Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Protein Chocolate Balls

Regular Chocolate Balls
(25 servings)
1/4 cup oatbran
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup sunflower kernals(or crushed nuts)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 cup powdered skim milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix all together until combined, Roll into balls then roll in cocoa,nuts or coconut.
Refrigerate and ENJOY!!!!!

Protein Packed Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Balls
(serves 17,Serving size: 1 Tablespoon)
45 grams/3/4 c chocolate whey with stevia
3/4 cup Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
1/4 c Bob's Red Mill Whole Ground Flaxseed Meal
1 Tbsp Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1 Tbsp chocolate whey with stevia
Stir together Whey powder, peanut butter and wheat germ. Incorporate WELL.
Stir together wheat germ and 1 Tbsp Chocolate Whey on plate. Scoop peanut butter mixture by flattened Tablespoon, drop on plate. Pat balls slightly to coat with wheat germ mixture. Place in sealable container - sprinkle remaining wheat germ mix on top (to keep from sticking)
Refrigerate 2 - 3 hours.

Peanut Butter Protein Ball
1 cup all natural peanut butter, I use Teddy
2 cup or 4 scoops of protein powder
1 cup of liquid Splenda, your other favorite sweetener, or better yet honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
4 cups of any combination of the following ingredients: (optional)
o Sunflower seeds
o Peanuts
o Chocolate chips
o Granola
o Oatmeal
o Raisins
o Dried cranberries
o Oat bran
o Wheat germ
o Flax seed (ground or whole)

Mix the protein powder, honey, and peanut butter together in a bowl. You can use an electric mixer or food processor if you want, but a strong spoon will suffice as well. If you decide to use granulated sweetener instead of liquid sweetener you may have to add a drop of water just to thin out the mixture a bit. If you have used a particularly oily brand of natural peanut butter, you might need to add more protein powder.

Next add any additional ingredients like nuts or fruit. If you have used all 4 cups of additional ingredients, you might need to add more honey.

Roll scoops of the batter into balls. At some point you could try rolling the balls in crushed nuts. Store peanut butter protein balls on a plate or tray, or put them in a bag. Either way you have to refrigerate them if you want them to stay round.

Makes approximately 16 balls about one inch in diameter.

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