Homemade Protein Bars
I’m going to teach you how to make homemade protein bars! I’m going to make sixteen protein bars, half chocolate, half peanut butter flavor. These are made from beans and chickpeas! They are going to be made similar but different. We are going to start with the black bean protein bars. If you like this recipe be sure to check out this one too! and this one!
Black Bean Bars
To start I drain my can of black beans, saving the liquid which is called aquafaba. Then I rinse the black beans off. Now I add one cup of old fashioned rolled oats into a food processor and pulse them into smaller bits. At this point I add in the black beans and about a half cup or dates, make sure they are pitted, then pulse. We are also going to be using some protein powder, mine is vanilla and plant based. Four scoops is going to give us about sixty grams of protein in total, we also need a quarter cup of 100% powdered cacao, a quarter cup of maple syrup, I have about a half cup of aquafaba, I add half of it in then pulse together.
After I have pulsed for a moment I add in the rest of the aquafaba and pulse again. Now I am lining a bread pan with some parchment paper. Then I just scoop it into the pan and just for fun I top it with some vegan chocolate chips. I’m going to preheat the oven to about 350ºf.
Chickpea Bars
Now we are going to be making the chickpea peanut butter protein bars. I start by draining the chickpeas, we don’t need to rinse them but we do need to save the aquafaba. I add one cup of oats to my food processor and pulse the same as before. Then add the chickpeas, a quarter cup of allulose then pulse. Next I add four scoops of protein powder, a half cup of peanut butter powder, and a quarter cup of peanut butter then pulse. I then add about half a cup of aquafaba in and pulse some more.
Taste Test
Same as our last batch, line a bread pan with parchment paper and scoop the mix in. I sprinkle the top of each batch with a little salt. And for the chocolate one I also sprinkle on some brown cane sugar. I toss both of them in the oven for about twenty minutes. Once they are done cooking they look good, I’m going to cut them into eight portions. The chickpea protein bars taste like peanut butter fudge or cake! You would never know it was made from chickpeas! The black bean bars are delicious as well. These just taste like chocolate bars and you’d have no clue they were made from beans! Watch the full video here!https://youtu.be/BPe6qQ12DvI?si=iIj5o_-q3fsX5TrL
One Can Of Chickpeas Will Change How You Think About Protein Bars
Ingredients
Black Bean Bars
- 1 can black beans
- 1 cup old fashion rolled oats
- .5 cup dates
- 4 scoops protein powder
- 1/4 cup 100% powdered cacao
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- vegan chocolate chips
Chickpea Bars
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 cup old fashion rolled oats
- 1/4 cup allulose
- 4 scoops protein powder
- .5 cup peanut butter powder
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- pinch salt
- pinch brown cane sugar
Instructions
Black Bean Bars
- Drain can of black beans (save aquafaba). Rinse the beans off.
- Add the oats to a food processor and pulse them to smaller bits. Then add beans, dates and pulse. Add in protein powder, cacao, maple syrup, and aquafaba, pulse.
- Line bread pan with parchment paper then add in mixture. I topped mine with choc chips.
- Preheat oven to 350ºf.
Chickpea Bars
- Drain chickpeas, save the aquafaba.
- Add oats to food processor and pulse.
- Add chickpeas, allulose, protein powder, peanut butter powder, peanut butter, aquafaba then pulse.
- Line bread pan with parchment paper and add the mix in.
- Sprinkle each batch with salt, and brown cane sugar on the chocolate batch. Add them to the oven for 20 minutes. Cut into portions and enjoy!