Course: Snacks, Treats
Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Total Time: 25 Minutes
Total Servings: 40
Monster Cookies are one of our favorites but eating them all the time doesn’t really fit in our goals. This fun twist boosts the protein, decreases the added sugar and keeps all the things we love. These are great for lunch boxes, after school snack or an energy boost after workouts. The ingredients are in gram measurements so you can mix all in one bowl.
Ingredients
- 320 g old fashioned oats (3 cups)
- 50 g hemp seeds (6 tbsp)
- 20 g chia seeds (2 tbsp)
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup vanilla whey protein powder
- 380 g natural creamy peanut butter (1 1/2 cup)
- 160 g agave (1/2 cup)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini m&m’s
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (for lower sugar use Lily’s)
- 2-4 tbsp water, if needed
Instructions
- Add the oats, hemp seeds, chia seeds and salt to the bowl of a food processor or blender. Pulse 10-15 times or until some of the oats are broken into very small pieces and some are still mostly whole.
- Place a medium bowl on a digital scale set to gram weights and zero out.
- Add the whey, peanut butter, agave and vanilla – zeroing out between each one as needed. Stir with a spatula or wooden spoon until well combined. If the dough is not sticking together, add 1/2 tbsp of water at a time and stir until the it does stick easily when formed into a ball.
- stir in the mini m&ms and chocolate chips. Use a melon-baller or a mini cookie scoop if you have one to roll the dough out into balls (about 2 tbsp each or 25-28 g)
- Store in bags in the fridge for 2 weeks or the freezer for 2 months.
Nutrition:
1 bite, 139 calories, 7g fat, 13 g net carb, 5g protein