Protein Monkey Bread Muffins (Easy, Sugar Free!)

Soft and sweet Protein Monkey Bread Muffins but healthy, sugar free and low fat! Protein monkey bread bites use protein powder, greek yogurt and monkfruit sweetener, and is a great healthy monkey bread recipe from scratch!

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This took 2 attempts to nail, but I really didn’t mind it coz they were just super easy to make! Mix in a bowl, divide, roll, and bake.

Perfectly sweet and soft and fluffy! Basically everything you want in a monkey bread, but healthy, high protein and as muffins!

Ingredients For Protein Monkey Bread Muffins

This protein monkey bread muffins recipe needs just simple and healthy ingredients and have no yeast; Baking powder instead. They make a great gluten free and sugar free monkey bread too!

• 1:1 Gluten Free (All Purpose) Baking Flour – or a regular all purpose flour
• Vanilla Protein Powder for extra high protein bread balls, and also replace the sweetener.
  I used Quest Vanilla milkshake flavor since it’s a whey-caesin and works best for baking.
• Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly low calorie protein bread. I used a whey-caesin blend from Quest Nutrition
• Non-fat Greek Yogurt another protein-packed ingredient
• A bit of Unsweetened Almond Milk
• Baking Powder

The Sugar-free Cinnamon Sugar coating:

• 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto Golden here (same code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount)
• Cinnamon
• A bit of Melted Butter

Tips for Protein Powder Monkey Bread Muffins

This protein powder monkey bread muffin really is an easy from scratch recipe, but here’s some pointers for the perfect protein bread balls:

• Use cold yogurt and milk.

• Don’t skip the milk; It adds a fair amount of moisture.

• Don’t over-mix the dough or it will get too warm and soft. Also, the protein powder can make the protein bread tough.

• Don’t let dough sit out for too long; Work quickly; You don’t want the dough to get warm and hard to handle.

• Slightly sticky dough is wanted. It should still be rollable with slightly wet hands though.

• Use wet palms to roll the dough into balls so it doesn’t stick to your palms. The dough is actually very sticky.

Use a Mini Bundt Pan

Instead of a muffin pan, you can also turn these into mini bundt pan monkey bread bites; Just do the same with putting 2-3 bread balls in each cavity.

Store Protein Packed Monkey Bread Bites

This protein packed monkey bread is a great meal prep recipe and can be store in the fridge, on the counter or in the freezer.

Healthy monkey bread muffins keep on the countertop in an airtight container for 2 days.

Store the protein monkey bread bites for one for up to 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container.

For a freezer friendly option, freeze the healthy monkey bread bites on a baking sheet and then transfer to freezer safe zipper bag. It should keep up to 2 months.

When it’s time to eat, thaw to room temperature and warm them in the microwave for extra goodness.

Alternatives for Healthy Monkey Bread Muffins

I made this healthy monkey bread muffins recipe from scratch using the ingredients above for a low fat, sugar free and high protein recipe, but you can make a few swaps to make it work. 

I haven’t tried them all though so you have to let me know if you do and how it turns out.

• 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour: All purpose flour or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour in the same amount by weight not cups
• Unflavored Protein Powder: More Plain flour, but reduce the amount of yogurt to maybe ⅔ cup
• Unsweetened Greek Yogurt: Vanilla greek yogurt, but try to keep it light.
  Coconut yogurt could be an option
• 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)

For a Vegan Option

The original recipe here has no eggs and no milk, so protein monkey bead muffins be easily turned Vegan.

Replace the Greek Yogurt with Coconut Yogurt, use a plant based protein powder

I haven’t tried this option yet, so let me know how it goes if you do!

More Protein Bread Recipes you’ll love:

• Protein Strawberry Bread
• Protein Pull Apart Bread with Pancake Mix
• Double Chocolate Protein Loaf with Nutella
• Chocolate Protein Banana Bread
• Blueberry Protein Pancake Bread