bars - Peanut Butter Fudge Protein Bars

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 128 g (1/2 cup) Natural Peanut Butter (no sugar/salt/oil added)
• 1 cup + 2 tbs Unsweetened Almond Milk
• 10 packets Truvia* (or sweetener of choice)
• 40 drops Stevia Extract*
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 96 g (1 cup) Old Fashioned Rolled Oats, blended to a flour
• 168 g (8 scoops) Unflavored or Vanilla Brown Rice Protein Powder

Details

Adapted from dessertswithbenefits.com

Preparation

Step 1

Line an 8" brownie pan with wax paper or parchment paper both ways and set aside.
In a medium-sized stand mixer bowl, add the peanut butter and almond milk and stir (don't use a whisk attachment. If you feel like getting an arm workout, skip the stand mixer and use a spoon and your arm!).
While the mixer is stirring, add the Truvia, stevia and salt. Still mixing, add the oat flour. Once the oat flour has fully mixed in, add the protein powder. Mix until all the protein powder is incorporated.
Take the bowl off the stand mixer and fold the mixture with a rubber spatula to form a giant PB dough ball. Dump into the prepared pan and flatten with the spatula (or if you're fancy, a pastry roller). Cover and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, slice into bars and store in the fridge. If you are the on-the-go type, wrap each bar in parchment paper and tape to close, that way you can easily grab them out of the fridge.
Notes

If you don't have stevia, add 6-8 more packets of Truvia/sweetener of choice, or to taste.

8 scoops = 1+1/4 cups packed. Do not use whey protein powder in this recipe, it will be gooey and will not solidify unless you freeze it.

I was never a fan of the crunch in the PureFit bars, but if you like it then add some chopped peanuts to the mix! Feel free to add dried fruit or mini chocolate chips as well.