This is just a variation of my breakfast bread recipe, found HERE, minus the blueberries plus extra walnuts. I also tried powdered monk fruit instead of the usual Splenda.
I used a donut pan for a few of these to see if that worked, but I overfilled the pan and made “muffnuts.” Dani came up with that word so that’s what they’re called now.
Made these this morning, another wonderful recipe! Super filling too, one waffle was just right.
Awesome! Lots of options too. Really good too with vanilla protein and pumpkin pie spices.
Shooting a video for these this weekend. (Recipe)
Here’s the RECIPE in text, or you can do a screenshot at the end of each of these videos.
These types of products annoy me:
You can easily make these yourself using better quality protein and a different chocolate chip without all the sugar. It would also be much less expensive.
You still have to add other ingredients the box doesn’t contain, like peanut butter and honey. (Dani related this to Hamburger Helper.)
I didn’t think of it. I’m kinda jealous. Who knew you could add cheap protein powder, chocolate chips, oats, and salt to a box and sell it for around $7? I’d be a better marketer if I assumed everyone was lazy, not that smart, and willing to spend more money to save 30 seconds.
I have a few recipes like this above, but basically you’d add MD Protein to oats, dark chocolate bits, water, honey, and nut butter (or PB2 for a lower-calorie version). Just play around with the ratios. Roll into balls and refrigerate for an hour or so before eating. This would cost under $3.
I frequently run into this issue wherein I cannot fully underestimate humanity. George Carlin put it well “Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize half the people are more stupid than that!”
My confession is that I HAVE used that line of products before…and discovered from it that, apparently, pea protein absolutely destroys my intestines. Which is the other thing that sucks about these products: they slap “protein” on the box and will use any manner of science experiment protein sources to get there. They’re also counting wheat protein toward their protein count, which has terrible bioavailability.
It’d honestly be better to just have some traditional pancakes with a Metabolic Drive shake or an egg white omelet than try to make your pancakes/oatmeal “protein packed”. Let’s not combined two good things to make one bad thing.
I didn’t even think of that.
For packaged consumer goods (official term), you have FOB (front of box) marketing strategies. This has been abused for years, like “reduces cholesterol!” and a stamp of approval from the American Heart Association, which companies have to pay them for.
To make these FOB claims, the product basically has to have a little fiber and be low fat, so the worst of the sugary kid’s cereals look like health food if you don’t flip the box around.
But most people don’t. They’re busy and they want to believe they’re making a good choice.
“Protein!” is the trend, which is good, but the abuse has begun.
Protein pancakes video-recipe coming soon! This part didn’t make the final cut. 
What if you could make cake taste like chocolate chip cookies? That’s the gist here. This recipe isn’t quite there yet, but pretty darn good.
Secret time: One of the ingredients is a can of drained chickpeas (garbanzo beans). And of course I fit 4 scoops of MD Protein in there.
. . . You had my curiosity but now you have my attention.
WHAT? I would’ve never guessed. It was even better than I expected… but I do have an idea for tweaking it.
What are you going to call it? Cookie cake?
Probably something stupid, like I did with Power Waffles and PR Pancakes. I’ve always wanted to make an almond flour based peanut butter cookie – a nut-cookie – and call them nookies.
I recently saw a social media trend where people were eating protein powder mixed with a small amount of liquid (milk or water) or yogurt to make a pudding. Really, that went viral in the healthy cooking space… as if we haven’t been doing this for at least 30 years. It’s funny how each generation “discovers” something “new.” They’re so cute.
Anyway, it did get me to thinking about how to ramp up this basic idea. Here’s the general idea below. (I’ll come up with an official recipe after Dani and I eat pudding every day for a week or two.) This makes two big servings:
Ingredients
• 2 scoops MD Protein (vanilla or chocolate)
• 12 ounces of milk of choice (I used unsweetened almond)
• 3 tablespoons of sugar-free pudding mix (any flavor)
• 2-3 tablespoons PB2 powdered peanut butter
• 3-4 squares of a dark chocolate bar (I use 100%) + 1 tablespoon of MCT/coconut oil
• Handful of nuts (any kind)
Directions
Add some nuts to empty mugs or bowls. Why? Because that way you’ll have some crunch when you get to the bottom.
Add the chocolate bits to a microwave-safe bowl and top with MCT oil. Nuke until melted, about 60 seconds, stirring once at 30-second mark.
Whisk together all the other ingredients (except the rest of the nuts) in a bowl.
Divide the pudding mixture into two mugs or bowls.
Pour chocolate on top of each. For a crackable layer, use wider vessels so the chocolate is thin on top. Top with the rest of the nuts.
Freeze for a couple of hours. This also sets in the fridge, but I like to make it before dinner, then freeze it so it’ll be ready to go after dinner.
Ideas and Options
• Switch pudding flavors: white chocolate, vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, butterscotch, etc.
• Switch MD Protein flavors. Obviously, vanilla works best with some of those.
• Leave out the PB2 for some flavors, although it’s hard to beat in vanilla or chocolate pudding.
• Skip the nuts and melted chocolate for a more traditional pudding.
• I’m thinking I could go with one more scoop of MD Protein and still get the right texture. That’s the next experiment. That would bring the protein count to above 40 grams per serving.
This looks amazing. My list of snack I need to try from this thread are growing so fast, this is one of my favorite threads to watch.
I have been making a similar “pudding” almost nightly.
-1/2C plain greek yogurt (or a standard 5oz zero sugar flavor)
-1 scoop chocolate protein powder
-1T cocoa powder
-1t monk fruit sweetener
Whisk together.
I think mine needs a crackable dark chocolate top though. And PB2, still haven’t tried it.
That’s a great standby recipe! Protein powder + Greek yogurt + whatever you want in there (nuts, berries, cocoa powder etc.) Love it.
You can do something similar by blending cottage cheese then adding protein powder. Super thick and delicious.
STEALING THIS! 
Continuing the pudding experiments…
Another winner. It’s really hard to mess the base recipe idea up.
And here’s the TruWhip stuff:
