Healthy Chocolate Salami – High Protein & Sugar Free

Healthy Chocolate Salami sweetened with protein powder for delicious no bake and sugar free dessert. This Russian chocolate salami spinoff is made with oats and cocoa powder, has no eggs and Vegan too!

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Quite an accidental recipe here if I’m being honest. I was going for a crunchy chocolate protein ball recipe and wanted the crunchy ingredient to stand out with a color contrast. Accidentally added in some instant oats and got some sort of a speckled look.

This really was not what I wanted for a protein truffle or ball, so I decided to improvise. We don’t waste ingredients when it’s possible to make another healthy no bake chocolate dessert.

Randomly remembered seeing a chocolate salami on someones’s Instagram post recently and realized this speckled thing looked something like that.

Added in some crackers and hazelnuts and voila! A quick and easy no bake chocolate salami that turned out to be Vegan as well!

Ingredients for High Protein Healthy Chocolate Salami

This homemade chocolate salami is made with clean ingredients like oats, cocoa powder and sweetened with protein powder – a healthy, no bake recipe with no eggs either!

• Instant or Rolled Oats; for a gluten free chocolate salami recipe
• Oat Flour – You can make your own by blending dry oats
• Chocolate Protein Powder for high protein cookie that’s also sugar free.
  I used ProteinWorld Whey, but the ProteinWorld Slender Blend is another great option. Code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount on both.
  A third alternative would be Quest.
• Graham Cereal/Crackers – I used Catalina Crunch Honey Graham Cereal for a sugar free recipe.
• Chopped Hazelnuts – or any other nuts like walnuts or almonds too
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Unsweetened Almond Milk

How to make Chocolate Salami Log with Protein Powder and without Eggs

This healthy spinoff of a Russian chocolate salami is a simple no bake recipe since it’s made without eggs.

1. Process the oats, oat flour, cocoa powder and protein powder in food processor about 30 seconds until it’s fine.

2. Transfer to a big bowl, add in the milk and mix with a big spoon to form a dough.
   If mix is too dry, add about a teaspoon of milk; If it’s too wet, add some oats.

3. Add in chopped graham cereal/crackers and nuts and mix again.
   
4. Set a large piece of plastic wrap – about 12-15” long – on a work surface.

5. Place the dough on the plastic wrap and shape it into a log or salami shape with your hands.

6. Roll up the plastic to make a proper salami shape, then secure ends using strings or elastic. Or just twist and tie a knot!

7. Place in fridge for about 1 hour to cool and harden.

8. Slice using sharp knife and enjoy! Or simply bite it into your homemade salami as is!

Alternate Ingredients for Homemade Chocolate Salami

The ingredient list I used for this protein chocolate salami log makes it sugar free and extra healthy, but you can also make some substitutions and have the same amazing flavor!

Regular Chocolate Salami Recipe with Cocoa Powder

To make something similar to a classic Russian chocolate salami, instead of healthy graham cereal, you can make this chocolate salami with regular crackers, tea biscuits or vanilla wafers.

Another option is to switch out the protein powder with an equal amount of other sweetener. I would recommend Lakanto 1:1 Zero Calorie Monkfruit sweetener to keep it sugar free (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount on their website).

Vegan Chocolate Salami

For a vegan chocolate salami recipe, use a plant based protein powder; ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend as well.

Also be careful about the crackers or biscuits you use.

To store No Bake Chocolate Salami

You need to store this healthy chocolate salami log in the fridge or freezer since it’s made with milk as a binder for all the dry ingredients.

Store no bake chocolate salami in the fridge for 1 week tightly wrapped in plastic wrap or in an airtight container.

For a freezer friendly make ahead chocolate protein salami, keep prepared salami in an airtight sealed container in the freezer for 2-3 months as a whole log or in slices. Let thaw on the counter before eating!

More No Bake Chocolate Recipes to Try

• Cookies and Cream Protein Fudge (The Best!)
• Triple Peanut Butter Protein Truffles
• Chickpea Cookie Dough Protein Balls
• No Bake Matcha Brownie Protein Bites

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