Always a great snack! Protein Balls

I've been collecting these recipes for my mother and I, and even made some this morning. I followed the 1st recipe, and added steel cut oats to it. Roughly 1/2 cup PB, 2 scoops designer whey chocolate protein, a little shake of steel cut oats, a little shake of splenda, and that was it. They came out to 64 calories, 3g carbs, 4g fat, 5g protein and 1g fiber per ball (made 13 balls). She LOVES them and is insisting I make them to bring to my brother's cook-out this weekend. I plan to, with a variety of balls. I think these can be a great BOTT snack. Low cal, high protein, extremely filling!

(I know some of em are repeats, but there are a little variation between them)

Protein Balls Recipe
The pb and oatmeal balls are VERY easy.

1 cup Peanut Butter (I use no-sugar-added Peter Pan)
1 cup rolled oatmeal -- not the instant stuff
1 cup protein powder (I use Matrix Chocolate, but you can use other flavors)
5 packets Splenda

Warm the peanut butter in microwave about 30-40 seconds -- it melts it and makes mixing in the other ingredients much easier. Add the oatmeal, protein powder, and Splenda and mix well. (If needed, you can add a little bit of water to make it easier to mix)  Roll into walnut sized balls, refrigerate. Store in fridge in zip-lock baggies. This recipe makes 20-24 balls.  

PROTEIN BALLS I
1 cup Peanut Butter
1 cup rolled oatmeal -- not the instant stuff
1 cup protein powder
5 packets Sugar substitute

Warm the peanut butter in microwave about 30-40 seconds -- it melts it and makes mixing in the other ingredients much easier. Add the oatmeal, protein powder, and Sugar substitute and mix well. (If needed, you can add a little bit of water to make it easier to mix) Roll into walnut sized balls, refrigerate. Store in fridge in zip-lock baggies. This recipe makes 20-24 balls.

PROTEIN BALLS II
1 cup of protein powder (chocolate or vanilla)
1 cup of non-fat dry milk
1 cup of rice crispy cereal
1 cup of peanut butter
Sugar substitute to taste
Cocoa powder mixed with Sugar substitute

Add the Protein Powder, Dry Milk, Cereal and Peanut Butter in a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly making sure that all the dry milk is in the mix and not really visible. If you like it really sweet, add some more Sugar substitute to fit your taste. Form the mixture into small balls (about 1.5 inches in diameter) Roll in the cocoa/Sugar substitute mix. Refrigerate.

PROTEIN BALLS III
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar free honey
1 cup unflavored protein powder
1/2 cup grape nut cereal
sprinkle of cinnamon
sprinkle of Sugar substitute

Mix peanut butter, honey and protein powder together till well blended. Form into balls. In another bowl mix grape nuts, Sugar substitute and cinnamon together. Wet peanut butter balls with water and roll into grape nut mixture. Place in frig and grab when you need a yummy snack!

PROTEIN BALLS IV
1 cup peanut butter
2 scoops of chocolate protein powder
1/2 cup low carb special K cereal
3 tablespoon of sugar free maple syrup
1/4 cup chopped nuts
oatmeal (not instant)
3 packets of sugar substitute

I mixed everything up in a bowl and then rolled them in oatmeal.

PROTEIN BALLS V
1 cup protein powder
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar free maple syrup or honey

Mix together well and roll into balls - about the size of a ping pong ball. Store in a Tupperware or Ziploc bag in the refrigerator..

PROTEIN BALLS VI
1 cup protein powder (chocolate or vanilla)
1 cup non-fat dry milk
1 cup rice crispy cereal
1 cup peanut butter
Sugar substitute to taste
cocoa powder mixed with Sugar substitute

Add the protein powder, dry milk, cereal and peanut butter in a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly making sure that all the dry milk is in the mix and not visible. If you like it real sweet, add some more Sugar substitute to fit your taste. Form the mixture into small balls (about 1.5 inches in diameter) Roll in the cocoa/Sugar substitute mix. Refrigerate. Each ball has about 10 grams of protein.  

Ricotta Protein Bars
1 square unsweetened chocolate
1/3 c. plus 2 T. peanut butter

Melt together in the microwave. Stir in:

1/4 c. Splenda Granular
2 scoops protein powder (I use the IDS chocolate)
1/3 c. Ricotta cheese

Mix well and shape into a round flat disc about 6 inches across. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill until hardened. Cut into 12 pie shaped wedges.

