40+ Protein Powder Recipes To Boost Your Protein!
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Are you wondering what to do with your jar of protein powder? Let me tell you that you’re in for a treat as below are dozens of delicious protein powder recipes!
What Are Protein Powder Recipes?
Protein Powder recipes are all these recipes where you include protein powder to increase the quantity of protein.
There are many reasons why one would want to add more protein. It could be:
- To help with muscle recovery after a workout.
- To supplement a diet that is low in protein.
- To feel full and reduce the carb intake.
- To contribute to building muscle.
You might think that all you need to do is add a scoop of protein powder to any recipe, but it’s not that simple.
Adding protein powder can change the texture dramatically and turn a moist cake into a dry cake. As a result, it’s essential to use recipes built from the ground-up to use protein powder.
With the recipes below, you can make:
- Energy Balls
- Oatmeal
- Cookies
- Waffles
- Smoothies
- Cakes
- Granola
- Chia Pudding
- Bars
- Pancakes
- Brownies
- Donuts
- Muffins
- Banana Bread
- Mug Cakes
Frequently Asked Questions
What Can I Do With My Protein Powder?
Protein powder is an ingredient that can be used to make many simple recipes,bread from protein ice cream and shakes to cakes, oatmeal, banana read, cereal bars, cookies, or mug cakes.
What Should You Mix Protein Powder With?
Protein powder can be mixed in water, plant-based milk, or most non-sparkling liquids.
So it’s fine to use in most baking recipes.
Can I Cook With Protein Powder?
Absolutely! Protein powder is fine to use in baking recipes. However, you must use a purpose-designed recipe to make sure it works!
Just adding protein powder to a classic recipe often fails.
But with a good recipe with protein powder like the many below, you can cook it in the oven, a pan, or microwave knowing that the recipe will wok.
Is It Better To Mix Protein Powder With Water?
Protein powder can be mixed in most liquids, from water to plant-based milk such as almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, soy milk, or oat milk.
Does Protein Powder Not Work If Heated?
Protein powder behaves differently when it cooks, but if you use a baking recipe designed to use protein powder, it’s all designed for that!
Is Protein Powder Destroyed By Heat?
No, protein powder is not destroyed by heat, just as meat or eggs and egg whites aren’t destroyed in classic baking recipes.
Above 160°F (70°C), proteins in protein powder start to coagulate. While they are still absorbed by the body and keep the same profile, they tend to take a bit longer to digest.
How Can I Find Plant-Based Protein Powder?
There are many plant-based protein powder options from Pea Protein, to Peanut Protein, Almond Protein, Rice, Chia Seeds, or Seeds.
You can find all flavors of plant-based powder from vanilla protein powder to strawberry cheesecake powder just as you would with whey protein powder.
Does Protein Powder Contain All Essential Amino Acids?
Essential amino acids are the nine amino acids that our body can’t produce itself out of the 21 it needs.
Not all protein powder contain all essential amino acids as they don’t all source their protein from complete protein sources.
40+ Recipes With Protein Powder
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Protein Steel-Cut Oats
Enjoy a creamy breakfast with this Protein Steel cut Oats recipe packed with 22 grams of protein per serving.
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Pumpkin Protein Balls
These Pumpkin Protein Balls are easy, healthy energy balls flavored with pumpkin pie spices and packed with proteins from plant-based protein powder.
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Oatmeal Raisin Protein Cookies
These Oatmeal Raisin Protein Cookies are the most easy high-protein breakfast or post-workout cookies to fuel you up with plant-based proteins.
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Protein Baked Oatmeal
This Protein Baked Oatmeal is the best post-workout breakfast packed with 16 grams of proteins and the most delicious creamy oatmeal texture.
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Cookie Dough Protein Balls
These Cookie Dough Protein Balls are easy no-bake healthy snacks packed with plant-based proteins from nut butter and protein powder. Plus, these are vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free.
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Vegan Protein Waffles
These Vegan Protein Waffles are easy crispy protein waffles packed with 8.5 grams of protein per serving. They are fully plant-based and easy to make in the morning in less than 20 minutes.
