Almond Honey Protein Bars
Unbelievably easy homemade protein bars with only four ingredients! Chewy and loaded with almond butter and honey flavors – gluten free and dairy free.
Add them to your stock of snacks, like my strawberry cashew energy bites, almond butter pretzel bites, apple pie energy bites, coconut lemon poppy seed energy bites, and chocolate pecan pie energy bites.
These homemade protein bars are so easy to whip up and keep in the fridge, that you're going to have a hard time not making them in gigantic batches.
The recipe below makes 8 bars, so if you want to make more, just double up!
You can wrap them individually in parchment paper and plastic wrap and stack them in a container in the fridge so that you can grab and go during the week.
Annnnnd… success! Homemade protein bars don't have to be intimidating, sometimes it just takes a little trial and error to find the right combination of ingredients where it's tasty, and not reminiscent of eating chalk.
Making almond honey protein bars
Here's what I use for these homemade protein bars (affiliate links):
- Bob's Red Mill Almond Flour: It's all I use!
- Vega Vanilla Protein Powder: I always use Vega Protein & Greens because it's gluten free and soy free.
- Barney Butter Smooth Almond Butter: I'm still trying to find my favorite brand, but I've had success with Barney Butter and MaraNatha.
- Raw honey: As always, I used Boston Honey Company honey, but if you don't have access to that you can use any raw honey you want.
- And to mix it all together, I use my trusty KitchenAid 5-Speed Hand Mixer
And that's it!
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Almond Honey Protein Bars
Ingredients
- 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder – about 1/2 cup (60g)
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup almond butter, stirred well
- ½ cup organic honey, can substitute real maple syrup if strictly vegan
Instructions
- In a medium bowl with a hand mixer, combine all ingredients until well combined and smooth.2 (60 g) scoops of vanilla protein powder – about 1/2 cup (60g)½ cup (56 g) almond flour½ cup (125 g) almond butter½ cup (169 ½ g) organic honey
- Roll out dough onto a piece of parchment paper into a square or rectangle about 1/2″ thick.
- Slice into 8 equally sized bars (or 12, if you'd like them to be smaller).
- Wrap each bar in plastic wrap for an easy grab-and-go snack, or stack between layers of parchment paper. Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Storage: If left at room temperature, they become a bit oily and melty, so make sure you keep them in the fridge or freezer until ready to consume.
- Protein powder: Keep in mind that different kinds of protein powder have different flavors and sweetness profiles, so I can only speak to the results using the Vega Vanilla Protein Powder I have linked in this post.
- Note about nutritional information: I did not make these to match the specs of the Rise protein bars, just to make the flavor and give it a bit of a protein boost. They are not a 1:1 substitution for the real thing, nutritionally.
Nutrition Facts
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I have 2 bee hives, Organic honey is a joke and a rip-off.
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Great recipe, but if you’re looking to add more protein, I replaced the almond flour with more protein powder, leaving me with 12+g of protein rather than 5
Do you know whether I could substitute almond flour and almond butter by just taking whole almonds and mixing them until they’re at a paste-like consistency? I’m trying to recreate bars that are different to yours – no protein added for one, and from what I know they’re 41% almonds, 30% honey – and some unknown quantity of raw cane sugar, wafer paper, and invert sugar syrup.
Thank god for this recipe. I live in the UK and badly wanted to recreate rise bars rather than wait for someone from the US to come down here I absolutely loved the recipe. It’s a winner for sure! Thanks for experimenting with this. Would love to see more easy healthy yet tasty recipes that satisfy a sweet craving too ☺️
I’ll see what I can do ;)
I want to try these since I love RISE Almond Honey bars. The RISE bars are 20 grams of protein and your bars are only 5 grams. Any way to kick up that level. It is the 20 grams that I am after, so I want to try using Whey Protein Isolate which has a higher protein level. I don’t think RISE uses vanilla flavored powder. .
This recipe wasn’t intended to be a nutritional dupe, just flavor. I’m sorry you felt the need to give it a 3 star rating before you’ve even tried the recipe itself.
Have any variations been made that come close to Rise’s macros?
At 280Kcal a ruse bar delivers 20g of complete protein. With this recipe I’d be looking at 800 calories to hit that protein number… and I’m. Or even sure the powder recommended is as complete as whey…
I made these bars. On days I go to the gym. I am in a hurry for breakfast. I have then with some fresh fruit and 1 cup milk. That fills me up til I get home about noontime.
Thanks for the fantastic recipe. I love and going to triple recipe next time
I used PB powder in place of the almond butter. You have to add water to make the dought. They came out fantastic
So glad you liked them!
I made a batch of these protein bars. They are pretty good. Filing too. I added a teaspoon of Almond extract to this recipe as well to give them more almond taste just because I like it….and find that keeping them in freezer store better for me. Thanks for the recipe
I’m so glad you like them, thanks for sharing your experience!
My first attempt had the bars floppy. I added half the syrup. Bars held their shape and not as sweet
Taste great. I added plain whey isolate. But my bars do not hold their shape. Rise bars are still. I added extra almond flower but it still is not stiff like Rise bars. I guess I can keep adding the flower. Has anyone found a way to make these bars stiff?
Although this may add more calories etc to the recipe- chop up some almonds until they are very fine and then place the bar down flat onto the almonds and coat both side. This may help keep them solid
It’s really great! Though as noted above, when they get warm they get melty. Any tips for keeping them more solid?
So glad you think so – thanks for leaving a comment and rating! Just keep them stored in the fridge as instructed to keep them in the best shape.
I hated to rate this recipe so low, because I feel it is a good base, but it was WAY too sweet. Not at all like the Rise bars that I love. I used a plain whey protein, I did not want my bar to have a vanilla taste. I even added about an 1/8 tsp salt, but it was still overpowering. I know I don’t like a lot of sugar, so I had my son taste it. He could not eat it. So I added more of everything but the honey, doubled up on all of it. It is really good now, but crumbly. I have to be careful when I eat it, but I love it. I am thinking of adding 3/4 cups of the almond butter, almond flour and protein powder, maybe a 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 cup of honey next time. I am not giving up, and I love what I ended up with. I think a few more tweaks and it will be perfect for me. Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!
Sorry that you felt they were too sweet, as that certainly hasn’t been my experience! I will say that it could be because of the type of protein powder and/or type of honey used, as some are certainly more sweet than others. Clover honey tends to have a pretty mild sweet flavor, whereas others are more robust and heavier on the sweetness scale. I also don’t use unflavored whey protein powder and only use Vega Clean Protein Powder, so I can’t speak to how that affected the flavor as the vanilla flavor is intended to complement the honey flavor.
Glad you were able to make it work for your personal preference, but sorry you didn’t enjoy it as written.
Thanks! I forged ahead and used a little over 1/2 cup. They are really sweet….but I’m not someone who uses “protein powder” of any kind. I threw in some salted sunflower seeds as well. Looking forward to having one-a-day as my lunch replacement and see how I feel. 71 and pudgy here and trying to do a better job of eating healthy. Thanks for your help.