No-Bake Chocolate Protein Oatmeal Cookies

It is always a challenge to satisfy my sweet tooth while trying to maintain as healthy a diet as possible. This No-Bake Chocolate Protein Oatmeal Cookie recipe sure helps. Most of the ingredients are pretty common, and the cookies only take about 7 minutes to make. They also taste great. My exact recipe will make about 8 medium sized cookies, and each cookie will contain approximately 145 calories, 3 grams of fat, and 11 grams of protein. The nutrition info will vary depending on the type of protein you use. The majority of the fat content is coming from the oats, natural peanut butter, and the protein powder, so it is essentially all healthy fats. The video of me making the cookies and the list of ingredients and directions are listed below.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp natural peanut butter
• 1 tsp honey
• 3/4 cup skim milk
• 2 cups quick oats
• 2 scoops chocolate protein powder (I used Chololate Protogen from bodybuilding.com)
• 2 tbsp stevia
• 1 tbsp sugar/fat free butterscotch pudding mix
• 1 tbsp baking cocoa

Directions:

1. Place milk, peanut butter, and honey in microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes
2. In a separate bowl, combine oats, protein powder, stevia, pudding mix, and cocoa
3. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly creating a thick cookie mixture
4. Spoon cookie mixture onto parchment paper into 8 equally sized cookies
5. Place cookies in freezer for 1-2 hours to firm up
6. EAT