No-Bake Cookie Dough Protein Balls

Secretly healthy, no-bake cookie dough protein balls! Made with vanilla vegan protein powder, these protein balls are soft, chewy, and taste as if you’re licking the batter from the spoon.

Whip them up in just five minutes and curb a craving in minutes!

Avoid the granulated sugar (and even brown sugar!) and opt for these healthy, no-bake cookie dough bites as a busy mom staple!

As a Certified Nutrition Coach, I love that they're the perfect combo of easy-to-make and a pop-in-your-mouth craving buster just like peanut butter protein buckeyes.

Dence, sweet and with crunchy chocolate folded in- kinda like these protein rice krispie treats or a cookie dough smoothie bowl.

You can use these no-bake cookie dough balls as:

• A speedy, fat-packed snack
• To curb a craving
• A mid-afternoon pick me up
• A healthy dessert for kids

Given that they take just five minutes to make, they’re healthy and paleo, you’d be silly to not have the ingredients on hand!

Ingredients You'll Need

This cookie dough is made of minimal ingredients that you probably already have in your cupboard.

Coconut Flour: Coconut flour helps give the cookie dough protein balls a dense, delicious texture.

Almond Flour: adding in a dose of healthy fats and a satiating quality. Make sure to use blanched almond flour and not almond meal (learn the difference).

Vegan Vanilla Protein Powder: adding a healthy dose of protein to the cookie dough to help slow the release of sugars and keep it thick. Learn more about the benefits of a high protein diet and why you want to amp it up!

Almond Butter: any nut butter will work for the recipe just make sure it’s creamy and fresh (versus the hardened part at the bottom).

Honey: sweetened without granulated sugar or brown sugar! These balls use honey to give the bites a silky, indulgent flavor.

Mini chocolate chips: it’s optional to add in chocolate chips but they do add a bit of a crunch! Plus, chocolate chip cookie dough most likely brings you back to your childhood.

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How To Make Cookie Dough Protein Bites

1. Melt the coconut oil
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl (omit the chocolate chips) and mix well.
3. Pour in the coconut oil, almond butter, and honey and mix to combine.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Let the dough sit for 5 minutes.
6. Grease your hands and roll the cookie dough into balls.
7. Freeze to set.

How To Indulge In The Recipe

The truth is, you can consume these no-bake cookie dough protein balls as soon you make them- exactly like these gluten-free cookie dough bars!

In fact, you don’t even need to roll them into balls. This edible, chocolate chip cookie dough is perfect just licked off a spoon.

In fact, you can portion the batter into mini cups and have it as a tasty movie-night snack!

However, having them in ball form makes them slightly easier in a grab-and-go situation.

How To Store The Cookie Dough Protein Balls

You want to keep the balls in the fridge or freezer as they do firm up more the longer they’re chilled.

If you plan to eat these cookie dough protein balls (or even the batter) as soon as you make them, know that they’ll be a bit sticky and much softer.

That said, if you place them in the fridge for thirty minutes, they still taste amazing and are decadently soft, but they’re less gooey.

You can store the balls in the fridge or the freezer. Out of the freezer, the balls will need to thaw first as they do freeze solid.

Choosing A Vegan Protein Powder

These no-bake protein balls have been made with a few vegan protein powders. Specifically Genuine Health's Vegan Protein Powder as well as Progressive's Fermented Protein (learn How To Choose A Vegan Protein Powder for your goals).

Genuine Health is one of my favorites because it helps you truly fuel.

Made with 20 grams of plant-based protein, this vegan protein powder is dairy-free, gluten-free, non-GMO, and certified organic.

But my personal favorite is that this protein is fermented. This normally meals a little less "protein powder bloat" because it helps break down the grains, nuts, and legumes.

This vanilla protein powder literally gives you the best of both worlds.

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Important Teaching Tips

The protein powder you choose will make a difference to both the texture and the flavor of the cookie dough protein bites.

Since Genuine Health's protein powder contains pea protein, it will absorb more liquid. Other protein powders, like Botanica protein, don't contain this and thus they absorb less.

Omitting the protein powder or using collagen in its place may mean that you need to scale back the coconut oil by a tablespoon or so.

Do not confuse almond flour with almond meal. Almond meal is ground almonds. Thus, it alters the texture of the balls.

Swaps And Substitutions

Though almond butter is listed, any nut butter will work for the cookie dough balls. So, use what you have on hand or try new nut butter to switch up the flavor (my personal favorite is almond hazelnut).

In place of chocolate chips, sprinkles, dried cranberries, or coconut make a fun change too.

Unfortunately, you cannot sub maple syrup for honey as it makes the batter much too runny.

Make the cookie dough protein balls chocolate by using chocolate protein powder in place of vanilla.

Note: a reader used whey protein + butter (in place of the coconut oil) and said they turned out great. If you're a dairy lover, that's an option!

Frequently Asked Questions About No Bake Cookie Dough Bites

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