With that molten chocolate filling, these Lava Brownie Protein Balls you will fall in love with! With oat flour and coconut flour, and sweetened with protein powder, these chocolate brownie protein balls are gluten free, sugar free and Vegan too! The perfect dessert, snack or post workout treat.

With that molten chocolate filling, these Lava Brownie Protein Balls you will fall in love with! With oat flour and coconut flour, sweetened with protein powder, and a flax egg, these chocolate lava protein balls are gluten free, sugar free and Vegan too! The perfect dessert, snack or post workout treat.

This recipe probably puts together all my favorite type of recipes into one: brownies, chocolate, fudginess, baked goods, protein, all of it!

Kinda like a cross between a molten lava cake and brownie and protein ball recipe, so pretty much the perfect sugar-craving satisfier.

And plus it’s got extra benefits for joints and hair and whatnot because these fudge brownie protein balls also have collagen in the mix!

Ingredients for Molten Lava Brownie Protein Balls:

These lava chocolate brownie protein balls are made with a few simple and healthy ingredients!

Oat Flour – You can make your own by blending rolled oats in a high speed blender
Chocolate Protein Powder for high protein brownie ball, and also replace some of the sweetener.
I used whey-casein Quest protein powder.
Unflavored Protein Powder for even more protein. I recommend the Multi-purpose mix protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
A bit of Coconut Flour
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Flaxseed meal and water to make a flax egg; Keeps this Vegan
Creamy Almond Butter
Unsweetened Almond Milk
Sugar free Chopped Chocolate or Chocolate Chips – I use monk fruit sweetened ones from Lakanto here (HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here). Lily’s is another sugar-free option!

Tips to make Chocolate Lava Brownie Baked Protein Balls

The key to getting a gooey molten lava brownie center in the these chocolate protein balls, is baking the protein ball mixture.

It really is quite an easy process though, and here’s some pointers.

Let the flax egg rest and form, so that it gets thick and binds the mixture.

Mix the dry ingredients first so everything comes together well.

Roll chocolate completely in brownie ball mix so it doesn’t ooze out.

To store Molten Lava Protein Balls

Just like brownies, molten lava brownie protein bites can be stored on the countertop, in the fridge or freezer. Let the protein brownie bites cool completely before storing.

Store chocolate lava protein balls in an airtight container on the countertop for about 2-3 days and in the fridge for 1 week.

To freeze, place cooled baked protein balls in an airtight sealed container or freezer-safe zipper bags in the freezer for 2-3 months. Let them thaw on the counter before eating!

Alternative ingredients for Chocolate Brownie Protein Balls:

I made these protein balls with the particular list of ingredients for the perfect chocolate lava brownie effect, but here’s some alternatives you can try:

Oat flour: Use almond flour, all purpose flour or whole wheat pastry flour
Unflavored Collagen: Almond flour
Protein Powder: Vanilla or any other flavored protein powder.
Coconut flour: Try using about 3 Tbsp of Almond Flour. I haven’t tried this myself though.
Almond Butter: Any nut or seed butter – peanut butter, cashew butter, etc.

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