Raspberry Chocolate Chip Protein Breakfast Bars

Most protein breakfast bars that you’ll find on the internet aren’t actually very high in protein. They also usually rely on oatmeal as the base, which isn’t the best ingredient for helping to achieve a weight loss goal.

As a Clinical Nutritionist, I wanted to provide a protein breakfast bar for my community that was actually high in protein to support a weight loss goal and make fat loss even easier.

Thankfully, AEN Team member Katy developed the most delicious and easy to meal prep breakfast protein bar that I know you’re going to be obsessed with.

Meet our Raspberry Chocolate Chip Protein Breakfast Bar.

This protein breakfast bar recipe uses 5 simple ingredients to pack in over 30 grams of complete protein per serving to help keep you full and satisfied all morning long. You can eat it like a baked pancake or you can slice it up into a “bar” to eat on the go.

Key Ingredients

Protein breakfast bars don’t have to be complicated to be packed with flavor and keep you satisfied. In fact, we use just 5 simple and wholesome ingredients!

Eggs

Eggs used to be considered an unhealthy food due to the cholesterol content. But American dietary guidelines in 2015 changed when the research overwhelmingly proved that dietary cholesterol (such as in eggs) doesn’t raise blood cholesterol.

To top it off, eggs are one of the most satiating foods you can eat. This means it raises hormones in your body that make you feel full and satisfied for multiple hours.

Eggs are also loaded with important nutrients like choline and vitamin A.

Bananas

Bananas have also gotten a bad reputation for many years, but it’s important to take that information with a grain of salt.

Yes, bananas have more sugar than some fruits. However, unless you are insulin resistant, you likely will not experience a big blood sugar spike from adding a banana into your meal.

We use bananas in our protein breakfast bars recipe as a way to add whole food sweetness without added and refined sugars. Bananas also help to provide a lovely, fluffy texture to your protein breakfast bar.

Whey Protein Isolate

Whey protein is one of the most studied supplements in the world. It’s been found to prevent muscle loss, reduce hunger, improve strength, aid in muscle recovery, lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation and make it easier to lose weight. (1, 2, 3)

We specifically use our 100% whey protein isolate to also promote a healthy gut.

It’s estimated that about 65% of people around the world are lactose intolerant. This means they can’t digest lactose and therefore get symptoms of bloating, gas and/or constipation. Unfortunately a lot of cheap whey protein products use whey concentrate or milk protein concentrate which contains higher levels of lactose.

To get the benefits of whey protein without the nasty GI results, we only use 100% whey protein isolate, which is the lowest lactose whey protein.

This is why many people in our community who are lactose intolerant have noted that they can use our delicious whey protein powder without feeling bloated.

Zero Added Sugar Chocolate Chips

To keep this meal as low in sugar as possible, we use zero added sugar chocolate chips. You can use whichever brand you prefer, but we like the brand Lily’s.

Typically zero added sugar chocolate chips are sweetened with ingredients like monk fruit, stevia and erythritol. We recommend sticking with brands that use natural sweeteners (such as those just listed) and avoid all artificial sweeteners for best gut health benefits.

Frozen Raspberries

Raspberries are very low in sugar and very high in fiber. One cup of raspberries has about 7 grams of fiber and only 7 grams of sugar. That’s an amazing fiber to sugar ratio to help keep blood glucose levels stable!

Equipment Needed

We like to keep meal prep as simple as possible by using oven safe meal prep containers for baking. THIS is the brand we used.

Ingredient Swaps

• Raspberries: Sub in frozen blueberries, blackberries or chopped strawberries.

Topping Ideas

To make this a complete meal, I recommend choosing 2-3 of the toppings below per serving. Choose 1 from the first category and 1-2 from the second.

Choose 1:

• 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut yogurt
• 1/4 cup homemade zero sugar whipped cream
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt (store-bought or homemade)

Choose 1-2:

• 2 tablespoon cashews
• 2 tablespoon walnuts
• 2 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
• 1 tablespoon almond butter
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter
• 1/2 cup berries

Other Recipes You May Love

• Chocolate Protein Breakfast Bars; Similar recipe to this one, but in chocolate form!
• Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Protein Pancakes; High protein, high fiber AND perfect for Fall!
• Vanilla Chocolate Chip Protein Breakfast Bars; Swap the raspberry for vanilla sweetness.

Did you love this recipe? Let me know in the comments below!

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