These triple chocolate protein cake bars are a high protein snack with three different kinds of chocolate making each bar feel indulgent yet healthy.
Want to know the secret to having consistent motivation to workout?
Things like this protein cake recipe waiting for you either pre or post exercise.
I’m not even kidding when I tell you my mood went from slightly dreading my workout for the last two days (only because of the length of these phase 2 livefit workouts, not because I don’t like the program) to full out excited when I remembered these protein bars were in the fridge.
When chocolate is involved, that kind of thing happens I guess.
See this chocolate baked oats recipe for more proof.
It’s a sad thing to come home to an empty fridge after traveling, but it’s a whole other level of sad/difficult/frustrating to not have any good prepped workout food on hand.
Post-workout high protein “fun” snacks (like these high protein cinnamon cake bars) are the main thing that gets me through workouts some days.
If I’m going to be anywhere near successful in eating well and focusing on protein content, I need stuff on hand and ready because if I come up the stairs from our gym in the basement (currently inhabited by a rogue cricket who will not shut the hell up as I type this from a level above him) without a post workout snack planned out, things go south quickly.
It just so happens that these planned protein cake snacks have 3 different kinds of chocolate going on with their 10 grams of glorious protein a piece.
Funny how that happened, huh?
If Jamie Eason is going to superset me to death for an hour and a half, you can bet there will be more of this chocolate protein cake being made for the remainder of phase 2.
I can be bribed with anything with cake in its name.
Chocolate is just an added bonus.
These vegan black bean brownies also work as a bribe. A high protein brownie? Yep!
Oh, and peanut butter on top?
It’s protein too so why not, right?
If you love this recipe for chocolate protein cake bars, try one of these high protein recipes too:
Perfect Protein Pancakes
Chocolate Protein Pancakes
Almond cherry protein cookies
Triple Chocolate Protein Cake Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
- 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons liquid egg whites, or 2 whites
- 1/4 cup NuNaturals stevia baking blend
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 3 tablespoons dark chocolate chips, optional
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease an 8 x 8 baking dish.
- Combine through salt in a large bowl, set aside.
- Combine eggs and stevia and whisk together until fully incorporated in a medium bowl.
- Add remaining wet ingredients to the medium bowl and whisk together.
- Pour wet into dry ingredients and add in chocolate chips and walnuts if using.
- Pour batter into baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool completely in pan and then cut into 9 squares, wrap individually and store in refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Could the oat flour possibly be substituted with amaranth flour?
That’s not a substitution I’ve tried so I can’t say for sure. Oat flour is a pretty “normal” flour but I’m not sure how amaranth flour reacts.
Looks great, would this work with coconut flour?
I haven’t tried it with coconut flour. You could probably use 1-2 tablespoons of coconut flour in place of the almond flour but not as a substitution for the oat flour, they’re just not comparable.
Just curious, what are the macros on this?
I did something wrong because my turned out so dry :-) It also doesn’t look as good as your picture. Mine was also less dark. What protein powders do you use? I used Pro7ein from Nutrishop for the chocolate and I just bought a packet of Sprouts Whey Vanilla protein powder. Maybe my protein powders are no good?
Also, I appreciate your website very much. Keep them recipes coming :-)
Hmm, that stinks! Hard to say what went wrong, I used Designer Whey for this recipe at the time. Did you alter anything else in the recipe?
I made this twice already and I love this recipe. I am not sure if I did something wrong but it ended up with more of a bread-like consistency but isn’t bad at all! I love the flavors and I use 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder (whey, low carb protein powder) instead. I also don’t have any almond flour so I ended up just using oat flour. Everything is great despite the changes I’ve made and I look forward to making more next week for my work weekend when the cafe is closed and I have no time to make anything for breakfast! This is definitely a great addition to my high protein diet though I haven’t had these as a post or pre-workout snack since I have my usual 2:1 shake for those but they are great for just random snacking or breakfast.
I just put these in the oven! The batter was amazing. I made just a couple changes though. I didn’t have any applesauce, so I subbed a small banana, mashed. I omitted the stevia. I used two scoops vanilla whey since I don’t have chocolate, and added about 1/2 T regular cocoa powder. Lastly,the only greek yogurt I had was vanilla, so that’s what I used. I can’t wait until they are done! :) Thanks for a great recipe.
I made these last night finally, don’t know why it took me so long! I had all of the ingredients. DH said he would eat again, my 2 boys (ages 4 & 6) enjoyed it too! I will definitely be making this again. I love how fluffy and cake-like it is.
YUMMY!! I just venturing into using Stevia to bake. I see you used NuNaturals. Is that the one with fiber? or are there two separate styles, with and without fiber? Can’t wait to have these with my beloved PB, or maybe even some of that high protein ice cream I have been wanting to try!
I don’t think this one has any extra fiber but I’ll have to check (not home right now to see!)
Chocolate and protein. You are speaking my love language.
can you tell I’m catching up? ;) so happy I never mark all as read in my reader – because I am absolutely going to make these tomorrow – they will motivate me to work out, indeed!
I’m so behind too! I should be using the slow weekend to catch up, but instead, this is the first time I’ve even opened my computer in 2 days! I hope you like them if you do make them. Chocolate tastes good all the time, but even better when it’s “fuel” ;)