Description
These creamy cottage cheese protein balls are an easy, no-bake, high-protein snack that tastes like cookie dough—perfect for meal prep!
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 2 tbsp almond flour
- 1 tbsp peanut butter (or nut butter)
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp mini chocolate chips
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Blend cottage cheese until smooth.
- Mix with protein powder, almond flour, peanut butter, maple syrup.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Roll into balls and chill.
- Store in fridge or freezer.
Notes
- Use full-fat cottage cheese for best texture.
- Chill dough before rolling if too soft.
- Substitute almond flour with oat or coconut flour if needed.
- Maple syrup can be replaced with honey or sugar-free syrup.
- Store in fridge for up to 5 days or freeze for 3 months.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes (no bake)
- Category: Snack
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 protein ball
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
Keywords: cottage cheese protein balls, protein snack, healthy snack, no bake recipe, high protein balls, cookie dough balls, meal prep snack, low sugar snack