Stats approx 18 grams pro/each 98 calories/each
 
Protein Balls Recipe
The pb and oatmeal balls are VERY easy.
1 cup Peanut Butter (I use no-sugar-added Peter Pan)
1 cup rolled oatmeal -- not the instant stuff
1 cup protein powder (I use Matrix Chocolate, but you can use other flavors)
5 packets Splenda

Warm the peanut butter in microwave about 30-40 seconds -- it melts it and makes mixing in the other ingredients much easier. Add the oatmeal, protein powder, and Splenda and mix well. (If needed, you can add a little bit of water to make it easier to mix) Roll into walnut sized balls, refrigerate. Store in fridge in zip-lock baggies. This recipe makes 20-24 balls.

Protect them. They tend to disappear. My family loves to snack on them. I make them pretty much the same way Jean does, but I use 1/2 cup SF syrup instead of Splenda--and I  usually throw in some peanuts...just because...I roll them into the size of ping pong balls and put 3 of              them in snack size zip lock bags and have to HIDE them in the bottom of the fridge or my teenagers  will eat them all up
    

Protein Balls
1 cup of protein powder (chocolate or vanilla)
1 cup of non-fat dry milk
1 cup of rice crispy cereal
1 cup of peanut butter
Splenda to taste
Cocoa powder mixed with Splenda

Add the Protein Powder, Dry Milk, Cereal and Peanut Butter in a mixing
bowl. Mix thoroughly making sure that all the dry milk is in the mix and
not really visible. If you like it really sweet, add some more Splenda to
fit your taste. Form the mixture into small balls (about 1.5 inches in
diameter) Roll in the cocoa/Splenda mix. Refrigerate.

Each ball has about 10 grams of protein.

Protein Balls
1 1/2 cups lowfat powdered milk
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 cup creamy peanut butter
5 scoops Elite Rich Chocolate protein powder
8 packets of Splenda
1 cup cold water

  Protein Bars   3 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups powdered milk
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup vanilla whey protein powder
1 large egg
1 1/4 cups orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup dried fruit, chopped

10 servings


  25 minutes 10 mins prep
Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line 7 X 11 inch baking pan with waxed paper.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Spread onto pan, press cutting lines into make 10 pieces. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Cut apart, then cool and wrap.
Store airtight at room temperature for up to two weeks.    

Power Butter Balls
1 cup Power Butter or peanut butter
1 egg
1 cup Splenda
Mix together and form balls or press to form cookies.
Bake at 350 for about 12 minutes.

Peanut Butter Protein Bars
1/2 cup skim milk
1 cup natural-style peanut butter or low-fat peanut butter
1 tablespoon honey
1 1/4-1 1/2 cups of whey protein powder (I use vanilla, but I'm sure chocolate would work too)
2 cups dry uncooked oatmeal (not quick cooking kind)

1. Combine PB, honey and milk in a pot.
2. Warm over low heat.
3. Add the protein powder and mix well.
4. Add the oats.
5. You don't want to cook it, just warm it through so you can stir it.
6. Add more milk if it is too thick to stir.
7. Press in a 9" x 13" pan.
8. Let the bars sit until cool, and cut into 16 equal sized bars.
9. Wrap each bar in foil or Saran wrap and store in plastic baggies.
10. They do not need refrigeration.

This is the breakdown of nutrition with full fat cream cheese:
Total calories: 145
Fat: 5 grams
Protein: 16
Carbs: 5


Protein Balls
1 c peanut butter (I used Simply Jif)
2 scoops of Unjury chocolate
1/2 c low carb special K
3 tbsp of sugar free maple syrup
1/4 c chopped nuts I used pecans, walnuts, almonds
oatmeal
3 packets of Splenda

I mixed everything up in a bowl and then rolled them in oatmeal.
They were yummy!  

Protein Balls 1 cup protein powder (I use whatever protein powder I have at the time)
1 cup uncooked oatmeal (not the quick oats, just regular oatmeal)
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar free maple syrup or honey (I use less the 1/2c of honey.

Mix together well and roll into balls - about the size of a ping pong ball. Store in a Tupperware or Ziploc bag in the refrigerator. They have about 10 grams of protein each.  

Protein balls
1 cup protein powder (chocolate or vanilla)
1 cup non-fat dry milk
1 cup rice crispy cereal
1 cup peanut butter
Splenda to taste
cocoa powder mixed with Splenda

Add the protein powder, dry milk, cereal and peanut butter in a mixing
bowl. Mix thoroughly making sure that all the dry milk is in the mix
and not visible. If you like it real sweet, add some more Splenda to
fit your taste. Form the mixture into small balls ( about 1.5 inches
in diameter) Roll in the cocoa/Splenda mix. Refrigerate.
Each ball has about 10 grams of protein.  

Peanut Butter Balls
1 c- sugar free peanut butter
1c- rice krispies
1c-protein powder (I was told choc. or vanilla, but my Cappuccino that I already had worked fine.)
Splenda to taste

roll into balls and then into cocoa/Splenda mixed (if desired) and refrigerate in baggies. They say they are 10 g protein per 1 1/2 in. ball!  

