Soft and chewy Chocolate Butterscotch Protein bars with a base, caramel-y later and all the chocolate and butterscotch chips on top. Easy, no bake and healthy chocolate butterscotch squares for a sugar free treat.

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Saw my butterscotch chips in the pantry and just had to try these protein bars – proper rich and chocolatey flavor combined with the caramel and butterscotch chips; Just a beautiful combination.

Not to forget, overall a healthy and sugar free recipe since it uses protein powder as a sweetener and sugar free chips too!

Ingredients for Chocolate Butterscotch Protein Bars Recipe:

These chocolate butterscotch protein bars are made with simple healthy ingredients, have no sugar or milk, making them the perfect homemade gluten free, low carb and Vegan protein bar!

The Chocolate Base

Chocolate Protein Powder for healthy no bake brownie that’s also sugar free
I used Dymatize ISO 100 Chocolate Whey here.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Oat Flour
Coconut Flour
Unsweetened Applesauce
Unsweetened Almond Milk

The Protein Caramel Topping

Cashew Butter for the caramel flavor.
I used American Dream Nut Butter; Code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount.
Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein caramel bar, and also replace the sweetener.
I recommend Whey-Casein from HTLT Supps or Quest Nutrition for this recipe to keep it sugar free.
Some more Unflavored Protein Powder: Multi-purpose mix from Quest again.
Sugar free Maple Syrup for low calorie protein bar with no sugar!
I use the sugar free monk fruit maple syrup from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)
Some Water
A bit of Vanilla Extract

The Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Layer

Butterscotch Chips: I’d recommend the sugar free ones from Lily’s Sweets.
Chocolate Chips: I’d recommend the sugar free ones from Lakanto. Use my code HAYLSKITCHEN for a 15% discount on all the Lakanto products on their website!

Tips to make Chocolate Butterscotch Squares with Protein Powder

These high protein chocolate butterscotch squares are extremely easy to make, with just making one layer at a time. Here’s some tips to get them right!

Use whey-casein and whey protein powder when specified. It works well with the ratio of ingredients here.
Whey-casein absorbs more liquid, and whey absorbs less, so you need to adjust the liquid accordingly.

Add milk or water little at a time when preparing mixtures; Even a little extra will make them too runny.
Mix the dry ingredients well before adding in the wet so you have a smooth mix.

To store High Protein Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Squares

These high protein chocolate chip butterscotch bars need to be stored in the fridge since they have milk in there.

To store homemade chocolate butterscotch candy bars, place in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a 1 week.

To freeze, place healthy chocolate butterscotch squares in airtight sealed container, or individually wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in zipper bag; They should keep for 2 or 3 months. Be sure to let them thaw on the counter before eating!

Alternatives for Healthy Chocolate Butterscotch Bars!

I made these sugar free and gluten free and low fat chocolate butterscotch caramel bars with this particular ingredient list, but here’s some healthy options to choose from.

For the protein base:

Oat Flour: Almond flour, or heat-treated flour (don’t forget to heat-treat, raw flour is not good)
Coconut flour: Try using about ⅔ cup of Almond Flour
Applesauce: Pumpkin Puree or Mashed Banana
Almond Milk: Regular milk or other non dairy milk

For the top:

Cashew Butter: Almond Butter, Hazelnut Butter or Tahini; I don’t recommend peanut butter since it has a very strong taste.
Peanut Butter Powder: Almond butter powder or 3 tablespoon regular peanut butter/almond butter (reduce the water to 1 tablespoon in this case)
Unflavored protein powder: 1 tablespoon Coconut Flour
Sugar free Maple Syrup: Regular maple syrup or Honey, but they won’t be Vegan or a no sugar recipe anymore.

Also, regular chocolate chips and butterscotch chips work fine in place of the sugar-free version.

More Homemade Chocolate Protein Bars to try!