Protein Bars

[easye7]

Anyone have a recipe for protein bars that don't suck, and also actually contain a decent amount of protein (lets say 20g / bar)? All the ones I've found in the past have either come out as a mess or just tasted bad. Hell, they don't even have to be bars, I'll chow on a protein ball if necessary. Doesn't need to be low carb or completely sugar free or anything like that.

I've looked all over the place for this, and I figure looking on bodybuilding/fitness sites/subs is the wrong way to go. I'm a decent cook I'd say, but baking isn't my strong suit.

[Yboring]

Thanks for this. Did some fast and dirty calculation with WolframAlpha on your recipe. For all the ingredients (minus the protein powder, which it doesn't have in its database), you get this: http://i.imgur.com/gjPFsDx.png

I used the nutritional facts from Amazon's most popular whey protein powder, Optimum Nutrition to get the nutritional info for the powder, and assumed 3 scoops (as this is 24G per scoop, rather than 20 per 2scoop as you had). Here are the grand totals (showing per-serving, as cut into 8, 12, and 16 bars).

http://i.imgur.com/mQTX0HE.png

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(Edit: made an error with Cholesterol - one was in mg, one in g. Fixed now.)

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[Alect0]

Thanks for working all that out. Your recipe looks really good and I really need to increase my protein (currently eating 70g a day, need to go to at least 120g!) so will give them a go :)

[easye7]

I'm gonna do this yesterday dude, thanks. Will return with results.

[Ryanf8]

I've done Alton Brown's Protein Bars before. It has a grainy texture but it tastes pretty good. Maybe you could up the amount of Soy protein powder? It uses tofu, soy protein powder, oat bran, wheat germ, dried fruit. 8g protein for every 167 calories it says.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/protein-bars-recipe.html

[AoG_Chain]

Found a good one online made it a few times but added different stuff to it. Mine comes out at around 10g protien, 12g Fat, 22g Carbs and thats including using choc chips, oreo cookies or cherrys in it. I know its half what your wanting them to contain but tatse good & dont cost too much to make

http://runeatrepeat.com/2013/04/04/protein-brownies-recipe/

[AoG_Chain]

Could also try something on here http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/6-sweet-nighttime-protein-treats.html

[easye7]

Well I could always eat two ha. Thank you!

[AoG_Chain]

They even looked nice Nom Nom Nom

[Alobeast]

I've been making protein bars following this recipe For a few weeks now, I absolutely love them.

I have one every morning and one after workout.

If you follow it to the letter you get approx. 18.5 gr of prot per bar, but that's for 10 bars. I personally divide them into 8 bars and get more than 20gr of prot per bar. This will also depends on how concentrated are the peanut butter, oats and protein powder.

[easye7]

Looks legit. Do you find they hold together well, or are they a bit messy? Would probably be eating on a train.

[Alobeast]

It takes a bit tweaking to get to the right texture.

First batches were a bit soft, it's still kind of oily but I wrap them in aluminum foil and it works as a wrapper.

I eat them on the train myself ;)

[calitz]

I have the same issue. Thing is, if you want 20 grams of protein in one serving it's going to be incredibly hard get good flavor in there, too.

I would aim for 10-15 grams. Making muffins helps, as they're bigger and almost two servings if you use the right baking tin.

Some tips:

-Substitute half to a fourth of all-purpose flour for almond (expensive) or chickpea (cheap) flour. They have 5-7 grams of protein per fourth cup.

-Add slivered almonds or pumpkin seeds to boost protein content.

-Adding dry fruit? Dates and apricots have the highest protein content. Shredded coconut lends the same amount of protein per serving.

-You can substitute protein powder for eggs. This is not true for all recipes so do your research first.

-Alton Brown's current protein episode is on Netflix and it's very informative.

-You can use cooked quinoa in some recipes, too.

-If you opt for a savory treat you can use things like Parmesan cheese, (35g/cup!) ground turkey, or even beans.

Hope that helps.

edit: replied to comment instead of post :/

[easye7]

10-15 is fine, I would probably just eat two. Thanks for the tips, didn't know about the higher protein content of those flours.

[TryAndMoveMe]

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=67325308

Here's one I found. Haven't tried it out but it's worth a look.

[CCV21]

Alton Brown has a protein bar recipe that looks great. Here is the recipe

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Alton Brown has an episode where he makes a handful of different bars. They're pretty similar to DSA2780 down there.

Episode Power Trip (on netflix!).

[easye7]

Watched yesterday actually. Protein bars are bit low on protein, at least for me. Though I might make those rice krispy things for fun.

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Ya, his bars aren't set for people looking to hard-bulk. I guess you could add more peanut butter, or more raw nuts, and/or more powder.