Protein Cookie Dough Bark
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Do you ever feel like you need a sweet treat at night time, but want something that is fairly good for you so you don’t throw out your full day of nutritious eating? If this sounds like you, you are definitely going to love this Protein Cookie Dough Bark. An awesome treat to have prepped in the frezzer for you to quickly grab when the sweet tooth starts acting up! Loaded with protein and clean ingredients, Protein Cookie Dough Bar is going to become a staple in your meal prep.
How much Protein is in Cottage Cheese?
Cottage cheese is really an amazing ingredient for those of us looking to hit a protein goal. I personally love it as it is also low in calories, which can be a tricky thing to find in protein heavy ingredients. In 1 cup of cottage cheese, there is up to 25g of protein! Making it one of the sneakiest must have ingredients if you’re looking to up your protein game.
What else can I put Cottage Cheese in?
I love using cottage cheese in recipes for a few reasons.
- Like we said above, it’s protein packed.
- There are tons of low fat versions.
- Most importantly, It had almost zero flavour. It kind of just tastes like soft milk. But that means you can add anything to it and it’ll absorb that flavour like a sponge. It’s the blank canvas of soft cheeses!
We have a few other recipes that you can try out if you’re looking for new ways to use cottage cheese!
Here’s something a little spicy and sweet!
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
How to make Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough?
Making this cottage cheese cookie dough is really simple. Start by blending your cottage cheese, vanilla, and sweetener until it is nice and smooth. Pour it into a bowl and add in almond flour, protein powder, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. Using a spoon, mix and that is good to go. I sometimes will make this and just keep the cottage cheese cookie dough in the fridge and sneak a spoonful everynow and then. Its perfect for curbing cravings.
Can I make cottage cheese cookie dough with with oat flour?
For this recipe I used almond flour as it packs additional protein and keeps it gluten free. You can absolutely use oat flour as an alternative for this recipe. I would avoid using regular all purpose flour for this recipe as you will get a strong raw flour flavour that would ruin the whole batch!
What is Cookie Dough Bark?
I have been seeing Cookie dough bark recipe flying around the internet over the last couple months and I just had to make it myself. Basically to make Cookie Dough Bark you flatten cookie dough into a baking sheet, freeze it, and then pour over melted chocolate. Be sure to spread the chocolate around and sprinkle a little sea salt over for a bit of a pop!
Can I use Chocolate Protein powder for the cottage cheese cookie dough?3
Any flavour protein powder works great for this recipe. You can take the flavouring in any directly. Strawberry, peanut butter, chocolate, cookies and cream would all be sensational flavours to use in your cottage cheese cookie dough!
What kind of Protein Powder should I use?
All Protein powders are different and results can vary. I personally like to use the QUATTRO brand. This is a high quality, clean powder that tastes delicious and I have found it is great to bake with.
Ingredients:
Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough
- 2 cups Cottage Cheese
- 3 tbsp sweetener I used Monk Fruit
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/4 cup Extra Fine Almond Flour
- 3/4 cup Vanilla Protein Powder Any flavour works!
- 2 tbsp Natural Peanut Butter
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Chocolate pour over
- 1 1/2 cups Semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 pinch seasalt
Instructions:
- Into a food processor, combine 2 cups of cottage cheese, 3 tbsp of sweetener and 2 tsp of vanilla, blitz until smooth.
- Add your blended cottage cheese to a large bowl. Add in 2 1/4 cup almond flour, 3/4 cup vanilla protein powder, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 pinch of salt. Mix well until fully combined.
- Press the cookie dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Place into the freezer for 3 hours.
- Once the cookie dough is frozen, melt the chocolate. and coconut oil using a double boiler or microwave. Pour and spread melted chocolate over the cookie dough. Sprinkle with salt. Allow chocolate to harden. Break apart and store in the freezer for those late night chocolate cravings.
Andy Hay
Andy is the founder of ECK, Chef, and let’s admit it… the reason you’re here. He taught himself to cook, and it all paid off when he secured his spot in the season 5 Finale of Master Chef Canada. Now, Andy uses his big energy to showcase recipes that actually make people want to cook. His brand was built on butter and East Coast charm, and Andy’s kept that same energy ever since. Off-camera, you’ll find him doing what started it all: cooking for his two daughters, wife and the people he loves.
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will greek yogurt work instead of cottage cheese? Can’t do cottage cheese🤮 lol
Hi Shari! We haven’t tested this recipe with Greek yogurt, but if I were going to give it a try, I’d use a really thick, full-fat Greek yogurt—or even strain it a bit first to remove extra moisture. That should help the dough hold together better. The texture might be a bit softer overall, but I think this could work.
Love your recipes!! It would be great if you could provide macros! Thanks!!
Thank you so much, Susan. And you’re not alone—macros are one of the most requested features lately. We’re working on adding them to the site, so stay tuned! In the meantime, you can pop the recipe into a free online tool for a quick breakdown.
do you have the nutrional values as the recipe is? can you leave out the peanut butter?
We don’t offer nutritional info at this time, Jenny. You can definitely leave out the peanut butter if you prefer—just note the texture might be slightly different, but it’ll still be delicious.
Great recipe! Cannot taste the cottage cheese at all. Used coconut sugar as the sweetener.
So glad you liked it, Lisa! Love the coconut sugar swap—and yes, that hidden cottage cheese is the best!
I have not made these yet, but going to today, as I have 2 large tubs of CC that expires Monday. You say “sweetener”. Can honey or different dry sugars be used as well?
Thanks. Looking forward to making these and your egg bite recipe.
Hi Susan! You can use honey, sugar, or another dry sweetener instead of monk fruit—just adjust to taste. Hope you enjoy both recipes!