Soft and sweet Peanut Butter Protein Cupcakes with a peanut butter topping and melted chocolate, like Girls Scout Tagalong Cookies! These healthy tagalong cupcakes use peanut butter powder and protein powder for a low calorie and sugar free recipe!

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I was actually not expecting these Tagalong inspired protein cupcakes to turn out this good. So soft, I was shook! And a really good peanut butter flavor throughout, and in that topping too.

No actual girls scouts cookies used in these cupcakes though. I made a peanut butter mix and coated it with sugar free chocolate for a healthy protein powder dessert.

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Protein Cupcakes

These peanut butter protein cupcakes are made with healthy ingredients, sweetened with protein powder, and topped with a protein ‘Tagalong Cookie’. Here’s what you need for these healthy cupcakes:

Vanilla Protein Powder needed for a high protein cupake and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’.
I used Vanilla protein powder from Quest Nutrition since it’s a whey-caesin and works best for baking
Gluten Free (All Purpose) Baking Flour – or a regular all purpose flour
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
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.
Non-fat Greek Yogurt contributes to the oil-free part of these high protein low calorie protein cupcake since it adds the moisture, and also extra protein
Creamy Peanut Butter
Almond Milk or regular milk
Baking Soda

For the Tagalong Girls Scout Cookies Cupcake effect:

More Peanut Butter Powder
Creamy Peanut Butter; I used American Dream Nut Butter Mistletoe Kisses Peanut Butter since it’s lower in fat and high in protein too,
(Code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)
Chocolate Protein Powder – this is what replaces the sugar here. I used Quest here again.
Some Water
And then Sugar Free Chocolate Chips – I use sugar free ones from Lakanto here too (same discount again). Lily’s is another sugar-free option!

Tips for the perfect Peanut Butter Protein Powder Cupcakes Recipe

While this protein powder peanut butter cupcake recipe is easy, there are a few things to keep in mind:

Grease the cupcake liners if they aren’t silicon.
This will allow the protein powder cupcakes to come off easily.

Use room temperature yogurt and milk;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well.

Use Creamy Butter so that it mixes well into the healthy cupcake batter.

Don’t over-mix the batter!
If you over-mix it, the protein powder – will make it 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 and have sugar free protein cupcakes.

Let stuffed cupcakes cool completely before adding the topping, or the frosting will melt away.

How to Store Protein Tagalong Cupcakes

These protein tagalong cupcakes recipe is a good meal prep snack or dessert and can be stored on the counter, in the fridge or freezer too.

Place protein peanut butter cupcakes in an airtight container and you can keep them on the countertop for 2-3 hours, fridge for 5 days or freezer for 2-3 months.

To defrost frozen girls scouts cookies cupcakes, leave them on the countertop or place them in the fridge overnight. I would not recommend using the microwave.

Alternatives for Healthy Peanut Butter Cupcakes

I made these healthy peanut butter cupcakes low fat, low calorie and sugar free with the set of ingredients above, but here’s some options to try. I havn’t given them all a go yet, so I can’t say how they all would work.

1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour: All purpose flour or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour; The same amount by weight, not cups.
Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt
Almond Milk: Any other milk
1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
Peanut Butter Powder: 2 tablespoon Regular Peanut Butter, but reduce the milk to about ¼ cup (I haven’t tried this yet though)
Peanut Butter: Almond Butter, or Cashew Butter, Hazelnut Butter or Tahini

Options for the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake Topping

Peanut Butter Powder: Use ¼ cup Peanut Butter, but also avoid the water. Add it a little at a time if needed.

A Vegan Tagalong Cupcakes Recipe

For the perfect Vegan high protein cupcake, make sure you use a plant based protein powder, coconut yogurt, and melted coconut oil.
ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend what might work well (HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too).

Some Unique Cupcake Recipes with Protein Powder

Or some Peanut Butter Protein Powder Desserts: