A muscle-gaining, hunger-curbing, tasty treat

EMOTICON KEY

• Æsthetics
  • 👅 = taste
  • 🌈 = colour
• Nutrients
  • 🍖 = primary protein-source
  • ⛄️ = primary fat-source
  • 🍠 = primary carb-source
  • 🐚 = primary mineral-source
  • 🍋 = primary vitamin-source
• Cost
  • 💎 = higher quality/cost option
  • 💸 = lower quality/cost option
• Dietary Requirements
  • 🌱 = vegan
  • 🍳 = vegetarian
  • 🐟 = pescatarian
  • 🐄 = not suitable for pescatarians
  • 🍞 = contains gluten
  • 🍼 = contains dairy
  • 🌾 = contains grains
  • 🌰 = contains nuts
  • 🍬 = high in sugar
• Special Properties
  • ☕️ = stimulant
  • 💊 = nootropic
  • 🍄 = psychoactive

Method

Ideally, use food processor to prepare the mixture, which is a similar consistency to cake mixture.

• Mash beans w/ a dash of milk
• Melt fats, then turn heat off
• Stir in seeds
• Stir in protein powder
• Mix in bean paste only roughly, leaving marble-cake-like streaks

N.B. Adding rolled oats turns the bar into a higher-carb, flapjack-type thing.

Inspiration Recipes

Huel® [bar][3]: blend of gluten-free oats, peas, rice, flaxseed, coconut and sunflower, with a few extra ingredients to bind the bars together to stop them from being too dry.

• Gluten-free oats (19%)
• polydextrose
• fruit juice concentrate (carob, apple)
• brown rice protein
• pea protein
• glucose syrup
• pea protein nuggets
• cocoa fibre (5%)
• flaxseeds
• coconut oil
• pea protein crisps

• etc.……

• My 2-cents:

  • Texture is quite dry, like almost dried mud.
  • The nuggets look nice, but are barely detectable in the mouth.
  • The cocoa flavour comes entirely from carob-fruit concentrate; it’s distant & the vagueness of the flavour
  • makes it even more like mud.
  • It has a whopping 120g fibre per day
  • It includes glucose syryup & apple juice concentrate, but isn’t very sweet at all.
  • My fat-loving tendencies feel that there is way too little coconut oil in it.

No bake protein bars

• 4 1/2 cups ( 400g ) uncooked oatmeal (quick oats)
• 5 scoops ( 150g ) whey vanilla protein powder
• 1 1/3 cups ( 340g ) peanut butter
• 1 cup ( 250ml ) coconut cream or milk

No bake protein bars ii

• 2 cups oats (160 grams)
• 4 scoops protein powder (120 grams)
• 5 tbsp. peanut butter (80 grams)
• 1/2 cup almond milk, milk, or water

"Healthiest protein bar recipe"

• oats
• protein powder
• agave nectar
• milk
• slivered almonds
• dark chocolate
• cinnamon
• vanilla extract
• apple sauce

Detour bar (my edit)

Whey Protein Concentrate, Calcium Caseinate, Whole Milk Powder, cacao, Lecithin, Vanilla, Glycerin, Caramel [Soluble Fiber, Inulin, Water, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Butter, Non Fat Dry Milk, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor, Stevia], Chocolate Chips, Non-GMO Soy Protein Isolate, Gelatin, Flour, Oil, Flavors, Salt, Stevia.

Change Log

Thu 10 Aug 2017 Upped total seeds from 1.5g –> 2.0g to make it prettier and with more seedy crispiness

Wed 9 Aug 2017

Removed guar gum 'cause it's too dry, not too liquidy. Increased mesquite from 0.29–>0.5g 'cause want it to be smokier, richer, velvetier Added in 2.14g of chestnut to see if the texture's still OK w/ more purée. Replaced all coconut oil w/ butter to make richer & less like the light edition Increased butter by 1.5x (9.56g –> 14.34g) 'cause it's way too thick.

Fri 4 Aug 2017

Trebled molasses due it being not that dark, rich or sweet. Doubled ginger due to not being able to taste any of it. Avoid ground flaxseed, preferring chia due to its lower lignan content (about half, off the top of my head).

30 Jul 2017

Stevia x2, molasses x1.5 because could be a bit sweeter. Butter beans x1.25 because could be a bit chewier. Guar x2 to see if makes it thicker & chewier. Added sweet potato powder 0.31g/half 'cause I think the flavour would go well. Added lúcuma 0.29g/half 'cause it's like mesquite but cheaper. Added oats 0.29g/half to see if makes it chewier & carbier.

Sat 29 Jul 2017

Made the first big batch.