Healthy Peanut Butter Energy Bar Recipe

Last year the hubby and I were very strictly dieting. We were eating no carbs or sugar. We had also taken up running. The running came easily to my husband but I couldn’t seem to keep my energy up enough to get very far. I talked to trainer and they suggested that I wasn’t actually eating enough calories or carbs to fuel my body considering I already had a pretty low BMI ratio.

 

So, I decided that before each run I would eat a power bar. I visited the local vitamin store and found a huge selection. I, of course, read the label on every single bar. There wasn’t a single one that I could eat in good conscious. They had 500 plus calories, tons of sugar, and were full of refined carbs.

So what was a girl to do. It would be silly for me to eat a bar of 500 calories just to run a 5k (which for me only burns about 325 calories). So I came up with my own plan.

To gain energy I did need some carbs and protein, so I put together my own energy bar. In this healthy peanut butter energy bar recipe I mixed together peanut butter, chopped almonds, egg, Splenda, almond meal, and whole oats. I use Jiffy Natural peanut butter. The calories are about the same as regular, but it tastes amazing!

I mix this all together and place in a mini muffin pan and bake for about 20 minutes. They really taste better than any energy bar you can buy.

 

I started eating three of these each day about thirty minutes before each run and they made a huge difference. I quickly was able to get the energy up to run my full 5k. Try adding things that you like into yours. Chocolate chips or raisins would be a great addition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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