Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars

    Serves 12
    10 mins prep
    12 mins cook
    22 mins total

    Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars made with protein powder and peanut butter powder for a sugar-free, low fat dessert! With an oatmeal base, high protein peanut butter, frosting and crunchy bacon, PB bacon dessert bars are gluten free too.

    2 servings

    Base:

    Protein Peanut Butter:

    Topping:

    1. Grease an 8 x 8” pan or line with parchment paper; leave an overhang to lift out later.

    2. Preheat oven to 350°F.

    Base:

    1. In a bowl, combine rolled oats, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder, oat flour, peanut butter powder and baking powder.

    2. Add in peanut butter, yogurt, applesauce and almond milk (little at a time) and mix.

      Mixture should be thick but spreadable.

    3. Transfer to prepared pan and press down.

    4. Bake for 12-15 minutes, then let cool about 10 minutes:

    Protein Peanut Butter:

    1. In same bowl, stir together peanut butter powder, protein powder.

    2. Add maple syrup, peanut butter and water (1 tsp at a time) and mix.

    3. Spread on top of base layer and use back of spoon to smoothen.

    Frosting + Bacon:

    1. Preheat oven to 425°F

    2. Place bacon on foil-lined baking sheet and bake 12 minutes.

      Let cool, then break/crumble.

    3. In a bowl, combine yogurt, protein powder and peanut butter.

      Spread over base.

    4. Slice into 12 bars.