The Best Ever Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars with Dried Cherries
These Most Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars are sweet, salty and are packed with goodness! Healthy and easy to make! A Great after workout snack, or satisfying for a seven o'clock craving! They are delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 kg. Peanut Butter, 4 cups
- 2/3 cup Honey
- 2/3 cup Chocolate Milk
- 1 tbsp. Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
- 5 cups Rolled Oats, quick
- 1/2 cup Flaxseed, ground
- 1/2 cup Chia Seed
- 2 tbsp. Instant Espresso I like Nescafe Gold Espresso Instant Coffee
- 2 scoops Chocolate Protein Powder
- 1 cup Dried Cherries, chopped
- 1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Line a Large Baking sheet with parchment paper.In a mixing glass bowl add the peanut butter, honey, chocolate milk, and espresso powder. Add the bowl over top of a medium saucepan that has water that has been simmering. Melt and mix the mixture until everything is smooth and well combined. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and cinnamon. Set aside.In another large bowl, mix the oats, ground flax seeds, chia seeds, protein powder, dried cherries, and half of the chocolate chips.Pour the peanut butter mixture into the dry mixture and mix until well combined. Pour this mix onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Take some time here to smooth out the mix into a nice even layer. The bars should be approximately a 1/2 inch thick and fill the entire surface of the baking sheet. Add the remaining chocolate chips and slightly press them down into the mixture. Place plastic wrap over the bars and flash freeze them for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour or until they are firm. Remove from the freezer. Slice the bars into 2 inch squares and store them into ZipLoc bags. Do not overlap the bars. Keep them one layer and flat. Freeze. Keep Frozen and eat from frozen. They are super delicious!!!