Your favorite fall beverage in PROTEIN BAR form! Take your Pumpkin Spice Latte on the go for munching pre- or post-workout with these delicious vegan, gluten-free bars! Soft, doughy, and full of plant-based protein. It’s totally fine to be basic with your snacks. 😉
Pumpkin Spice Lattes. The quintessential beverage of fall. Am I right…or am I right?
Have you had your first of the season yet? I had one the other day (albeit NOT from Starbucks…is that breaking the rules?!). I got it iced instead of hot because it was a rare ‘warm-ish’ day around the city of Buffalo! Again, I’m holding on to those summer temps for as long as I can. A bit contradictory since I’ve now started indulging in all the flavors and treats of the season!
I guess I’m a fair-weathered fall love in a sense! I love the flavors, the scents, and all the colors, of course. But the fact that winter is just on the horizon tends to get me down!
So how’s a girl to cope? With fall baking of course! Seriously, when is baking NOT the best option!?
Inspired by my first PSL of the season, I decided to try my hand at making a healthy, seasonal snack that has ALL the flavor of your favorite fall drink but in a convenient, easy to make (and eat) form! Protein bars it was.
I had a few goals for these bars. I wanted them to be:
vegan
gluten-free
free of added sugars
easy to throw together
and…
FULL of the classic PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE flavor we’ve come to expect each fall
I am happy to report…6 out of 6! We nailed it, friends.
Pumpkin Spice Latte Protein Bars
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 9 bars 1x
- Category: Sweet Snacks
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten-free quick oats
- ½ cup Nuzest Vanilla or Cappuccino Protein Powder (about 45 grams)
- ½ cup apple sauce
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup non-dairy
- 1–3 tsp NuNaturals Pumpkin Spice Stevia Syrup (depending on how sweet you want them!)
- 1 tsp vanilla bean powder
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line an 8×8 baking square with parchment paper. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add wet ingredients and mix well. Spread batter evenly in prepared baking dish. Bake for 25-28 minutes or until a knife comes out cleanly from the center of the bars. Allow bars to full cool before slicing into 9 equal pieces.
Soft-baked, densely satisfying, and robustly flavored with pumpkin spice sweetness! Nothing better, folks. Nothing better.
The awesome protein content in these delicious seasonal bars comes from my favorite plant-based protein, Nuzest! You can use either their Vanilla or Cappuccino flavor in this recipe and the bars will turn out equally as yummy. In fact, you’re in luck! I am giving away a container of a Nuzest protein (your choice of flavor!) below…
So now that you have the chance to win the protein that is the star ingredient in this recipe, there are NO excuses not to make them! Unless you hate pumpkin…in which case: Bye Felicia! (Just kidding, of course! All palates are accepted here!)
Enjoy the bars, friends! I hope your fall is off to a wonderful start! 🙂
Are you a fair-weathered fall lover like me?
Have you had a PSL yet?
Pumpkin: yes or no?
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I have to admit that I’m a bit crazy in love with the cold brisk fall days, but I have really loved summer this year more than previous years! Also, I think one of the best ways to transition into fall is to use all those yummy fall veggies and fruits God has so awesomely created in His good pleasure and bake them/cook them into yummy goodies like this.
Thanks so much, Em!! Hope you’re enjoying your trip abroad!!
What a great idea for a healthy pumpkin treat!
Thank you!! Enjoy!!
I am a hard core summer lover, i do love everything pumpkin though. If I could just get all the pumkin goods and benefits but keep the summer weather, guess I should move somewhere warm year around. Anyway these look super good.
Thank you so much, Patrick!! You’re the best!
oh yum! This is on my to-cook list for sure!
Thanks so much, Macy!!
SERIOUSLY NEED ON THAT PUMPKIN SPICE NuNaturals!!
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OMG girl! YOU WILL LOVE. SO SO SO GOOD.
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these loook soooooo delicious !
Thank you so much, lovely!!
Thank you, friend!!
Definitely yes to pumpkin and these treats!! I’ve never had a pumpkin spice latte in my life and I am currently on the hunt for one that is not from Starbucks also – have to break the rules! Absolutely loving the look of these, especially how simple they are to put together. Thanks for sharing!!
Maria
A lot independent cafes and coffee shops make their own version! You should definitely try one this season!!
I’m ready for fall! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner link up!
So welcome!! Thanks Helen!!
These sound perfect for breakfast in the fall! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week – I’ll be featuring your bars at our upcoming party!
Aww thank you so much! Enjoy!!
Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner link up!
Thank you, lovely!!
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Your Pumpkin Spice Latte Protein Bars are just amazing! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
★★★★★
Aww thanks so much lovely!! You’re the best!!
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I’ve never tried making protein bars before, but I’m sure my boys would love this. Thanks for sharing your recipe on Merry Monday. Pinned.
I think you and your kids would LOVE these!!
So good!
★★★★★
Thank you!!
Yas, yas, yas, yassss. Everything about this screams “MAKE ME NOW” so I am. Like tomorrow ( I just baked a cookie pie so I don’t think my oven would be too happy lol) This recipe looks great so excited to give it a try!
Awwwww thanks Ana!! Enjoy the recipe!!
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