No Bake Protein Packed Donut Holes

Flavorful And High Protein Donut Holes

Who doesn’t love those mini donut holes from Dunkin?! They definitely aren’t the healthiest option and have no added protein, so I had to recreate something similar. While it's totally okay to eat the Dunkin version, if you are looking for something a little healthier that still tastes super good, I would definitely suggest trying these out.

My absolute favorite things to bake are recipes that take under 20 minutes and require no baking. That is exactly what these protein donut holes entail. Not only that, but this recipe only requires only 5 ingredients.

All it takes is measuring out and combining the ingredients into a bowl then rolling into bites. I absolutely love having these on hand as a super quick and healthy snack. They are super easy for on the go and can easily be packed for a day at work or school.

They have a super fudgy like texture, are refined sugar-free, and higher in protein. I love also for this recipe you can add whatever you want. Adding some chopped nuts, chocolate chips, shredded coconut, just about anything.

They are super customizable and whatever you add will just enhance the delicious tasting flavor of these.

For this recipe you can use whatever protein powder you would like. I used my favorite plant-based vanilla protein powder.

When using almond butter in recipes make sure it is the running kind and not super chunky. If it is chunky it will affect the texture and not make it as fudgy. Always make sure the only ingredient is almonds and they don’t have added oils or sugars. The runnier the almond butter the better the recipe will turn out!

With this, any nut or seed butter will work. Sunflower, peanut, cashew the list goes on.

Ingredients

• Coconut sugar

• Applesauce

• Almond butter

• Protein powder

• Almond flour

Recipe

• 1/3 cup coconut sugar

• 1/3 cup applesauce

• ½ cup almond butter

• 1/3 cup plant-based protein powder

• 1/3 cup almond flour

• Optional: coconut flour or powdered sugar

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, add the coconut sugar, applesauce, and almond butter.

2. Stir well.

3. Add in the protein powder and almond flour.

4. Stir until a dough forms.

5. Roll into balls and place on a plate.

6. Optional: I coated mine in coconut flour. You can coat it with powdered sugar. Using coconut flour will keep it refined sugar-free!

7. Store in the fridge.

Next time you want a donut hole, make this recipe instead! It’ll make you feel much better and have a whole batch prepared for the next few days.