Name: Banana Bread Freezer Protein Balls
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 medium Ripe Banana (120g, ½ cup Mashed); 1 cup Rolled or Instant Oats (90g); ¼ cup Coconut Flour (about 28g); ¼ cup Peanut Butter Powder (see notes for sub); 1½ Tbsp Water; 4 scoops Unflavored Collagen (about 30g, see notes for sub); 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup (Stevia sweetened preferred); ¾ tsp Vanilla Extract; ½ tsp Cinnamon (Optional)

No bake Banana Bread Freezer Protein Balls that taste just like your favorite breakfast loaf, but ready in 15 minutes, and that too with a protein boost! Made with collagen and peanut butter powder, its a perfect low fat post-workout treat or a snack.

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I think the only thing better than banana bread is something that tastes just like it, but doesn’t need that hour long baking time.

These literally took me just 15 minutes start to end.

I got really into the whole bite-sized protein snacks thing after those espresso tahini balls recently. So when I saw one of my waiting-to-get-ripe bananas was all done, I remembered seeing a recipe for banana freezer cookies from Dada Eats a while ago.

Amped it up and made this healthy, low fat, protein packed and nutrient rich version instead!

Easy, healthy homemade banana oat protein energy balls made with mashed banana, collagen and oatmeal for a dairy free and sugar free snack that tastes like banana bread!

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Banana Protein Energy Bites

Just a few pantry staples is what you need for these banana energy bites – and they’re gluten free, dairy free, sugar free and Vegan too!

Ripe Banana – Make sure it’s completely ripe and spotty like you’d need for a banana bread, so this way there’s no need to have much added sugar or sweetener to the mix.
Rolled or Instant Oats – Use the gluten free if needed.
Coconut Flour – This is what thickens the mixture, adds a subtle sweetness, and a load of fiber too.
Peanut Butter Powder – This is a powder like pb2 made by pressing out most of the oils from roasted peanuts which turns into regular creamy peanut butter when combined with water. The benefit here is that most of the fat content is removed from the nuts, so you get peanut butter flavored protein balls that are low fat.
Water – To turn the Powdered peanut butter into a creamy form for the protein ball mix.
Unflavored Collagen – Adds that protein boost to these balls without impacting the banana bread taste at all!
Maple Syrup – Just a tiny bit here, since these protein bites are naturally sweetened by the banana already. To keep it sugar free, I would recommend a stevia or monk fruit sweetened one.
Vanilla Extract – An essential to a good old banana bread!
Cinnamon – I’d say this is optional, but does add a nice warm flavor.

Make these sugar free no bake banana oatmeal energy balls without dates but with stevia sweetened maple syrup - banana bread flavor with no cooking!

How to make Healthy Banana Bread Protein Balls with Collagen Powder

A no bake recipe, and there’s no cooking involved whatsoever in making these banana protein oat balls.

All you need is a food processor, 2 bowls, a fork and spoon and a baking sheet.

Food processor: Process the rolled or instant oats until it forms a flour-like consistency.
Bowl #1 small: Stir powdered peanut butter and water to make peanut butter.
Bowl #2 large: Mash banana with a fork and mix together all the ingredients: peanut butter, oats, coconut flour, collagen protein powder, maple syrup, vanilla and cinnamon if using.
Spoon out some of the banana bread protein ball mix, about a tablespoon worth, and place it on…
The Baking sheet; You should have about 16 bite sized balls.

Place the sheet in the freezer for about 10 minutes so banana protein oat mix hardens, and then roll them into balls using your palms.

That’s it!

Use protein powder for these banana oatmeal protein power balls for an energy boost in the form of dessert!

How to store these Homemade Banana Protein Power Balls

These no bake banana oat energy bites need to be stored in the freezer since they’re pretty soft – like truffles I’d say.

Place them in an airtight sealed container and they should be good for 2-3 months.

You can eat the frozen banana protein energy balls straight out of the freezer, or let them thaw a bit before taking a bite since they might be a bit hard.

You could also keep them in the fridge for about 2-3 days.

Made with peanut butter powder like pb2, these peanut butter banana energy balls have protein and pb flavor but are still low fat and high protein energy bites!

Some alternate ingredients for Banana Oatmeal Protein Bliss Balls

I made these banana oatmeal energy balls with collagen and peanut butter powder (like pb2), but you can easily substitute in protein powder and almond butter powder or normal nut butter too!

Here’s how to go about it, and also some other healthy ingredient swaps:

Replace Powdered Peanut Butter by using creamy peanut or almond butter, but leave out the water.
Use a scoop of protein powder in place of the collagen; I would recommend an unflavored, but if you use a vanilla, be sure to leave out the extract and also reduce the maple syrup (might not need it at all if your powder is sweet enough already).
Honey in place of the maple syrup – this won’t be Vegan though, or even sugar-free.
Oat flour in place of coconut flour – you would need to probably double the quantity though.

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