Monster Cookie Protein Bites

 

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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