Make this Chocolate Protein French Toast for a rich and indulgent breakfast or brunch with a boost of protein. Made with whole wheat bread, chocolate protein powder and an egg white, this healthy French toast is a great high protein and low fat alternative.
Jump to RecipeI’ve been wanting to make a healthy french toast recipe for a while now – let’s say quite a few months.
But now I got on the “let’s add protein powder to everything” train, so that regular turned into a high protein french toast.
As for the chocolate? I think we can all agree that chocolate makes pretty much everything (a lot) better!
Ingredients for Chocolate Protein French Toast:
This healthy chocolate protein French Toast is made with whole wheat bread and protein powder, and has no butter or milk like the regular version; A great low calorie and low fat option!
- Whole wheat or other whole grain bread to keep it healthy. A sprouted seed bread works great too!
- Chocolate Protein Powder – I used HTLT Supps Chocolate Protein Powder for this recipe
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder or Raw Cacao Powder
- Egg White for a protein bump without the fat and cholesterol
- Almond Milk – You can use any other reduced fat milk too
- A bit of pure Vanilla Extract
- Stevia Powder to sweeten, or other sweetener.
Tips for Chocolate Protein Powder French Toast
This chocolate protein powder French Toast recipe really is easy, but here’s some tips to get it right.
- Soak the bread so that the chocolate flavor and protein powder get well absorbed into the bread.
- Use medium-low heat so the high protein French Toast slices don’t burn – this can happen quite easily with the protein powder.
- Be gentle when you flip.
The bread should come off the pan very easily!
Some alternative to try for this Healthy Chocolate French Toast
If you want to make this chocolate protein French toast recipe Vegan, you try replacing the egg white with a lose flax egg: 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 3 tablespoons water let rest 5 minutes.
Aquafaba is another alternative to the egg white in this protein french toast recipe.
The dairy free part is already covered since this French toast has no milk and is without heavy cream as well – just non dairy almond milk. Make sure you use the a protein powder that fits your needs.
Use gluten free bread for this high protein french toast if needed.
I bet sourdough bread or challah would be amazing too, but they won’t whole grain anymore.
Toppings for this High Protein French Toast
This recipe is designed as a French toast for one, and makes a great breakfast or brunch, or even a post workout treat.
- For a high protein topping, smear on some Greek Yogurt.
- Add a bit of crunch with some nuts – slivered almonds or maybe even walnuts would go well.
- If you’re a fan of fruit, strawberries or bananas would be heavenly!
I actually prefer this recipe without Maple Syrup since there’s enough sweetness in here already; And it also makes a French toast without sugar!
Some more healthy recipes protein powder and bread recipes:
Chocolate Protein French Toast
Ingredients
- 2 slices Sprouted Seed or Whole Wheat Bread
- 2 Tbsp Chocolate Protein Powder, about 11g
- 2 tsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¼ cup Almond Milk, or other
- 1 Egg White
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Stevia Sweetener, 1 tsp sugar worth (Use your brand’s Conversion Chart)
- Olive Oil Spray for greasing
Instructions
- In a large shallow bowl or container whisk together chocolate protein powder, cocoa powder, milk, egg white, vanilla and sweetener.
- Place sliced bread in mixture and let soak for about 2-3 minutes. Flip, and soak other side for another 2-3 minutes.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-low and spray with cooking spray.
- Place soaked bread on pan and cook for 2-3 minutes, flip, and cook other side for another 2 minutes.
- Cook one slice at a time if using a small skillet.
- Serve with greek yogurt or your choice of toppings.
Notes
- Quest Nutrition Chocolate Milkshake Protein Powder
- Kiva Cacao Powder
- Use code HAYLS.KITCHEN15OFF for 15% off your order
- Servings: 2 slices | Serving size: 2
- Calories: 196kcal
- Fat: 3.3g | Saturated fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25.2g | Fiber: 5.6g | Sugar: 4.3g
- Protein: 18.4g
I ran out of milk for cereal so I was looking for breakfast ideas when I came across this. And am I glad I ran out of milk. Definitely making these every Saturday now!
Sometimes we discover the good stuff in “bad situations” right? I’m glad you ran out of milk too, haha. And even more glad you found this alternative 🙂