Honey Peanut Butter Protein Bars are the perfect snack for on-the-go. Layered bars with cheerios, peanut butter, peanut butter powder and honey, are high protein, low sugar, lower fat and healthy too!
Jump to RecipeDo you love peanut butter? Do you love honey? If so, then you’re going to love these Honey Peanut Butter Protein Bars! Not even kidding. They’re so so flavorful with the honey and peanut butter going on, and also really good in texture.
They’re easy to make, delicious, and packed with protein. Perfect for a quick snack or on-the-go breakfast, these bars are sure to become a staple in your diet.
Ingredients for Honey Peanut Butter Protein Bars:
These honey peanut butter protein bars are made with just a few simple ingredients, including cheerios, peanut butter powder, peanut butter and of course honey! They’re also packed with protein and lower in carbs and fats, making them a great choice for anyone looking for a healthy snack.
- Cheerios Cereal – A toasted Os cereal like Cheerios works best here, but you can also use Chex Mex or Lucky Charms and such.
- Vanilla Protein Powder – key for the high protein bars.
I used Quest Vanilla protein powder here. - Unflavored Protein Powder to add extra protein. I recommend the Multi-purpose mix protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
- Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount).
Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
- Honey flavor Peanut Butter from American Dream Nut Butter (code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount).
It’s flavored, lower fat and higher protein than normal, and just amazing .
ADNB has other amazing flavors that would work well here too. - Honey
- Water
The Honey Peanut Butter Layer
These bars have a sweet and salty high protein honey pb layer as well!
- Vanilla Protein Powder; I recommend the same here too Quest Nutrition.
- Unflavored Protein Powder from Quest Nutrition
- Honey flavor Peanut Butter from American Dream Nut Butter again (code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount).
- Peanut Butter Powder from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount)
- Honey
- Water
And for the Chocolate Topping:
- White Chocolate Chips or Chopped Chocolate. I would recommend Lily’s to keep it sugar free.
- Coconut Oil so the chocolate is easier to melt and more smooth when you drizzle.
Tips for Honey Peanut Butter Cheerio Protein Bars
This recipe for honey pb cheerio protein bars is super easy to make; One of those “mix ingredients in bowl and press down into pan” recipes. Here are some pointers for them though:
- Use whey-caesin protein powder since it works well with the ratio of ingredients here. If you use a whey protein powder, you might want to adjust the amount of milk to make it less.
- Use creamy peanut butter so it blends well with the other ingredients
- Mix all the dry ingredients before adding the water
- Add water only a little at a time or the mixture will be too runny
- Mix the ingredients well before adding in the cheerios so you have a smooth binder
- Press layers down firm so the bars hold well
- Add coconut oil when melting chocolate or it will not be smooth enough to spread on the cereal breakfast bars.
To store Honey Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars
Honey peanut butter cheerio bars have to be stored in am airtight container in the fridge or freezer so they stay fresh and last longer. They keep on the countertop for 1 day, in the fridge for up to a 1 week and in the freezer for 2 or 3 months.
Be sure to thaw frozen honey peanut butter protein bars on the counter before eating!
Alternatives for Healthy Honey Peanut Butter Bars Recipe:
I made this healthy, sugar free and gluten free and low calorie honey peanut butter bar with this particular ingredient list, but here’s some options to choose from.
- Cheerios/Os Cereal: Rice chex or other large crunchy cereal
- Unflavored protein powder: Unflavored Collagen, or even Almond flour or Oat flour
- Honey flavored Peanut Butter: Use regular peanut butter, or even Cashew Butter, Almond Butter, Hazelnut Butter or Tahini
Be sure to add a bit of extra honey and less water in this case.
More High Protein Cereal Bar Recipes
- Low Fat Peanut Butter Protein Cereal Bars
- Protein 100 Grand Bars
- PB Protein Rice Krispie Treats
- Butterfinger Protein Bars
- Milk & Cereal Protein Bars
More Healthy Peanut Butter Protein Bars to try!
- Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Protein Bars
- Healthy Peanut Butter Bacon Bars
- Peanut Butter Protein Twix Bars
- Chocolate Butterscotch Protein Bars
- Oreo Peanut Butter Protein Bars
- Chickpea Cookie Dough Protein Bars
Honey Peanut Butter Protein Bars – Low Fat, Easy!
Ingredients
Cheerio Base:
- 1 cup Cheerios Cereal, 28g, Recommendation below
- ⅓ cup Peanut Butter Powder, 32g
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 22g
- ¼ cup Unflavored Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 22g (or ⅓ cup almond flour)
- 3 Tbsp Honey flavor Peanut Butter, 42g, Recommendation Below
- 3 Tbsp Water, 45ml
- 1 Tbsp Honey, 15g
Honey PB Layer:
- ⅓ cup Peanut Butter Powder, 32g
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 22g
- ¼ cup Unflavored Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 22g (or ⅓ cup almond flour)
- 2 Tbsp Honey flavor Peanut Butter, 28g, Recommendation Below
- 2 Tbsp Honey, 30g
- 2 Tbsp Water, 30ml
Chocolate Topping:
- 1 tsp White Chocolate Chips, Sugar-free recommended, 5g
- 2 drops Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper; Leave an overhang to lift out later.
Base:
- In a bowl combine peanut butter powder, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder.
- Add in peanut butter, honey and water(little at a time) and mix. Mixture will be like a dough.
- Add cheerios and fold to mix.
- Transfer to pan and press down.
Honey PB Layer:
- In a bowl, mix peanut butter powder, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder.
- Add peanut butter, honey, milk (little at a time).Add water if too thick, coconut flour if too thin.
- Spread on top of base and use small spatula/back of spoon to smoothen.
- Place in freezer 10 minutes to harden.
Chocolate Topping:
- Lift layers out of pan, invert onto chopping board (cheerios on top).Slice into 8 bars.
- Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl and microwave about 15-20 seconds, stirring halfway, until completely melted.Drizzle on top of bars.
Notes
- Nutrition value is calculated using products recommended below.
- See post for alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.
- Quest Nutrition Vanilla Whey-Casein Protein Powder
- Quest Nutrition Multi-purpose Mix (Unflavored) Whey-Casein Protein Powder
- Lakanto Peanut Butter Powder
- Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount off your order
- American Dream Nut Butter Peanut Butter
- Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount off your order
- Servings: 8 bars | Serving size: 1
- Calories: 161kcal
- Fat: 5.5g | Saturated fat: 0.8g
- Carbohydrates: 14.6g | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 7.6g
- Protein: 16.1g
[…] Honey Peanut Butter Protein Bars […]
These are so good! Just whipped a batch up and taste just as good as an original version of a recipe similar to this but packed with protein!
Omigosh YESSSS I’m so so happy they actually compare! Hitting the goals with flavor, haha.
Enjoy!