Peanut Butter Protein Cookies
Published 2/16/2020
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All you need are 4-ingredients in order to get the most delicious peanut butter protein cookies on the internet!
This protein cookie recipe is refined sugar-free and uses your favorite protein powder to make a chewy, irresistible cookie that you wouldn’t think is healthy! PS: they’re only 142 calories/cookie!
Want to eat a cookie that’s healthy, but that doesn’t taste healthy? You’ve come to the right place! I’m excited to introduce you to –> Peanut Butter Protein Cookies!
Are protein cookies healthy?
The big question the internet is asking…are protein cookies actually healthy? Truth is, a lot of protein cookies that you can buy in the store are not necessarily healthy.
Why? Well, they are loaded with ingredients you can’t pronounce and sometimes even made with cane sugar!
What to look for
Make sure you look for a protein cookie recipe that…
- Has few ingredients
- Is refined-sugar free
- Higher than 6g protein/serving
Note: This protein cookie recipe is smaller than most store-bought protein cookies. For a better comparison, you can use the nutritional information of 2 cookies.
3 forms of protein!
Not only do you get protein from the protein powder, but also from 2 other ingredients in this recipe.
Peanut Butter: not only is peanut butter considered a fat, but it all packs in the protein! Per 2 tablespoons, there is 8g protein.
Protein Powder: We tested this recipe with both vegan protein powder as well as whey-based protein powder. It works great for both! In most protein powders, you’re looking at around 20+g protein/1/2 cup.
Best Protein Powders
Check out our top protein powder recommendations for baking, smoothies, and everything in between.
Garden of Life
Raw Organic Protein
Simply Tera's
Pure Whey Protein
Sun Warrior
Protein Powder
Garden of Life
Organic Whey Protein
Eggs: Eggs are an essential part of this recipe as they help bind each cookie together. There’s also a substantial amount of protein added from them too. 1 large egg has 6g protein.
More on Protein Powder
Lucky for you, we have an entire post on Fit Foodie Finds called A Guide to the Best Protein Powder where we reviewed our favorite protein powders!
The protein powder you choose for this recipe is extremely important because it definitely adds flavor and sweetness to these cookies. Our 2 favorites are:
You can always use unflavored protein powder to really get the peanut/buttery taste OR swap it in for a chocolate protein powder.
Coconut Sugar
The 4th ingredient in this recipe is coconut sugar! We love baking with coconut sugar because it’s all-natural and not as sweet as a lot of other sugars on the market.
We have NOT tested this recipe with any other sugars such as cane, stevia, or brown sugar. If anything, we recommend swapping it 1:1 with brown sugar. Let us know if you have any modifications in the comments.
Storage
We recommend storing these cookies in the freezer for the best and longest results.
How to freeze: Place cooled cookies on a large baking sheet. Then, place in the freezer for 30 minutes. Remove and transfer into a freezer-safe gallon-size bag. Will last up to 3 months.
More Protein Cookies
- Chocolate Protein Cookies (10g protein/cookie)
- Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (4g protein/cookie)
- No-Bake Protein Thumbprints (5g protein/cookie)
Peanut Butter Protein Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-natural drippy peanut butter*
- 2/3 cup coconut sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder, any kind*
- optional: 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- optional: coarse sea salt for topping
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Next, place all ingredients into a medium-sized bowl and mix. The consistency should be like cookie dough.
- Spoon out around 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of dough into your palms and roll into a ball. Flatten between your palms to create a cookie-like shape and place on a baking sheet. Optional to add a few chocolate chips to the top of each cookie.
- Bake at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes or until the edges begin to turn golden brown.
- Let cool for 10-15 minutes so that the cookies can firm up.
Tips & Notes
- Peanut butter: make sure to use an all-natural drippy peanut butter. Our favorite brands are Kirkland, Trader Joe’s, and 365.
- Protein powder: all protein powders have their own unique taste so much sure you use one you like. Option to use a flavorless protein powder to really get the peanut buttery flavor.
- This recipe was slightly updated on February 12, 2020. The old recipe only called for 1 large egg, but after retesting multiple times, we’ve found that 2 eggs works best!
- Nutrition information was calculated using Garden of Life Vanilla Protein Powder and does not include chocolate chips.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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If I were to make these with peanut butter protein powder, would the universe explode in a peanutty blast?
Peanut butter protein powder. QL:ASDFJKE! That exists?! Where the heck have I been living? What brand do you use?!
Progenex makes a chocolate peanut butter smash. It costs so much that I assume it has flecks of real gold in it, but ohhhhh….I imagine their loco mocha flavor powder would also give these cookies an interesting twist. I may never stop.
Lol!!!!!!! I’m going to have to look into that stuff!
Yum! These sound amazing – definitely saving this recipe for later!
I need to make batch number two like ASAP. I am lost without these in my freezer.
I am sooo making these as soon as I get back to an oven!! Or I’ll raid my brother’s apartment 🙂 if only dorms had ovens…wait no, that would be terrible.
HAHAHA. I remember we had one shared oven in the basement of my dorm. I never. ever. used it. Moving out of the dorms and into an apt was the BEST THING EVER. #mealprep baby!
YUM just pinned this one. I love a good peanut butter cookie!
Yay! Thanks for pinning 😀
Look at you DOMINATING food photos. So proud!
You can NEVER go wrong with PB! And adding protein? Frickin amazing.
AMAZEBALLLLLZ!
GIRL – when are you taking the GIGI CHALLENGE!??!?! You keep getting close! 😉
What is the Gigi challenge?!?!?!
Creating something OUT OF THIS WORLD that is wheat, dairy, gluten, sugar, soy, nut, fruit, & eggs free! 😉 I KNOW you have it in you, you creative genius you!
WATERRRR!!!!!!
Freezer secret is out… better find a new hiding location!
Oh snap. When we get a house with 2 kitchens you’ll never even know what I’m up to!
Delish and simple! I wonder if I can substitute part of the peanut butter with PB2 or peanut flour?
I don’t see why not! I’ve made a single serve cookie (in my single-serve dessert e-book https://fitfoodiefinds.com/ebook/) very similar to this, but I used PB2 instead of protein powder! It will just be more peanut buttery!
These sounds awesome! And girl, if you like your Jif, enjoy it! It’s not the worst thing in the world 🙂
😀 Thanks for the reassurance 😉 I just can’t help it!