Lauren Cobello » Meal Planning » Recipes » Honey-Nut Protein Bites – High Protein Snack Food for After School
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My kids are going back to school on Wednesday (YAY!) and I usually make a special snack for them when they get home from school that first day. I am trying to plan ahead this year so I started to think about high protein low fat snacks that would fill them up, but not have a ton of sugar. I decided to go to Price Chopper Supermarket for some inspiration, of course I had to bring my daughter Hannah with me for help (and also because she loves the little shopping carts).
I saw that Honey Nut Cheerios were on sale for $1.77 per box this week, and I had a coupon to make them only $0.77 per box!!! This gave me an idea for some sort of snack bites, but I needed another item besides Peanut Butter to add as a filler to keep them together.
I swung by the Dairy Aisle to pick up some yogurt and realized that I could get Yoplait Greek Yogurt for only $0.60 per cup with a coupon, this would be the perfect binder for my bites!
Inspired, I came home ready to create a recipe for Honey-Nut Protein Bites. These will be the perfect after school snacks for them!
Here is how you make them (Recipe adapted from 5DollarDinners.com)
1.) Measure out 3 cups of Honey Nut Cheerios. Place in ziploc bag and break them into crumbs with a rolling pin or spoon. This will bring them down to about 2 cups.
2.) Combine Cheerios in a large bowl and add 1 cup of unsweetened coconut.
3.) Add in 2 Tbsp of Yoplait Greek Yogurt.
4.) Add 2/3 of a cup natural peanut butter (I used crunchy this time for extra protein).
5.) Add 1/4 cup of honey.
6.) Add in 1 cup of mini chocolate chips.
7.) Stir together and roll into small balls.
8.) Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
9.) Serve to hungry children when they get home from school.
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COMMENTS
Do you have a sense of the nutritional info on these once they are made? Or at least the protein count?
How many grams of protein in each ball?
These are not high protien at all. I did have to make a couple of substitutions but for a serving it is 5 grams of fat 16 grams or carbs and ONLY 2.9 GRAMS OF PROTEIN!!!! that being said they taste good but not worth it if your goal is high protein.
You have two different amounts for the honey-1/3 and 1/4. Which one is it?
How long will these keep in the fridge?
Around 3 days.