Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 0 mins Rest time: 30 mins Total time: 50 mins
Makes: 8-10 bars
These animal-based banana bone broth protein bars are made with bone broth protein powder, ghee, bananas, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and crushed banana chips.
What you need to make Banana Bone Broth Protein Bars
Ingredients:
- Bananas
- Bone Broth Protein Powder (chicken [$10 off first purchase with WELCOMEAN] or beef)
- Raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off); Note: I recommend local or Manuka
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
- Banana chips
Equipment:
- Blender
- Mixing bowl
- Bread pan (or similarly sized Tupperware/container for setting the bars)
- Parchment paper
(for the full recipe, scroll to the bottom)
Substitutions
You can substitute the ghee (or butter) for your animal fat of choice, although I do highly recommend ghee with this recipe due to its sweet and buttery flavor.
Either chicken bone broth protein powder ($10 off first purchase with WELCOMEAN) or beef bone broth protein powder will work. I used beef.
How to make Banana Bone Broth Protein Bars
If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the protein bar batter.
Mash the ripe bananas in your mixing bowl.
Scoop the ghee (or butter) into a glass container (or whatever you’re using to melt it) on the stovetop. Melt the ghee (or butter) until it is liquid.
Place the melted ghee (or butter), sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off), raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off), vanilla extract, and cinnamon, into your mixing bowl with the mashed bananas and mix until smooth.
Note: if you go through tons of salt in your household like we do, check out this salt purchasing hack that will save you money + make things more efficient. We started this last year, and I’m so happy we did!
Add the protein powder (chicken [$10 off first purchase with WELCOMEAN] or beef) to your mixing bowl.
Fold the protein powder into the blended mixture.
Crush the banana chips and add them to the batter.
Crush the banana chips into smaller pieces, This can be done by crunching the bag prior to opening it (demonstrated in the Instagram Reel).
Pour about 90% of the crushed banana chips into the batter and mix until they are evenly incorporated.
Transfer the batter to your bread pan and freeze to set.
Add a sheet of parchment paper to your bread pan and transfer the batter to it. Smooth the top.
Use the remaining crushed banana chips and place them on top of the protein bar block.
Place in the freezer for about 30 minutes to set.
Serve and enjoy!
Once the bars are set, remove them from the freezer and cut them into whatever size bars you prefer.
Note: the bars must be stored in the fridge. If left out at room temperature for too long, they will get sticky and begin to melt.
Store in the fridge in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
Tips to make the best Banana Bone Broth Protein Bars
- The bars must be stored in the fridge. If left out at room temperature for too long, they will get sticky and begin to melt.
A few of my other favorite sweet eats:
Jumbo Chocolate Cups with Salted Chunky Date Filling
Flourless Lemon Blueberry Muffins
Banana Bone Broth Protein Bars
Banana Bone Broth Protein Bars
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 cup Bone Broth Protein Powder (chicken [$10 off first purchase with WELCOMEAN] or beef; I used beef)
- 1 tbsp grass-fed ghee
- 1 tbsp raw honey (local or Manuka - ASHLEYR for 10% off)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- dash sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
- 1 bag Bare Banana Chips
Instructions
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If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the protein bar batter.
- Mash the ripe bananas in your mixing bowl.
- Scoop the ghee (or butter) into a glass container (or whatever you're using to melt it) on the stovetop. Melt the ghee (or butter) until it is liquid.
- Place the melted ghee (or butter), sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off), raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off), vanilla extract, and cinnamon, into your mixing bowl with the mashed bananas and mix until smooth.
- Note: if you go through tons of salt in your household like we do, check out this salt purchasing hack that will save you money + make things more efficient. We started this last year, and I'm so happy we did!
- Add the protein powder (chicken [$10 off first purchase with WELCOMEAN] or beef) to your mixing bowl.
- Fold the protein powder into the blended mixture.
Crush the banana chips and add them to the batter.
- Crush the banana chips into smaller pieces, This can be done by crunching the bag prior to opening it (demonstrated in the Instagram Reel).
- Pour about 90% of the crushed banana chips into the batter and mix until they are evenly incorporated.
Transfer the batter to your bread pan and freeze to set.
- Add a sheet of parchment paper to your bread pan and transfer the batter to it. Smooth the top.
- Use the remaining crushed banana chips and place them on top of the protein bar block.
- Place in the freezer for about 30 minutes to set.
Serve and enjoy!
- Once the bars are set, remove them from the freezer and cut them into whatever size bars you prefer.
- Note: the bars must be stored in the fridge. If left out at room temperature for too long, they will get sticky and begin to melt.
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
What I used for this recipe:
Looking for some more easy sweet eats? Try one of these recipes:
Jumbo Chocolate Cups with Salted Chunky Date Filling
Flourless Lemon Blueberry Muffins
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Ashley Rothstein develops tasty, whole food, animal-based recipes that include a moderate amount of “minimally toxic” plant foods. To fix her own health issues, she bounced around between the carnivore, keto, and paleo diets for a few years. After experiencing and studying each diet philosophy, she learned she feels her best by merging the three and following an animal-based diet. As a glut at heart, she likes to channel her creativity and create meals that are healthy but also satisfy her inner gluttonous spirits.
Would it be possible to substitute collagen powder for bone broth powder? Do you think it would work?
Ashley, do you think it possible to substitute the bone broth powder with beef collagen powder?
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Hmm, that is a good question. I don’t have much experience with freezing collagen, so your guess would be as good as mine. I’m pretty sure it would work and be edible, just not sure how the texture would end up.