Healthy Strawberry Protein Bars (Low Carb)

These healthy strawberry protein bars are the perfect low carb snack or dessert. They're made with almond butter, plant based protein powder and freeze dried strawberries. This protein bar recipe holds together well and has a delicious strawberry flavor.

Homemade protein bars are my favorite - better tasting and better ingredients than anything store bought. They just can't be beat!

These healthy strawberry protein bars are made with a few simple, wholesome ingredients (no dyes, fillers or preservatives) and have a lovely strawberry flavor. We love snacking on them between meals or eating as a healthy dessert.

Why You'll Love these Strawberry Protein Bars

• gluten free and grain free - made without oats and without flour
• paleo friendly - contain real, wholesome ingredients that are minimally processed
• low carb and high protein - swap the honey for a liquid sugar free sweetener to lower the carb content even more
• plant based - you can even make them vegan by swapping the honey for maple syrup
• dairy free - made without whey protein
• easy to make - come together in minutes

Ingredients

Here's what you need to make these strawberry protein bars:

• almond butter - I recommend blanched almond butter for color purposes. It's lighter in color and helps make the protein bars look more pink. Cashew butter would be a great alternative.
• water - for thinning the batter.
• cacao butter - for texture purposes. This makes the protein bars solid at room temperature. You can swap the cacao butter for coconut oil or coconut butter, but this will change the texture.
• honey - for flavor. You can replace the honey with any other liquid sweetener.
• vanilla - adds to the flavor, but can be omitted.
• protein powder - I recommend using a strawberry or vanilla pea protein. Using a strawberry protein powder will help bring out more of a strawberry flavor.
• freeze dried strawberries - for color and flavor.
• beet powder - this is an optional ingredient added for color and to boost the nutritional value.
• salt - for flavor

How to Make Strawberry Protein Bars

These protein bars are no bake - all you need to do is combine the ingredients, press the dough into a lined loaf pan and chill it in the fridge. Here are the step by step instructions:

First, line an 8" x 4" loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.

Make the dough for the protein bars. In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond butter, water, melted coconut butter, honey and vanilla.

Use a coffee grinder or small blender to blend the freeze dried strawberries into a fine powder. If you do not have either of these, then crush the strawberries by placing them in a plastic baggie and crushing them with a rolling pin.

In a smaller mixing bowl, combine the pea protein, powdered strawberries, beet powder and salt.

Pour the dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix with a spatula until well combined. The dough will be thick, similar to playdough.

Press the dough into the lined loaf pan. Place the bars in the fridge for at least an hour to set.

Once firm, cut the bars to desired size. (I cut mine into 8 pieces.)

For decoration, you can drizzle the bars with melted white chocolate and top with crushed freeze dried strawberries and bee pollen.

Storage

These strawberry protein bars must be stored in the fridge or freezer. They will last well up to two weeks in the fridge, or two months in the freezer. They're actually great frozen, as they keep their smooth texture (don't get rock solid).

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