Drumroll please... Chocolate Haystacks!
- High in protein
- Low in Sugar
- Only 5 ingredients
Recipe:
- Place the following into a bowl:
- 3/4 of a scoop of BSN Syntha-6 Whey Protein in Chocolate Cake Batter
- 1/3 cup of gluten-free rolled oats.
- 1 TBSP of nut butter. I used all-natural crunchy peanut butter (to save on fat calories, use powdered peanut butter.)
- 2 TBSP of organic reduced fat shredded coconut
- dash of cinnamon
- optional: sweeten with stevia, luo han guo, vanilla extract, or Walden Farms Calorie Free/Sugar Free Pancake Syrup (I personally find the recipe is sweet enough - so I don't bother adding any sweeteners).
- Add a sparing amount of water whilst mixing the abovementioned ingredients. Don’t add too much water. You want to end up with a “dense protein mixture”.
- You have 4 options to make the haystacks:
- Dehydrator Option:
- Make into haystack shapes on a Paraflexx non stick drying sheet.
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- Dehydrate at 95-105 degrees until dry on the outside and moist on the inside.I left mine in my dehydrator for 4 and 1/2 hours.
- If you don’t eat them all, store them in an air tight container.
- I was able to make 8 haystacks using these quantities. Feel free to make bigger or smaller haystacks.
- I prefer this option (it's easier to transport the finished haystacks with this option. I find the no-bake methods make the haystacks a bit tacky and gooey).
- I decided to invest in the smallest and least expensive Excalibur Food Dehydrator.
- I saw inexpensive circular food dehydrators the other day at Canadian Tire for $30. I found them on amazon here!
- Refrigerator Option:
- place the haystacks on some parchment or wax paper on a plate
- place into the fridge for 4 hours
- Freezer Option:
- if you are too impatient to wait for your haystacks to set in the fridge, then throw them into the freezer for 30 minutes.
- if you are too impatient to wait for your haystacks to set in the fridge, then throw them into the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Oven Option:
- Use your oven at the lowest temperature setting possible (100 to 150 degrees)
- Place the cookies onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
- Place into the oven and keep the door open. Use a fan if your oven has one (to minimize condensation)
- You don’t have to leave it in the oven as long as you would in the dehydrator. Check after an hour.
Nutritional Information:
This recipe (using real PB and not powdered PB) yields approximately 8 haystacks and amounts to:
- calories: 307, fat: 17.8g, saturated fat: 5.3g, cholesterol: 41.2mg, sodium: 165 mg, carbohydrates: 37.6 g, fiber: 9.1g, NET CARBS: 28.5g, sugars: 3.2 g, protein: 25.7 g
