Homemade Snickers Protein Bars
Published 1/1/2024 • Updated 8/6/2024
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Have your candy bar and protein too! This is our protein Snickers bar recipe, made with nutritious ingredients such as oat flour, peanut butter, maple syrup, and protein powder.
How cute are these protein Snickers Bars? Linely, our head recipe developer NAILED this recipe. I got to be the taste tester for multiple tests and I can safely say that these are better than the actual thing. Plus, they’re made with added protein powder and the most delicious peanut butter caramel.
This recipe is definitely a labor of love to make because there are 3 different parts, but I promise it’s worth it. Plus, it makes 12 bars!
What is in these Snickers Protein Bars?
This recipe is composed of 3 different layers. The first layer is the oat nuget layer made with oat flour, protein powder, peanut butter, and maple syrup. The second layer is the crunchy peanut butter caramel layer made with peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil, and peanuts. Finally, the 3rd layer is melted chocolate.
Substitues & Variations
- Nut butter: if you can’t do peanuts, feel free to swap for cashew butter or almond butter. Just make sure that the nut butter is drippy.
- Chocolate chips: you can use a dairy-free chocolate chip or dark chocolate.
- Protein powder: we tested this recipe with collagen powder, too, and that worked great! Feel free to use any kind and any flavor. Chocolate would be delicious!
You can also mix up how you cut these bars. You can make them smaller to be more bite-sized, too.
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
Top Tips
Nuget layer: make sure to firmly press the nuget layer into the pan so that it doesn’t crumble.
Chocolate Coating: if your chocolate is too thick, you can add a little bit more coconut oil to thin it out.
Wire Rack: make sure to spray your wire rack with cooking spray or else the bars will stick to them as they dry (speaking from experience!).
And remember: it’s about how they taste, not how they look!
How to Store Snickers Protein Bars
We recommend storing these bars in the freezer as they will last the longest. We have them in a gallon-size bag and that works great!
Snickers Protein Bar Recipe
Ingredients
Nuget Oat Layer
- 1.5 cups oat flour
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder, we used Garden of Life Whey
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup all-natural, drippy peanut butter
Peanut Butter Caramel Layer
- ½ cup all-natural, drippy peanut butter
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- ¾ cup chopped, salted peanuts
Chocolate Coating
- 1.5 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Line an 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Prepare the Nuget oat layer. Add all of the ingredients for the Nuget oat layer into a large bowl and mix vigorously with a spoon until it forms a thick dough.
- Transfer the oat mixture to the lined pan. Firmly press it into the pan until it has a smooth top.
- Prepare the peanut butter caramel layer. Add the peanut butter, maple syrup, and coconut oil to a bowl and mix until combined. Fold in the peanuts.
- Pour the peanut butter caramel over the top of the oat layer. Smooth the caramel layer evenly over the oat layer until it has a smooth top. Transfer the pan to the freezer for 1 hour to harden to completely freeze while you prepare the third layer.
- Prepare the chocolate layer. Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 20-second increments, stirring after each increment until the chocolate is melted and glossy.
- Place a wire rack on top of parchment paper and spray it with nonstick cooking spray.
- After the bars have hardened, remove the bars from the pan by lifting up the parchment paper. Slice the bars into 12.
- Make the Snickers Bars. While the bars are still frozen (working quickly is important!), place one bar into the bowl at a time and spoon chocolate over it, completely coating it. Let any excess chocolate drip off the bar and then place it onto the wire rack. Repeat until all bars are coated. Option to sprinkle each bar with sea salt.
- Transfer all of the bars to a parchment-lined plate or baking sheet and return them to the freezer to set.
- When the chocolate has set store them in a freezer-safe bag or container.
Tips & Notes
- Any type of vanilla, chocolate, or caramel protein powder can be used, whey or vegan.
- If you like Snickers bars extra crunchy, add more peanuts.
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Photography: photos taken in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin from The Edible Perspective.
This came together super easily and was so good! While most of my chocolate dipping was not ideal, I had to photograph my ONE beautiful creation that actually reminded me of a snickers bar. Really impressed with the flavor and my whole family approved!
I feel so accomplished making these because they look so professional 😁 Super easy to make, decadent and delish! For some strange reason I had hazelnut flour so i used that instead of oat flour and did half maple syrup half agave (so I didnt use the rest of my maple syrup lol)
Great job recipe making!
These are so good!
This is the recipe that got me invested in the protein dessert series! These are quite a bit of work, but who doesn’t want to make (and eat!) a healthier version of Snickers. Yum!
This exceeded my expectations! We used hazelnuts instead of peanuts and did one version without chocolate. So delicious, easy to make, and I love a candy-like dessert with natural sweeteners.
My chocolate dipping skills were subpar, BUT I can’t get enough of these!! They are so delicious and I can’t wait to practice my chocolate dipping skills by making them again!
These are not pretty but they are delicious! Everyone loved them!
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Yummy!! My husband and I think they are delicious!
These are really tasty! I’m bad/messy at chocolate stuff, but here I am branching out in 2024! I’m glad to have my freezer stocked with these 🙂
I made the mistake of chunking them into the freezer still on the rack, so the chocolate froze onto the rack and made it hard to remove. Noted for next time, they were delish!