Published 1/7/2024 • Updated 8/6/2024 As midwesterners, we love a good dessert bar, and thee protein scotcheroos are sure to impress. Not only do they pack that butterscotch and chocolate-y flavor you love, but we’ve added chocolate protein powder to both the rice crispie base snd chocolate topping.
What’s in these Protein Scotcheroos?
These protein scotcheroos are composed of two layers, a peanut butter rice crispie layer and a chocolate layer. The peanut butter layer consists of rice crispies tossed in peanut butter, honey, coconut oil, and of course, protein powder.
And the chocolate layer packs butterscotch and semi sweet chocolate chips, coconut oil, and protein powder that all melts down to the most gorgeously glossy chocolate topping.
Substitutions & Variations
Chocolate chips: you can use a dairy-free chocolate chip or milk chocolate. We don’t recommend removing the butterscotch chips as they are crucial to the flavor. Protein powder: we tested this recipe with collagen powder, too, and that worked great. Feel free to use any kind and any flavor. Chocolate would be delicious!
You can also mix up how you cut these bars. Triangles would be fun! Or you can make them smaller to be more bite-sized to serve a crowd, too.
Top Tips
We recommend a double boiler for melting the chocolate for this recipe because it helps ensure even melting, and is the best way to avoid burning the chocolate. A double boiler consists of two stacked pots: the lower pot holds simmering water, and the upper pot sits inside it.
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Protein Powder
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Organic Protein Powder
The heat from the simmering water in the lower pot gently and evenly transfers to the contents in the upper pot. Essentially, it’s a way to heat things slowly and evenly without direct contact with the heat source. If you don’t have two pots, you can use a pot and a metal bowl, as well. Add coconut oil as necessary. If the peanut butter used is not oily enough, you may need to use more coconut oil to smooth out the peanut butter mixture.
Storage + Freezer Instructions
After slicing the scotcheroos, store them in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. We don’t recommend storing these at room temperature as the coconut oil will cause the bar to not hold its shape. We recommend storing these scotcheroo bars in the freezer as they will last the longest. We have them in a gallon-size bag and that works great!
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