Protein Cookie Dough Bites

Do you need that sweet treat that’s filling, nutritious, and loaded with protein? Keep these Protein Cookie Dough Bites in your freezer.

Sure, there’s lots of good, natural protein available out there. Tuna, salmon, chicken, eggs…and there’s no limit to the protein-full recipes we can enjoy. 

But that’s not always what we’re in the mood of. Sometimes we want something a little more fun, a little sweeter, something we can grab on the go, or that little treat that tides us over and is actually nutritious and filling (vs. sugary).

Because when you’re really hungry but you don’t have time, it’s really helpful if that item you grab is actually satiating vs. a carby/sugary snack. 

If you’re a raw cookie dough fan, this might be a solution you enjoy too! I make these Protein Cookie Dough Bites and keep them in the freezer. While they’re fine to eat with a spoon, I enjoy them best when they’re frozen and just a tiny bit thawed. 

Start with a container of Barney Almond Butter Powder. I use this almond butter powder specifically because it’s made of blanched almonds, so it’s more of a blank slate. It doesn’t have that strong almond butter taste like versions made from whole almonds. It’s basically a clean protein that can be flavored as you like. For more flavor, you can add extracts like almond extract for a marzipan flavor or cake batter extract for a closer match to real cookie dough. 

But all you need for the basic cookie dough is the almond butter, sweetener, and chocolate chips (optionally sprinkles if you want some color). 

To make a whole batch of Protein Cookie Dough Bites at once, empty the whole jar into a bowl.

To sweeten, add 4 scoops sweetener. I use Lakanto Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener. It’s a natural sub for brown sugar.

Add water until the cookie dough reaches the consistency that you like, usually somewhere between 2 ¼ cups and 2 ¾ cups works well. 

If there’s less water, it’s thicker and richer, but with more water you get a bigger yield, and it’s a bit icier/more refreshing once frozen. 

Now it’s time to make this feel like cookie dough. Just a touch of chocolate chips (and sprinkles if you are a fan) makes these fun to eat. The chocolate chips also give it some crunch. If you don’t want to add sugar, Lilly’s makes chocolate chips that have no sugar added and are sweetened naturally (the dark chocolate chips are pareve but made on dairy equipment). 

Add to condiment cups and freeze! To enjoy, thaw slightly. Pop out of the condiment cups to bite into them, or let thaw and eat with a little spoon. I find that the 2 oz condiment cups are nice if you want to bite into them, but the 4 oz ones are good if you want to eat it with a spoon.