Guilt free Chocolate Protein Cake Pops with a protein chocolate cake, frosting and sugar free chocolate! These homemade chocolate protein powder cake pops are healthy, low calorie, low fat, gluten free and Vegan too!

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Store bought cake pops were one of my favorite desserts growing up – cute and pretty and kinda fancy too. But all that sugar is quite repulsive at this point.

This homemade chocolate cake pop recipe is definitely a lot better! With protein powder and monkfruit sweetener in place of sugar, and a sugar free chocolate, this dessert is acceptable 5 at once!

Ingredients for Chocolate Protein Cake Pops

These chocolate protein cake pops are made with gluten free flour, use cocoa powder and are sweetened with chocolate protein powder; Quite a convenient homemade cake pops recipe.

Gluten Free (All Purpose) Baking Flour – or a regular all purpose flour
Chocolate Protein Powder needed for high protein cake bites and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’. I used part whey-caesin Chocolate Milkshake protein powder from Quest Nutrition, and part Chocolate Protein World Whey for this recipe.
Code HAYLSKITCHEN gives a discount on ProteinWorld;
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here)
Unsweetened Applesauce for a low fat and low calorie mini cake recipe
Melted Butter
Lemon Juice
Hot Water
Baking Soda

For a High Protein Chocolate Frosting for Cake Pops:

Non Fat Greek Yogurt for an extra high protein frosting recipe, but any other yogurt will also work
Chocolate Protein Powder – this is what replaces the sugar here. I recommend ProteinWorld for this recipe to keep it sugar free.; Use the code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
Quest chocolate protein powder is another option.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
Some Water

The Chocolate Coating

Sugar free Chocolate Bar or Chocolate Chips: I use the chips from Lakanto here (HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here). Another option is Lily’s Bar or Chocolate Chips.
Coconut Oil so the chocolate is easier to melt and more smooth when you dip.
Sprinkles

Tips for Chocolate Protein Powder Cake Pops Recipe

This homemade chocolate protein powder cake pops recipe really is an easy one, but here’s some tips to get it just right!

Use room temperature applesauce;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well to give the perfect homemade chocolate cake pops.

Use melted Butter so that it mixes well into the healthy cake pops batter.

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 the low calorie cakes pops, 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 and have sugar free and healthy mini chocolate cake bites.

Don’t let the batter sit out too long; Pour immediately into baking pan and bake.
This is to avoid any reactions between the ingredients.

Let cake cool completely before crumbling or the balls won’t form well.

Mix cake crumbles and frosting well before rolling so each ball is uniform and easy to roll.

Use wet palms to roll the cake pop mix into balls so it doesn’t stick to your palms; It can be very dry.

How to store High Protein Cake Pops?

This high protein chocolate pops bites keep well for a meal prep dessert or post workout snack; Freezer friendly too!

Store healthy chocolate protein powder cake pops at room temperature in an airtight container for 1-2 days or in the fridge for a week.

To freeze the healthy chocolate cake bites, individually wrap in plastic wrap and place in freezer-safe zipper bags or air tight container; They should keep for 2-3 months.

Alternatives for Healthy Cake Pops Recipe

For the perfect low fat, low calorie and high protein healthy chocolate cake pops recipe, I would highly suggest using the ingredients and brands I recommended; I do have some alternatives you can try. I haven’t testing them all, so I can’t say how your cake bites recipe might turn out.

1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour: All purpose flour or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour in the same amount by weight not cups
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
Unsweetened Applesauce: Pumpkin Puree
Melted Butter: Melted Coconut Oil
Lemon Juice: Apple Cider Vinegar or White Vinegar

Options for the Chocolate Protein Frosting and Coating

Chocolate Protein Powder: Use vanilla flavor
Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt
Sugar Free Chocolate Chips: Regular chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar

To make Vegan Chocolate Cake Pops

These chocolate protein cake bites have no eggs or milk and can be made Vegan with a plant-based protein powder and dairy free butter or coconut oil.

ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend that could work well in these cake pops (HAYLSKITCHEN for the discount here too).

I haven’t tried pea protein or other plant based ones, so I can’t say how those would work.

More Healthy Chocolate Protein Cake Recipes:

More Chocolate Protein Powder Bites

Chocolate Protein Cake Pops

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Prep Time20

Cook Time25

Total Time45

Servings: 28 2″ balls

Calories: 37kcal

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Ingredients

½ cup 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour, 60g, see post for sub
½ cup Chocolate Protein Powder (Whey), 45g, about 1½ scoops
⅓ cup Chocolate Protein Powder (Whey-caesin), 30g, about 1 scoops
¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, or Cacao Powder, 20g
3 tablespoon Zero Calorie 1:1 Sugar Replacement, 36g
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ cup Unsweetened Applesauce, 120g
½ tablespoon Melted Butter, 7g
2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
¾ cup Hot Water, 180ml

Frosting:

¼ cup Non-fat Greek Yogurt, 56g
¼ cup Chocolate Protein Powder, 22
4 teaspoon Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, or Cacao Powder
2 tablespoon Water, 30ml

Chocolate Coating:

¼ cup Chocolate Chips, 56g, Sugar free recommended below
½ teaspoon Coconut Oil
Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease 8×8” brownie/cake pan.
In a bowl, whisk flour, whey and whey-casein chocolate protein powders, unsweetened cocoa powder, zero calorie sugar replacement and baking soda.
In a large bowl, whisk together hot water, applesauce, butter and lemon juice.
Add dry mix to wet, and whisk until just combined.
DO NOT OVER-MIX or protein powder will make the cake dense.
Pour batter into pan immediately .
Don’t let the batter sit out.
Bake for 23-25 minutes.
Toothpick inserted into the center should come out dry.
Remove from oven and let cool completely.

Frosting & Shape:

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients – Greek yogurt, chocolate protein powder, cocoa powder and water/milk.
Whisk or stir with a spoon until uniform.
Crumble cake using hands in a large bowl.
Add frosting and mix well.
Spoon about 2 tablespoon mix at a time and place on plate.
Use slightly wet hands to roll mixture into balls.

Chocolate Coating:

Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a large microwave safe bowl and microwave at 15 second intervals, stirring – for about 60 seconds until completely melted.
Pierce cake balls with lollipop stick or skewer, then dip in melted chocolate and move around to coat.
Place upright into a cardboard box (small holes pierced) or styrofoam block, decorate with sprinkles, and let rest to harden.

Notes

Nutrition details are calculated using products recommended below and does not include mix ins.
See post for alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.

Product Recommendations:

ProteinWorld Whey Protein Powder
- Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 30% off your order
Quest Nutrition Chocolate Milkshake Protein Powder
Lakanto 1:1 Sugar Substitute
- Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order
Lakanto Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order

Nutrition:

Servings: 28 cake pops | Serving size: 1
Calories: 37kcal
Fat: 1.1g | Saturated fat: 0.7g
Carbohydrates: 5.4g | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 0.5g
Protein: 3.2g

Chocolate Protein Cake Pops – Guilt Free Indulgence

Ingredients for Chocolate Protein Cake Pops