Soy Protein Bars are from back when Luna Bars were popular. It's 2021 and it seems like soy beans are a little bit harder to find. At least for me. I know of one health food store in town that sells them, but I haven't seen them at Whole Foods or Sprouts. TVP is still pretty easy to find, though (Bob's makes it). Anyhow, this is a no-bake recipe where the main ingredients are soybeans, TVP, rice cereal, peanut butter and brown rice syrup.
Old Notes: I pasted the nutrition information which I got from a program called "Mastercook" at the bottom. The 7 grams of protein per bar seems pretty good to me, though I'd like to whittle down the fat content a bit. Reduced fat peanut butter would fix that little problem, but for this version, I used full fat peanut butter. With a bit of chocolate drizzled over them these would be rich enough for dessert. As they are, they are a good breakfast treat or snack. They hold together very well after being chilled.
![soy protein bars with peanut butter](https://WWW.cookiemadness.net/proteinbarslab.jpg)
At some point I'd like to make these again and post better photos, but it will probably be a while before I round up soybeans and TVP. If you make the homemade soy protein bars, please let me know!
Recipe
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Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Soy Protein Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup roasted soybeans bulk bin
- 1 cup brown rice crisp cereal
- 1 cup textured vegetable protein Bob's Red Mill or bulk bin
- 1 tiny pinch about ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- ⅓ cup brown rice syrup
- 2 tablespoons sugar or evaporated cane juice sugar bulk bin or date sugar
Instructions
- Line an 8 inch square pan with foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Place soybeans in a food processor and pulse to chop. Alternatively, you may leave them whole or crush them slightly in a bag.
- Combine soy beans, brown rice crisp cereal and TVP. Toss with salt.
- In a microwave-safe mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, brown rice syrup and evaporated cane juice (or sugar). Heat on high in microwave for 1 minute, stopping to stir halfway through.
- Dump crunchy soy mixture into peanut butter mixture and stir until well coated. Press mixture tightly into pan.
- Chill for at least 2 hours or until firm. Score into 8 bars.
Notes
Lina says
Try making em with almond butter or tahini- those both have more protein than peanut butter per tablespoon.
Great recipe, btw. 😀
Bella says
Looks yummy! I have to try! (especially since they look so easy to make in my dorm room!)
What do soy nuts taste like? I haven't tried them yet. I wonder what these bars would taste like with almonds instead of soy nuts. More fat, possibly 🙂
Anna says
You could give it a try! I think the best bet for reducing fat would be to use reduced fat peanut butter. I don't see why it wouldn't work :).
Anna says
Hi Dani,
Boy, I don't know the answer to that. My guess is the bars would be kind of gross -- but then I'm not a big fan of soy nut butter! I think almond butter might work, but the bars not might hold together as well. One reason. I don't think natural peanut butter would work very well either because the bars, in my opinion, wouldn't be sweet enough.
Dani says
You are probably right - peanut butter is stickier than soynut butter (as far as I know) I just thought it would be a way to reduce the fat amount (even though soynut butter has only 4g less fat than peanut butter)
Dani says
I wonder how they would turn out if you would use SoyNut Butter instead of the Peanutbutter....
Anna says
Peabody, I think they'd keep your blood sugar pretty stable.
Veuveclicquot, I hope you like these. Feel free to jazz them up. They taste good this way, but are still a blank slate.
Alison, I eat breakfast bars every single morning, so I am creating them mainly for variety. And like you mentioned, I am trying to keep the calories low and the protein relatively high. It's tricky to get the proportions right and come up with something that still tastes good. I think the proportions here work, but I need a second opinion.
veuveclicquot says
I love all type of enercy/granola bars, so this is a definite "must-try." Thanks for sharing the recipe!
peabody says
These might be good before hockey.