Is there a better combination than peanut butter and banana? Sure, there’s the peanut butter and chocolate tandem, but this recipe has that, too. These no bake protein bites are packed with flavor and have unbelievable macros when compared to regular “oatmeal energy bites” or things like that.
With over 8 grams of protein and just 2 grams of carbs each, they are perfect for a snack around your workouts. Munch on eight two or three of these on your drive to the gym and you’ll have the perfect amount of protein and carbs to fuel your training session. And since the whole process should take 5-10 minutes from start to finish, you can make these right now!
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Protein Bites Recipe Notes
You’ll only need 6 ingredients to make the recipe:
- rolled oats, powdered peanut butter, protein powder
- ripe banana and honey
- mini chocolate chips
Like I mentioned in my no bake s’mores bites recipe, the protein powder will be the biggest variable in this recipe. I use PEScience Select in my recipes. This protein powder is a blend of whey and casein, making it a bit thicker in consistency than whey-only protein powders.
If you’re using another protein powder, you’ll likely need to modify the recipe to get the consistency right. The biggest tip I can give here will be adding the wet ingredients (banana and honey) slowly to avoid over hydrating things.
Pro tip: You can order small samples of PEScience if you’re new to protein powder recipes. If you like it, you can use my affiliate discount code mason to save 15% off on PEScience products. If you’re looking for other recipes to try with a sample pack, try my Butterfinger protein oatmeal, high protein baked oats, or protein monkey bread.
Aside from the protein powder, the other ingredients should be pretty straightforward. The only other tip I would give would be to use a food scale to get the ingredient weight spot on. No bake recipes like these peanut butter protein bites can be tricky to handle if you don’t get it right.
If you’re looking for a healthy snack without protein powder, check out my chocolate pistachio granola bars or dark chocolate oat bars.
All right, the printable recipe card is below. If you have any other questions about these oatmeal peanut butter bites, drop a comment at the bottom of this post.
No Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Protein Bites
Ingredients
- 3/4 C 60g Rolled Oats
- 2 scoops, 62g Vanilla Protein Powder*
- 1/4 C 26g PB2 or Powdered Peanut Butter
- 1 medium, 100g peeled Banana, mashed
- 1/2 Tbsp 11g Honey
- 2 Tbsp 28g Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Mix the oats, protein powder, and powdered peanut butter together.
- Mash the banana in a separate bowl before adding to the dry ingredients. Stir until the mixture starts to come together before adding the honey and chocolate chips. Finishing stirring until one large ball forms.**
- Divide the mixture into 8 pieces and place them on a piece of parchment paper or foil. Roll each piece between your palms to smooth. You can spray your hands with a tiny bit of cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Refrigerate protein bites and serve chilled.
YUM TIMES 10! I suck at cooking so had to try out this recipe and I was very impressed! Will definitely make these again!
YUM TIMES 10! I suck at cooking so had to try out this recipe and I was very impressed! Will definitely make these again!
YUM TIMES 10! I suck at cooking so had to try out this recipe and I was very impressed! Will definitely make these again!
How do I recalculate macros if I use Garden of Life vanilla protein powder?
You could divide the macros from the protein as-is by the number of protein bites you make and replace that with the macros for your protein powder. Or you could just enter all the ingredients into Myfitnesspal or a tracker and divide the total by the number of bites you make. Hope that helps!
these are sooo awesome. had to pace myself and try not to eat the entire batch!
these are sooo awesome. had to pace myself and try not to eat the entire batch!
these are sooo awesome. had to pace myself and try not to eat the entire batch!
These are beyond awesome! Made them for myself, and my weight training crazy fitness sons discovered them and decided they love them too! So now I have to triple the recipe every time I make it! I don’t use chocolate chips, but in one batch I do put Cacaio powder for myself. Because I love chocolate, but I have one son who doesn’t. So his just gets the PB fit powder. For my sticky sweetener I will use either agave, or a sugar-free maple syrup. These are our go to treats when we are looking for something sweet!
I made these using PEScience Cake Pop protein, but otherwise no modifications, and they turned out fantastic! They are currently in my freezer – one because I want to try them as recommended, but also to keep me from eating them all in one sitting. I was able to form nice round bites by wetting my fingers before rolling them as well so in additional to being tasty, they are very photo worthy! 😉 Thanks for the great recipe!
These are beyond awesome! Made them for myself, and my weight training crazy fitness sons discovered them and decided they love them too! So now I have to triple the recipe every time I make it! I don’t use chocolate chips, but in one batch I do put Cacaio powder for myself. Because I love chocolate, but I have one son who doesn’t. So his just gets the PB fit powder. For my sticky sweetener I will use either agave, or a sugar-free maple syrup. These are our go to treats when we are looking for something sweet!