Name: Protein Cookie Cups - Protein Chocolate filled, Sugar free!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: ⅔ cup Oat Flour (60g, see post for subs); ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder (22g); 2 tsp Zero Calorie 1:1 Sugar Replacement (8g); 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1 Egg (room temperature); 2 Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter (32g); ¼ cup Chocolate Protein Powder (22g); 3 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (or Cacao Powder, 15g); 5 Tbsp Water; ½ tsp Melted Coconut Oil

Just amazing Protein Cookie Cups with a protein chocolate filling – but still sugar free! Protein packed cookie dough cups are made with simple ingredients, are gluten free and easily Vegan too.

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I was actually really surprised when I calculated the macros of these healthy cookie cups because they’re just double packed with protein. Like having protein cookies dipped in protein chocolate sauce!

Oh now that I mentioned it, maybe that should be on my list as well.

Either way, these cookie cups were so macro friendly, I actually ate 2 at a time and had no regrets whatsoever!

Ingredients for Protein Cookie Cups

These high protein cookie cups are made with a few healthy ingredients and have no oil or butter.

Oat Flour – You can make your own by blending rolled oats in a high speed blender
Protein Powder for high protein cookie recipe, and also replace the sweetener.
I recommend the ProteinWorld Slender Blend or Whey Protein Powder for this recipe to keep it sugar free; Use the code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
Another option would be Quest.
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
An Egg, at room temperature
Creamy, Runny Peanut Butter
Baking Powder

And for chocolate filling cookie cups

For an extra high protein dessert, I filled the cookie cups with a protein chocolate filling sauce.

Chocolate Protein Powder – this is what replaces the sugar here. I used ProteinWorld Whey; The ProteinWorld Slender Blend another great option. Code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount on both.
A third alternative would be Quest.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
Water
A bit of Coconut Oil

Tips for Protein Packed Cookie Dough Cups

Use room temperature Egg
Leave it out for a bit if its from the fridge; This is so that the peanut butter does not clump.

Creamy Peanut Butter, not crunchy
So that it mixes in smoothly with the rest of the protein cookie dough.

Don’t over-mix the cookie dough!
Make sure you gently fold the dry mix into the wet to combine them into a dough.
If you over-mix it, the the protein powder – will make it tough, dense and gummy.

Let the cups cool completely before filling
Or the filling will get too melty and also ruin the cookie.

For the protein chocolate filling:

Use melted coconut oil so that it mixes well with the remaining ingredients.

Room temperature water to prevent coconut oil from forming lumps.

Make Ahead and Store Chocolate Filled Cookie Cups

Store these easy homemade protein cookie dough muffin cups in the fridge for about 5 days, and enjoy them as a make-ahead high protein dessert, snack or post workout meal.

To store in the freezer, let each cooke cup freeze individually (place on parchment-lined baking pan in freezer), then wrap each cup in plastic wrap and stash them in freezer-safe zipper bags. They should keep 2-3 months.

Alternative Ingredients for Ingredients for Healthy Cookie Cups

Oat flour: Use gluten free baking flour, all purpose flour or whole wheat pastry flour with the same amount by weight, not cups.
Vanilla Protein Powder: Chocolate or any other flavor
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though)
Peanut Butter: Almond butter, cashew butter or any nut or seed butter
Protein Powder – Lakanto 1:1 Zero Calorie Monkfruit sweetener to keep it sugar free. (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount).

Vegan

To make vegan protein cookie cups, you can try to replace the egg with a flax egg: 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 3 Tbsp Water let rest 10 minutes.

You also want to make sure you use a plant based protein powder for this cookie cup recipe. ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend as well (HAYLSKITCHEN for the discount here too) which would be great for these protein cookie bites.

Topping Ideas for Protein Powder Cookie Dough Cups

I went for just a basic chocolate filling protein cookie cup recipe, but you can add in any mix ins of your choice! Here’s some options that go well:

Mini Chocolate Chips or chopped Chocolate into the cookie (I recommend using a sugar free one; Lakanto is my go-to brand; The code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)

For the toppings:

Sea salt
Chopped Nuts and Seeds – almond, walnuts or peanuts would be a good!
Berries – Maybe blueberries or strawberries
Dried Fruit – Cranberries maybe?

More Healthy Protein Cups

And some Sugar Free Protein Cookies: