Red Velvet Protein Bars (No Bake, Sugar Free)

Pretty and perfect Red Velvet Protein Bars complete with layers and a protein cream cheese ‘frosting’! These no bake red velvet bars use protein powder and greek yogurt for a sugar free, low fat and healthy recipe.

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I was so happy with how these red velvet bars turned out; They legit remind me of a no bake red velvet cake!

All those layers like a cake and frosting; But very much sugar free and healthy. Gluten free too 🙂

Ingredients for Red Velvet Protein Bars Recipe:

These red velvet protein bars are made with simple healthy ingredients, have no sugar or flour, making them the perfect gluten free, dairy free and sugar free homemade protein bar!

• Chocolate Protein Powder – key for the high protein red velvet cake bars.
• I recommend Whey Vanilla from ProteinWorld for this recipe to keep it sugar free; Use the code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Oat Flour – You can make your own by blending rolled oats in a high speed blender
• Coconut Flour
• Almond Milk
• Red Food Color

The Protein Frosting layer

These no bake red velvert protein bars use a high protein and sugar free icing made with Greek yogurt and reduced fat cream cheese.

• Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein icing.
  I recommend Quest Vanilla here since it’s whey-caesin and blends well with yogurt.
• Non fat Greek Yogurt
• Reduced Fat Cream Cheese

And for the Drizzle:

• Cashew Butter! Or Melted chocolate.
  I used American Dream Nut Butter Red Velvet Cupcake Cashew Butter that’s higher in protein and lower in fat than normal ones!
  ADNB also has a lot of other cashew butter flavors that would go perfect here. Code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount here!

Tips for Protein Powder Red Velvet Bars

These protein powder red velvet cake bars are really easy to make, but here’s some tips to get it right.

• Use whey protein powder for the base; It works well with the ratio of ingredients here. If you use a whey-caeison protein powder, you might want to adjust the amount of milk to make it more.

• Use whey-caesin protein powder for the frosting since it works mixes well with the yogurt and doesn’t turn sticky.

• Mix the dough well to form a smooth mixture, but don’t over-mix since the protein powder might make the texture tough.

• Let the healthy red velvet cake bar layers chill before layering or slicing, or they will be too soft.

To store No Bake Red Velvet Cake Bars

This high protein no bake red velvet bars recipe uses Greek yogurt for the frosting layer and can only be kept a few hours on the countertop.

Store homemade red velvet protein bars in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer so they stay fresh and last longer. They keep in the fridge for up to a 1 week.

To freeze, place red velvet bars in an airtight sealed container, or individually wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in zipper bag; They should keep for 2 or 3 months. Be sure to let them thaw on the counter before eating!

Alternatives for Healthy Red Velvet Cake Bars Recipe!

I made this healthy, sugar free and gluten free and low calorie red velvet bar recipe with this particular ingredient list, but here’s some options to choose from.

• Oat Flour: Almond flour
• Coconut flour: Try using about 1-1½ cup of Almond Flour
• Chocolate Protein Powder: Use Vanilla, but also add a bit of extra cocoa powder

Options for the Protein Icing layer:

• Greek Yogurt: Coconut Yogurt

Vegan Red Velver Protein Bars recipe:

Since there’s no milk in this red velvet protein bar recipe, they can easily be made Vegan with the right ingredients.

Use a plant based protein powder to get a Vegan homemade protein bar; ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend that would work well here (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount).

You also want to make sure you use coconut yogurt for the frosting layer to make these homemade healthy protein bars.

More Protein Powder Red Velvet Dessert Recipes:

• Protein Red Velvet Scones
• Red Velvet Protein Balls – No Bake, Healthy, Sugar Free
• Red Velvet Protein Pop Tarts
• Protein Red Velvet Cake
• Red Velvet Protein Cookie Dough

More Homemade Layered Protein Bars to try!

• Protein Sugar Cookie Bars
• Birthday Cake Protein Bars
• Protein Millionaire Shortbread
• Protein Nanaimo Bars
• Peanut Butter Cup Protein Bars
• 7 Layer Protein Magic Bars
• Chickpea Cookie Dough Protein Bars