Dark Chocolate Blackberry S’mores Protein Bars
Blackberries, dark chocolate, vegan marshmallows, chopped nuts, cinnamon dust, melted peanut butter—-these S’MORES PROTEIN BARS are loaded with protein, fiber, antioxidants, and they’re super, duper delicious!
Servings Prep Time
9bars 15minutes
Cook Time
20-23minutes
Servings Prep Time
9bars 15minutes
Cook Time
20-23minutes
Ingredients
batter:
toppings:
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Add dry ingredients to bowl. Add wet ingredients to separate larger bowl. Gradually add dry ingredients into wet ingredients bowl, mixing thoroughly. Set aside.
  3. Grease a 9×9 square baking pan with olive oil, or line with parchment paper. Pour about half of batter onto pan, or until bottom is fully covered.
  4. Meanwhile, mash blackberries with a fork until broken down. Add blackberries onto batter, swirl around with back of fork to evenly cover. Add dark chocolate chips on top. Pour remaining batter on top. Swirl around with fork again to flatten mixture. Add marshmallows.
  5. Bake in oven for about 20-25 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven. Add toppings. Drizzle that peanut butter on top. Slice into 9 equal sized, square bars. Serve immediately!
Recipe Notes

-I use vegan marshmallows for this recipe, but regular marshmallows will work as well.

-Even though I use applesauce in this recipe, you won’t really taste it.  It helps to keep these bars nice and chewy, and moist.  You can sub in a mashed, whole banana in its place if you wish.

-If using frozen blackberries, just thaw in the microwave for about 30 seconds to easily mash ’em up.

-Feel free to use broken down graham crackers instead of chopped nuts for topping.  I chose chopped nuts because they have much better nutritional value than graham crackers—more protein, fiber, vitamins, healthy fats, lesser carbs (yes, even the “organic” or “all natural” graham crackers are still pretty bad—empty carbs, no fiber).

-My oven doesn’t have to top broiler option so I am unable to broil to surface to char the marshmallows.  If your oven has a broiler, then don’t add the marshmallows before baking.  Instead, throw the marshmallows on top at about the 17 minute mark of baking, then set the oven to broil.  Watch closely for about 2-3 minutes.  When a nice char is achieved, then remove from oven.

–Vegan marshmallows react to heat differently than regular marshmallows.  They may take longer on the heat to get charred and roasted.  Watch closely.

-Chop up your favorite dark chocolate bar, I prefer a 70% cacao or higher bar, into small pieces and add them on top of the finished product fresh out of the oven.  Do this first before the other toppings!  Its heat will gradually melt the chocolate and it will be super delicious!

-Store them in an airtight container and in the fridge.  They should keep for about 5 days to a week.  Eat them straight out of the fridge, or I like to stick ’em in the microwave for about 30 seconds to reheat them.  Still tastes great!!

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