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.
YUUUUUUUUM!! I live for no bake bites and these are one of my favorites of all time!
Originally made these because I had a vanilla protein powder that I wasn’t too fond of but still wanted to use. These were perfect! Love that it includes oats and chocolate chips for an extra little crunch! Also a good idea for when you’ve got bananas lying around that you probably won’t be eating
What can I use if their is a peanut allergiy
Maybe powdered almond butter. I’m not sure if they’re completely peanut free, but it’s worth looking into.
Any substitutes for bananas? I don’t always love the taste of them in things like this but this recipe looks great!
Unsweetened apple sauce or canned pumpkin are usually good substitutes for something like banana. I’d probably start with apple sauce and add slowly. You may not need as much.
Made these last weekend and they were so good! I didn’t have any vanilla protein powder so I just added extra PB2 and the texture still turned out great!
These are perfect snacks to create when you don’t have much time and they satisfy your sweet tooth, they are delicious a must try for sure
The only downside to these is that they are too easy to eat! Great snack to take to work, or you can freeze them into smaller pieces and mix them into yogurt and freeze for a take on “cookie dough” ice cream.
I used PE Science vegan protein and used sugar free syrup instead of honey and they were delicious! I needed to add a splash of almond milk because the vegan protein usually requires a little more liquid to bind together
The only downside to these is that they are too easy to eat! Great snack to take to work, or you can freeze them into smaller pieces and mix them into yogurt and freeze for a take on “cookie dough” ice cream.
these are so good I reviewed comments and did use the applesauce instead of banana as I don’t like alot of banana flavor. Easy to make and eat 🙂