Protein Poppers
1 C. protein powder
1 C. non-fat dry milk
1 C. peanut butter
Cocoa powder
2 tbsp water
½ C. ground flax seed
½ C. rolled oats
Splenda to taste
1 tsp. rum extract

Mix protein powder, milk powder, rum extract and peanut butter. When totally mixed, add flax and oats. Pu****er in bowl on side; make one inch balls, dipping fingers into water if too sticky.

In separate bowl, mix Splenda and cocoa. Roll each ball in cocoa mixture. Chill one hour before eating.

Approx.10 grams of protein per ball.    

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
couple of ounces of cream cheese (fat free)
couple of large tablespoons of peanut butter
couple of large tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa
1/4 to 1/3 cup Splenda

Then I just mash and stir until all the dry has been incorporated into the wet. At this point I roll it into balls about as big around as an olive and chill (or eat right away, if you can't wait!). You shouldn't go wild with these, but a couple of them will curb the chocolate craving for me. Enjoy!  

Peanut Butter Balls
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup Splenda
blend this together...
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg and 1 serving of protein powder
mix all this. Roll into 6 balls and place on a cookie sheet-spray your hands with Pam so the cookie dough won't stick to your hands. Dip your fork in Splenda and do a crisscross on top of the cookie. Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Let cool. *If you eat them while they are still warm, they will crumble in your hands. I guess they just need time to set?    

Protein Balls   1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar free honey
1 cup unflavored protein powder
1/2 cup grape nut cereal
sprinkle of cinnamon
sprinkle of Splenda
Mix peanut butter, honey and protein powder together till well blended. Form into balls. In another bowl mix grape nuts, Splenda and cinnamon together. Wet peanut butter balls with water and roll into grape nut mixture. Place in frig and grab when you need a yummy snack!
   
Protein Poppers
1 C. protein powder
1 C. non-fat dry milk
1 C. peanut butter
Cocoa powder
2 tbsp water
½ C. ground flax seed
½ C. rolled oats
Splenda to taste
1 tsp. rum extract

Mix protein powder, milk powder, rum extract and peanut butter. When totally mixed, add flax and oats. Pu****er in bowl on side, make one inch balls, dipping fingers into water if too sticky.

In separate bowl, mix splenda and cocoa. Roll each ball in cocoa mixture. Chill one hour before eating.

Apprx. 10 grams of protein per ball.  

Nutty Fudge Protein Bar (from Ann B/Ann in TX)
2 1/3 cups chocolate protein powder (I use Champion Whey Stack)
1 oz square unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter
4 oz cream cheese
1 oz chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons peanut butter
1/4 cup Splenda

Melt butter, cream cheese, peanut butter and chocolate in bowl in microwave and mix together very well.

Add Splenda and vanilla, mix well again.

Add pecans and protein powder and mix.

Place in a baking pan, press down and refrigerate.

When cooled and hardened, cut into 20 square bars. This does not get baked but the mixture will be warm from heating the first five ingredients in the microwave.

Makes 20 bars

Nutrition counts:
(Based on using real butter and cream cheese, could be lower if diet butter, low fat cream cheese, or if applesauce is substituted for the butter.) I am sure these would be good using sugar free chocolate but I prefer not to have the extra calories or manitol.

Grams Per big bar:
Calories 123
Fat 8
Carb 1.5
Protein 7.5  

 

Thanks - I'll pass this along to my support groups

Gosh, I haven't made protein balls for years--this post inspires me to make them again!  (However, I love them & have to keep them in the freezer so I'm not as inclined to eat them continuously!)

My question is--so many of the recipes state NOT to use the instant oatmeal.  Do you (or does anyone else) know why?  When I made them, I know I used the instant anyway, just cause that's what  I had, and they seemed just fine.  I just wondered what difference it would make?

Thanks!

I think the biggest dofference is that the instant stuff is whole oats (not rolled or steel cut) meaning that once you eat them, they will absorb any liquid in your pouch and turn that PB ball into a sticky PB/oat cement plug and give you a very uncomfortable blockage. The non-instant stuff will not expand nearly as much, but still allow a far less uncomfortable full feeling that lasts. Personally, I like quaker oat steel cut oats. They're tiny and have a satisfying crunch that reminds me of corn meal.

OK, that makes sense.  I do have a bag of the steel cut oats, so I'll use them.  Like I said before, I have to be careful when I make wls-friendly treats b/c I tend to eat them like "the old days"!  But it's SO good to have something that tastes like a splurge when I make it to the end of the day on-track!

Thanks!

All of these sound great!  I'm sometimes in a hurry for breakfast -- these sound like a good option.

Carol