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These healthy protein cookie dough bites are made with just 7 ingredients and are so delicious! You’ll love that these little protein bites give you 5 grams of protein, plus great healthy fats from the almond flour and peanut butter. Lower in sugar than your average cookie dough, and made with better for you ingredients. Let’s get to them!
Table of Contents
- Healthy Low Sugar Freezer Protein Cookie Dough Bites
- Why you’ll love this protein cookie dough recipe
- Simple Ingredients you’ll need for protein cookie dough bites
- How to make the perfect snack
- Watch me make edible cookie dough bites
- How to store
- Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
- More healthy snack recipes you’ll love
- Low Sugar Cookie Dough Bites Recipe
Healthy Low Sugar Freezer Protein Cookie Dough Bites
The main ingredient you’ll find in these yummy bites is almond flour, plus a little protein powder, creamy peanut butter, and maple syrup.
The combination of those 4 ingredients plus some mini chocolate chips gives them all the cookie dough vibes.
I could enjoy eating it straight from the bowl, but freezing the dough into little bites makes them extra good!
The dough is a bit sticky, so freezing helps it to be less sticky.
Plus, a freezer treat means you’ll always have a yummy low carb dessert on hand that doubles as a post-workout snack!
Why you’ll love this protein cookie dough recipe
No special equipment needed – No food processor or blender is needed for this recipe! It mixes easily and quickly in one bowl, making it a great healthy treat to mix up when your sweet tooth wants something yummy, but you also want to get more protein and nourishment in with your treat.
Easy healthy snack to meal prep – The hardest part of this recipe is waiting for it to freeze, but you could totally eat it as actual cookie dough!
Bitesize goodness – These little bites of raw cookie dough have a great balance of protein and healthy fats.
Simple Ingredients you’ll need for protein cookie dough bites
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- unsweetened almond milk
- pure maple syrup
- vanilla extract
- natural peanut butter
- almond flour
- vanilla whey protein powder
- mini chocolate chips
- dark chocolate chips
- coconut oil
How to make the perfect snack
Step 1: In a large bowl add the almond milk, maple syrup, vanilla and peanut butter together. Mix it all together then add the rest of the ingredients – almond flour and protein powder. Mix until combined, then press the cookie dough using a spoon or cookie scoop into a silicone mini muffin mold (or the cookie dough mold pictured). Place in the freezer.
Step 2: While the protein energy bites chill in the freezer, melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil together. Pour or drizzle the melted chocolate onto the cookie dough bites and place back into the freeze for 3-4 hours until fully firm.
Watch me make edible cookie dough bites
The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
How to store
These yummy bites keep best in the freezer. The dough is pretty sticky, so if it’s left in the fridge the texture won’t be as good.
I suggest storing them in the freezer and if you want them a little soft before biting into them, place as many as you’d like to enjoy on the counter at room temperature for 5 minutes. Total perfection!
They will last in the freezer for up to 6 months when stored properly.
Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this chocolate chip cookie dough protein bites recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Unsweetened almond milk – You can use your favorite type of non-dairy milk here.
Maple syrup – Honey or agave nectar are both great alternatives to maple syrup.
Peanut butter – Any type of nut butter or seed butter will work in place of peanut butter! Just be sure you enjoy the taste of the nut butter you choose to use as that will flavor these energy bites a lot.
Almond flour – I’ve made these multiple times with cashew flour and it works great! Other nut flours like pecan flour or walnut flour should work great here as well.
Vanilla whey protein powder – You can opt to use a different flavor of protein powder – whatever flavor you like! If you want to use a plant-based protein powder you can, but you’ll have to add a bit more liquid as vegan protein powders tend to absorb more liquid.
Mini chocolate chips – Regular dark chocolate chips work here as well!
More healthy snack recipes you’ll love
Low Sugar Cookie Dough Bites
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup vanilla whey protein powder
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Chocolate Topping
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the almond milk, maple syrup, vanilla and peanut butter together. Mix it all together then add the rest of the ingredients – almond flour and protein powder. Mix until combined, then press the cookie dough using a spoon or cookie scoop into a silicone mini muffin mold (or the cookie dough mold pictured). Place in the freezer.
- While the protein energy bites chill in the freezer, melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil together. Pour or drizzle the melted chocolate onto the cookie dough bites and place back into the freeze for 3-4 hours until fully firm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you try this high protein cookie dough bites recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
They turned out yummy!
Glad you enjoyed them!