder and oat flour until thoroughly combined (I used my stand mixer on low speed for this step).
4Stir in mini chocolate chips.
5Line a 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper, making sure to leave enough on the side to easily lift the bars out of the pan
6Spoon the peanut butter bar mixture into the pan and smooth out evenly, with a spreading knife or spatula, to distribute in the pan.
7Freeze for at least 2 hours to set.
8Lift the bar mixture out of the pan by lifting up the sides of the parchment and place it onto a cutting board.
9Slice into 12 bars, drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle with pecans. Store in the freezer in an airtight container for the best texture. Enjoy straight from the freezer!