Protein Cookie Butter Crumble

If I had to eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would probably be cookie butter. You can find it at Trader Joes; it's life changing. You've been warned, once you buy it you'll never stop.

If I could, I'd load up my yogurt with half a cup of cookie butter every time I ate it, but clearly, I can't do that. But I don't love eating yogurt plain, so I wanted to figure out at way to make some sort of macro friendly topping.

I basically used the same base that I do for all of my protein balls, so if you'd rather make protein balls over over the crumble, you can!

What Can You Use this For

Use this topping just like you would granola!

as a smoothie topping
in a smoothie bowl
yogurt topping
fruit bowl
mix it into pancake batter

What You'll Need

cookie butter
peanut butter
honey
protein powder

A note on Protein Powder

The protein powder you use in a protein ball recipe is actually really, really important. Trust me when I say, I’ve tried them all and they are not all created equally.

Some get extremely clumpy and/or gritty when you combine them with other ingredients. Some don’t combine seamlessly with the peanut butter, some are chunky, etc. There are a lot of reasons certain protein powders don’t work; not all protein powders are great for baking, but IHM is!

The vanilla protein powder I use for all of my recipes is the best protein powder I’ve ever used. It works well in any recipe I’ve ever tried it in, it doesn’t dry things out, and the flavor is amazing. I could go on, just trust me. I have taken the guess work out of trying tons of powders and brands, because once you try IheartMacros, you’ll never go back.

This powder was created for people who have a hard time digesting protein (many people have a whey protein intolerance without even knowing it) so it’s super easy on your stomach if you’ve ever had issues with that! I have yet to have a single person tell me they didn’t love this protein and that is rare when it comes to protein powders!

You can find it here, and my code is KALE20 which will get you 20% off your purchase! Note – this code cannot be used on subscriptions/reoccurring purchases, so if it pulls up as “invalid”, make sure you’re not choosing that option!

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