Nut-Free Chocolate Protein Bar

Since I’ve started taking the whole losing-weight thing seriously, I’ve been trying protein bars more and while I’ve found some good ones, I haven’t been able to find any that are nut-free.  While this may not be a bad thing, it is when your nut allergy son wants one as well. *grin* So since I haven’t been able to find a nut free protein bar, I decided to make my own. I can’t take full credit though.  My friend Colleen had this yummy protein ball recipe and I decided to build upon that.

The original recipe, while yummy, was a little bland for me. For one it has peanut butter in it and right there means it wasn’t what I was looking for. The other reason I decided to build upon it was simply because I love chocolate. You can never go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter, so to help with the SunButter taste, I added cocoa powder. Although I haven’t decided yet if I want to add 2 tbsp of dark cocoa powder or not yet.

Ingredients:
16oz SunButter
1 tbsp Special Dark Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Flaxseed Meal
1 cup protein powder (This is the one I used)
1 cup dry milk
8 tsp Splenda
2 tsp Glutamine powder
1/4 quick-cooking oats (or 1/2 cup ground oatmeal)

Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients together. Once everything is blended, add the SunButter.
Spread the mixture into a 8 3/4″ x 6 1/2 pan and freeze overnight.

Nutritional Information: Servings 12; Calories 330; Carbs 18g; Fat 21g; Protein 18g (as determined by MyFitnessPal.com)