If you’ve been around here for the last couple of years, you know I’ve been trying to make some changes to have a healthier lifestyle, and one of those is in my eating habits! If you were to take a trip back to Kailee of 5-6 years ago, my favorite snacks consisted of pop tarts, chocolate milk, and ice cream on repeat. And while I will still probably never turn down a good bowl of ice cream, my snacking habits have changed! One of my very favorite snacks to grab are protein bites! I have tried about a million different varieties, and these are by far my favorite! They taste just like cookie dough, but are 100 times better for you!
I love that you can really mix and match such a variety of ingredients and come up with so many yummy protein bite flavors! So today I wanted to share a little tutorial on how I make our family’s favorite protein bites and give you some tips on the recipe below!
:: OUR FAVORITE PROTEIN BITES
adapted + customized from my sweet friend Kristin Andrus’s recipe
– INGREDIENTS –
(we always double this recipe)
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup steel cut oats
2/3 cup chocolate chips
3-4 scoop protein powder of your choice (I LOVE the Clean Simple Eats protein- code: KAILEEWRIGHT)
1 cup rice crispy cereal
3/4 cup raw honey
1 cup nut butter (I usually use natural peanut butter or almond butter)
1 cup ground flax seed
2 tsp vanilla
You can stop right here, OR you can throw in any other add-ins you love! Some ideas could be almonds, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, raisins, anything!
– INSTRUCTIONS –
In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients. (I usually do all the dry first, then add in the wet/sticky) Make sure it is mixed well so that you can form the balls easily and get all the ingredients in every bite. If it’s a little too dry because of the powder, I sprinkle some water in there. Chill the mixture in the fridge for an hour so that balls will bind together better. Roll the mixture into a 1 inch ball and store in the fridge or freezer for a yummy quick snack!
:: MORE DELICIOUS PROTEIN BITE RECIPES
As I mentioned in the video, my kids and Joe are obsessed with the Clean Simple Eats Snickerdoodle Protein Bites and the Chocolate Chip Cookie Doug Bites , both of which can be found in the Clean Simple Eats Treats book. If you are going to buy one of their books, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this one. I swear we pull it out at least a couple times a week and have loved everything we have tried! If you follow this link or use code KAILEEWRIGHT you will get 10% off making it a steal! Such a great gift idea too!
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I hope you guys love these yummy protein bites as much as we do! Be sure to share with us when you try them out, I’d love to see!
