Monster Cookie Protein Balls

Name: Monster Cookie Protein Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 cup quick cooking oats; 1 ½ scoops Level-1 Vanilla Ice Cream; 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips; 2 tbsp mini M&M’s; ½ cup Jif Natural creamy peanut butter; ½ cup honey

I sometimes fantasize about an alternate universe where ice cream is as healthy as broccoli and I eat it all hours of every day. But since that doesn’t exist, (or we haven’t discovered it yet) I had to come up with something else.

Monster Cookie Protein Balls

Do you have a sweet tooth like me? I’m talking a constant, TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN sugar craving. I sometimes fantasize about an alternate universe where ice cream is as healthy as broccoli and I eat it all hours of every day. But since that doesn’t exist, (or we haven’t discovered it yet) I had to come up with something else.

Over the years, I’ve gotten pretty creative with healthier ways to satisfy my sweet treat obsession. Instead of grabbing a candy bar or racing to Little Man Ice Cream – aka Denver’s best ice cream shop – I now reach for these tasty little monster cookie protein balls.

Not only will they kick your cravings to the curb, but these protein balls will also come in handy on the go:

The perfect pre-workout snack if you train early in the morning and can’t stomach a big meal
Throw a few in your kid’s lunchbox for a healthy snack instead of a Snickers bar
Bring some with you if you’re traveling instead of grabbing something at the airport or gas station

They’re convenient, easy to make, and the taste is to die for!