No Bake Protein Bars
on Apr 29, 2025
These No Bake Protein Bars are made with just 7 ingredients. Make your own homemade protein bars made in minutes!
Make your own protein bars!
Homemade protein bars are one of my favorite filling snacks to keep on hand for my kids (and me!) They are easy to make, made with pantry ingredients, and most importantly they taste amazing!
If you are a fan of classic energy balls or monster cookie energy balls, you will love this recipe!
These protein bars are a great option if you don’t want to spend the time rolling energy bites by hand. Each bar has 12 grams of protein in it and is made with real ingredients you can recognize.
I personally have a hard time finding store bought protein bars that both taste good and don’t have a long list of ingredients. That’s why I decided to make my own.
These and my no bake chocolate protein bars have become my favorite bars!
Ingredients and notes
- Peanut butter: You need no stir creamy peanut butter for this recipe, which is thick and creamy. The ingredients should be peanuts, oil, salt, and sugar.
- Honey: the natural sticky sweetener that helps hold these bars together.
- Oats: old fashioned oats, also known as rolled oats give the bars a chewy texture.
- Vanilla protein powder: we used our favorite vanilla whey protein powder, but I have heard from others that non-dairy worked as well!
- Chocolate chips: this recipe uses a blend of semi sweet and dark chocolate chips. You can substitute dairy free chocolate chips to make these dairy free.
- Flaked sea salt, for topping: this is optional, but highly recommended. It really makes the flavors pop!
How to make no bake protein bars
Step 1: Stir together the creamy peanut butter and honey until combined. I have found it’s easier to do this step first before adding the dry ingredients.
Step 2: Stir in the rolled oats and vanilla protein powder until combined. The protein bar batter should be thick but not too sticky. I used vanilla protein powder for this recipe, but chocolate would also be tasty!
Step 3: Transfer the peanut butter batter to an 8 by 8 baking dish. I recommend lining your dish with parchment paper for easy clean up.
Flatten down the top of the mixture and spread it evenly into the pan. A rubber spatula works best for this step.
Step 4: Melt the dark chocolate chips and semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments until smooth. Stir often to avoid burning.
Step 5: Pour the melted chocolate over the top of the peanut butter layer and smooth it out with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle the melted chocolate layer generously with flaked sea salt.
Flaked sea salt is optional, but I love that salty sweet flavor that it brings to sweet recipes like this one. Trust me on this!
Step 6: Chill the bars until the chocolate is set, around 1-2 hours. The chocolate should be hardened on top. Cut the bars into 12 pieces, or more if you want smaller protein bars.
Storing
Leftover protein bars can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. They will keep 5-7 days in the refrigerator or 2-3 months in the freezer.
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- Mint Chocolate Protein Balls
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- Almond Butter Protein Balls
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⭐️Review⭐️
“Delicious and so easy!”-Margherite
No Bake Protein Bars
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups creamy no stir peanut butter
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ cup rolled oats, old fashioned oats
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Flaked sea salt, for topping
Instructions
- Stir together the creamy peanut butter and honey until combined.
- Stir in the oats and vanilla protein powder until totally mixed. The batter should be thick but not too sticky that it sticks to your hands.
- Transfer the protein bar batter to an 8 by 8 parchment paper lined baking dish. Flatten down the top and spread it evenly into the pan.
- Melt the dark chocolate chips and semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments until smooth. Stir often to avoid burning.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the top of the peanut butter layer and smooth it out using a rubber spatula.
- Sprinkle flaked sea salt over the top of the melted chocolate layer. This is optional but highly recommended!
- Chill the protein bars in the refrigerator until the chocolate is set, or 1-2 hours. The chocolate should be hardened completely before cutting.
- Cut into 12 pieces and store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
Nutrition
delicious and so easy!
Do you use natural creamy PB without sugar? I am thinking of using regular and just cutting down on the maple syrup. I do have to make these vegan. Thanks!
I use the no stir creamy kind, which only has a couple (less than 3g) of sugar per serving. The Natural kind might be more oily, so I’m not sure it would work as a direct substitute, but you could tweak it to work!
Hi Joy. I am trying to find a protien powder thats low carb without using artificial sweeteners… stevia, allulouse and monk fruit are ok… any suggestions?? Still searching… but these sound amazing!!
I unfortunately don’t have suggestions, but if anyone else has one they love please reply here!
Gainful or Truvani, order online!
Absolutely delicious! Wouldn’t think they are healthy and full of protein. Definitely making again