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Mango Protein Smoothie
This creamy, refreshing Mango Protein Smoothie recipe is a perfect post-workout high-protein smoothie packed with 25 grams of protein and the most delicious tropical flavors.
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Protein Cake Recipe
This Protein Cake recipe is a high-protein moist chocolate birthday cake perfect as a healthy celebration cake. It's packed with 15 grams of protein per serving and topped with the best creamy smooth chocolate protein frosting.
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High-Protein Granola
This homemade high-protein granola recipe is an easy high-protein breakfast cereal! It makes crunchy and sweet clusters that are also naturally vegan, nut-free, and refined sugar-free.
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Protein Chia Pudding
This Protein Chia Pudding recipe is packed with 18 grams of protein and makes it easy to meal prep many healthy protein breakfasts. This is a low-carb, gluten-free breakfast recipe, so everyone can have some.
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Protein Cookie Dough
This Homemade Protein Cookie Dough is an easy 5-minute protein powder snack for cookie dough lovers.
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Protein Shake Recipes
These Protein Shake Recipes are the best high-protein post-workout drink to build body muscles, refresh, and feel full for hours. Plus, all these shake recipes are also dairy-free, and vegan-friendly with low-carb options.
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Pumpkin Protein Bars
These Pumpkin protein bars are healthy homemade protein bars flavored with pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spices. Plus, these Fall protein bars are also vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free, packed with 8 grams of plant-based protein.
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Gluten-Free Protein Bars
These Gluten-Free Protein Bars are easy no-bake peanut butter chocolate protein bars packed with 8.5 grams of protein per serving. Bonus, these are vegan protein bars made without dairy or eggs.
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Zucchini Smoothie
This green zucchini smoothie is a healthy, creamy green smoothie packed with two vegetables for extra vitamins and protein. It's a perfect post-workout drink or refreshing snack, 100% dairy-free and gluten-free.
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Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect as a healthy, fulfilling snack to fix a sweet craving or to reload your proteins after a workout.
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Overnight Oats with Protein Powder
A healthy plant-based breakfast with oats, chia seeds, and protein powder.
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Peanut Butter Dip
This Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip is an easy protein snack perfect to dip apple slices or spread on toast.
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Protein Pancakes
These fluffy Protein Pancakes are easy to whip in less than 10 minutes and are packed with 15 grams of protein per serving! Plus they are egg-free and dairy-free.
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Overnight Weetabix
This Overnight Weetabix recipe is a healthy make-ahead breakfast recipe, high in protein and perfect to start the day with fiber and vitmains.
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Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
This Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal is the most delicious healthy breakfast to feed the whole family. It tastes like cinnamon rolls but is much healthier made from oats, and it's dairy-free and vegan.
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No-Bake Protein Cookies
These easy No-Bake Protein Cookies are packed with fiber, protein to keep you full and fix your sweet craving during the day.
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Banana Protein Pancakes
These easy 4-Ingredient Banana Protein Pancakes are the most delicious high-protein pancakes to start the day. Bonus, they are egg-free, dairy-free and vegan approved.
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Protein Cereal Bars
This healthy vegan Protein Cereal Bar recipe with 12 grams of protein per serving and no refined sugar for a healthy post-workout snack.
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Lemon Overnight Oats
These Lemon Overnight Oats taste like a creamy lemon cheesecake without the dairy!
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Protein Brownies
This easy, healthy Protein Powder Brownie recipe is packed with fiber, nutrients, and plant-based protein for a healthy guilt-free snack.
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Protein Donuts Recipe
This Protein Donut Recipe is made with oat and protein powder, no flour, no sugar and 100% vegan.
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Protein Frosting
This chocolate protein frosting is the best easy vegan frosting for cakes, cupcakes, brownies or donuts.
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Banana Protein Mug Cake
This Banana Protein Mug Cake contains protein per serving and it's ready in less than 3 minutes for a quick post-workout snack. Plus, this banana mug cake is also dairy-free and egg-free.
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Single-Serve Oatmeal Cookie
This 4-ingredient Single-Serve Oatmeal Cookie is perfect as a 15-minute breakfast cookie in the morning. Plus, this healthy breakfast cookie is also vegan, dairy-free, and full of proteins to keep you full for hours.
