No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars

Ingredients:

3 cups crisp brown rice cereal 

1.5 cup puffed millet 

1 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup honey

1 cup natural creamy peanut butter 

1 cup protein powder of choice (I use ½ cup unflavored whey and ½ cup vanilla casein) 

1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips (chilled in freezer)

Directions:

Line a 9 x 13” baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.

Combine the honey and nut butter in a small saucepan over low heat and stir together. Cook for a few minutes until they are melted and thoroughly combined then remove from heat and set aside.

Add the brown rice cereal, millet, and protein powder to the saucepan and stir everything together until well-combined and slightly cooled. Lastly, add the frozen chocolate chips (this helps keep them from completely melting) and stir a few times. Sometimes I need to add a bit of water to make the mixture stick together better.

Transfer the mixture to the lined baking dish and use a damp glass to press and roll the mixture (re-wetting as necessary to prevent sticking) until the surface is as even as possible. Freeze for about an hour, cut into bars and return to the freezer until ready to eat.

Adapted from this recipe