Skinny jean season is right around the corner so in lieu of eating chocolate peanut butter ice cream every day, I have created rich, chewy and delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls. Full of protein, fiber and nutrients, they are the perfect pre or post-workout snack. Even better? I promise they will nip your chocolate peanut butter craving right in the bud.
Bananas are one of my son’s favorite snacks and as a result, we always seem to have them in the house. Perhaps it’s the inner-hoarder in me but I am always buying a few more than we need which results in perfectly ripe leftover bananas each week.
Secretly, I am thrilled, because ripe bananas are one of my favorite ways to naturally sweeten oatmeal, smoothies, muffins and more.
Here are a few of my favorite recipes using leftover bananas:
Whole Wheat Banana Walnut Muffins
Pumpkin Banana Oatmeal
Blueberry Oat Protein Pancakes
Carrot Apple Ginger Green Smoothie
Your ripe bananas are waiting.
- Serves: 12
- Serving size: 1 ball
- Calories: 60
- Fat: 2.1 g
- Saturated fat: .3 g
- Unsaturated fat: 1.8 g
- Trans fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 7.5 g
- Sugar: 2.1 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- 1 ripe banana – mashed
- 1 tbs cocoa powder
- 2 tbs natural peanut butter
- 2 tbs flax seed meal
- 2 tbs vanilla protein powder
- pinch sea salt
- ¾ c old fashioned oats
- Mash banana in a medium bowl and add in cocoa powder, peanut butter, flax, protein powder and a pinch of sea salt.
- Continue to mash with fork until all ingredients are fully combined. (May seem dry at first but keep mashing!)
- Stir in oats using a rubber spatula to combine edges of the bowl.
- Using a small ice cream scooper or two teaspoons, form into 12 balls and place on a plate lined with wax paper.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 3 days covered with plastic wrap.
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Lovely ! Gonna try these too ! Need some time in the day to try all your recipes
Seriously !!!
Thank you so much- these are so tasty and easy! Let me know what you think!
I have got to make these Liz. I’m dying for something sweet at night, and if I give in it opens up the door to some (bad) late night snacking. The key for me is portion control…these would be perfect for that!
These were a huge hit and my husband loved them as well! We like them chilled in the fridge.
Silly question… do you cook the oats?
Not silly at all but nope, raw oats!
Do you think they would be fine without the protein powder?
Most definitely!! You could always add a little more peanut butter for added protein.
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