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Tiramisu Overnight Oats
Bring a vegan dessert for breakfast with this Chocolate Tiramisu Overnight Oats recipe!
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Chocolate Protein Muffins
These Chocolate Protein Cupcakes are healthy high-protein chocolate treats to fix your chocolate cravings for a vegan, egg-free snack or breakfast.
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Protein Powder Oatmeal
This Protein Powder Oatmeal is a healthy, creamy high-protein oatmeal breakfast bowl perfect any day of the week. Plus, this oatmeal recipe is also dairy-free and vegan-friendly.
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Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake
This Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake is the most delicious breakfast on the go to fix your cinnamon roll craving in less than 2 minutes! Plus, this is also a vegan protein shake, 100% dairy-free and loaded with 22g of plant-based proteins to keep you full for hours!
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Protein Fluff
This Protein Fluff is an easy recipe to serve as a fulfilling, refreshing post-workout breakfast bowl.
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Chocolate Protein Pancakes
A super easy Fluffy Chocolate Protein Pancake recipe made from plant-based protein powder and no eggs!
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Protein Cookie Recipe
This Protein Cookie Recipe is an easy homemade high-protein recipe to eat as a post-workout snack or breakfast. Plus, these cookies are also dairy-free, egg-free, and gluten-free! Forget the store-bought protein cookies and make a batch of these crunchy vegan protein cookies!
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Perfect Bars
These homemade Vegan Perfect Bars are simple protein bars made with 3 wholesome ingredients for a delicious copycat of the Perfect Bars but without eggs or dairy!
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Protein Powder Banana Bread
A high-protein Banana Bread recipe as a healthy post-workout protein breakfast, 100% vegan and gluten-free.
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Cookie Dough Protein Bars
An easy homemade Cookie Dough Protein Bars made with peanut butter and plant-based protein powder for a delicious post-workotu protein snack 100% vegan.
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Protein Powder Mug Cake
An easy chocolate Protein Powder mug cake with no eggs or dairy, 100% vegan for a protein-loaded snack or breakfast.
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Vanilla Overnight Oats
An easy, healthy vegan-friendly Vanilla Overnight Oats recipe for a healthy protein breakfast.
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Vegan Protein Pancakes
A super easy Vegan Protein Pancakes ready in 15 minutes for a quick post work out protein breakfast. These pancakes are also the most fluffy and nourishing pancakes with 4 grams of protein each and also perfect for vegan breakfast for kids.
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Protein Hot Chocolate Recipe
An easy 4-ingredient protein hot chocolate recipe using protein powder.
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No-bake Protein Balls
No-bake peanut butter balls with pea protein powder.
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40+ Delicious Recipes With Protein Powder (+ Protein Pancakes)
These many recipes with protein powder make delicious and easy pancakes, mug cakes, cakes, brownies, overnight oats, oatmeal, and energy balls. They are all super simple to follow and will make you wonder why you haven't used more protein powder in baking.
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
- 1 cup Milk of Choice
- ¼ cup Yogurt
- 1 cup White Wholewheat Flour
- ⅓ cup Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
- ⅓ cup Protein Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Granulated Sweetener
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
Optional – for unflavored protein powder
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk almond milk, yogurt, and lemon juice and set aside while measuring the remaining ingredients.
- In another mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients evenly: white whole wheat flour, oats, protein powder, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- Stir the milk mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients until a thick pancake batter forms with no lump. It should be pretty thick, and that's normal.
- Warm a pancake griddle greased with a tiny bit of coconut oil over medium heat.
- Scoop 2 tablespoons of pancakes batter per pancake on the griddle and spread in a round shape. If the batter is too thick, thin it out by adding an extra splash of almond milk.
- Cook the pancake for 2-3 minutes on low-medium heat until dry on the edges, then flip and cook an extra minute until it puffs.
- Cool down on a wire rack and cook the remaining batter.
- Serve with vegan toppings you love like peanut butter, maple syrup, and chia jam.
Storage
- Store leftovers for up to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge or freeze and thaw at room temperature the day before serving. Rewarm on a hot pancake griddle or in a bread toaster.