Delicious Protein Oreo Lava Cake for an easy and healthy dessert or one. This molten Oreo lava mug cake uses protein powder and is gluten free and sugar free too!

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It’s been a while since I made a protein lava cake, and I had to go for the black cocoa version instead of classic when I saw it in my pantry. A real flavor upgrade here to get that Oreo effect.

Ingredients for Protein Oreo Lava Cake

This single serve protein Oreo lava cake is made with a few simple and healthy ingredients, and has no butter or oil and no sugar either!

Gluten Free (All Purpose) Baking Flour – or a regular all purpose flour
Chocolate Protein Powder needed for high protein lava cake and also replaces the ‘sugar’. I used Chocolate Milkshake protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
HTLT Supps is another great option.
Black Cocoa Powder for the Oreo flavor
A bit of Greek Yogurt to add moisture since there’s no butter or oil in here
Egg Whites for extra protein
Unsweetened Almond Milk
A bit of Vanilla Extract
Baking Powder

If you need to add more sweetness, Stevia Powder or Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute; I use Lakanto, to keep this protein lava cake recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)

And then for some of the center of this Oreo Lava Mug Cake:

Reduced Fat Cream Cheese
Non-fat Greek Yogurt
Vanilla Protein Powder; This is the source of sweetness in the protein cream for this layered dessert. No added sugar in this recipe. HTLT Supps or Quest again here.
Almond Milk

Tips to make Oreo Molten Lava Cake with Protein Powder

This Oreo molten lava cake using protein powder really is an easy one and made in a mug or ramekin, but make sure you do all of this stuff to get is perfect.

Grease the ramekin! You want the lava cake to come off easily.
Use an oven-safe mug if you need.

Don’t over-mix the batter!
Make sure you gently fold the dry mix into the wet to combine them.
If you over-mix it, the protein powder will make your protein lava cake tough, dense and gummy.

Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the batter.

Use softened cream cheese for the Oreo lava filling so it mixes well with the yogurt and protein powder.

Don’t overcook. The top will should be just cooked and crusty, but will slightly jiggle when moved.
It will continue to cook when out, and you want the proper molten Oreo lava center.

Wait for the cake to cool a bit.

Run a knife along the side of the ramekin to loosen it so it comes off smoothly when you flip it on a plate.

Alternates for this Healthy Oreo Lava Cake Recipe

I recommend making this a healthy Oreo lava cake with the protein powder and other ingredients listed since it gives the best results.

If you need other options for the flours and such, here’s some alternatives for a healthy air fryer lava cake for one:

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour, 1:1 gluten free baking flour or Almond Flour in the same amount by weight not cups.
Update: A reader has confirmed that Almond flour works here.
Chocolate Protein Powder: Use Vanilla; You might need another teaspoon of Cocoa powder though.
Egg Whites: 2 tablespoon aquafaba (chickpea liquid). I haven’t given this a try yet though.
Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt, Pumpkin Puree, Mashed Banana
Almond Milk: Any other milk

A Vegan Oreo Molten Lava Cake

This Oreo molten lava cake recipe has no butter or milk and can easily be made Vegan too.

For the perfect Vegan protein Oreo lava cake recipe, make sure you use a plant based protein powder, aquafaba and coconut yogurt.

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