As a trainer, I know how important it is to have healthy, tasty, & convenient snacks on-hand throughout the day. Many of my clients work in an office, where temptations of morning donuts and afternoon candy jars are around every corner cubicle. Being armed with some great snack choices make those temptations a lot less, well, tempting.

You can file this under tasty and healthy.

I’ll often ask my evening clients what they had to eat before coming in for our session. When the answer is a cookie in the break room or – nothing, I respond with suggestions on snacks they could have on hand.

These No Bake Peanut Butter Cranberry Crunch Bars would make a great pre-workout OR post-workout snack! They’re loaded with protein, carbs, and fat – all from great sources. Oh and they taste flipping awesome! I know, I know, I’ve published plenty of protein bar recipes on the blog over time, but…I haven’t posted one in a long time! The last bars I wrote about were my cocoa coconut protein bars!

You might have heard me wax poetically over my beloved Perfect Bars, and I have to admit, this recipe is inspired by the Cranberry Crunch flavor! It tastes pretty similar, too – Perfect Foods Bar Copycat Recipe?

Seriously, though. These bars are the bomb dot com. They might just be my new go-to snack bar.

What makes these different from all of my other bars is that they don’t contain any flour or chocolate. Alas, don’t be fooled, a omission of chocolate from the recipe does not detract from their deliciousness. The peanut butter+honey+cranberry combo stands up on their own juuuuuust fine. Plus, they only contain 5 ingredients!

No Bake Peanut Butter & Cranberry Crunch Bars

Makes 10 bars

2 brown rice cakes, crumbled

1 c. natural peanut butter

1/4 c. honey

1/4 c. dried cranberries

3 scoops brown rice protein powder

1 serving of greens powder (optional – I used Skoop’s sweet greens)

Suuuuper easy instructions: Place all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Mix until everything is thoroughly combined and incorporated. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper and spread/press into the pan. Place in the freezer for about 3 hours, then cut into bars. Store in the freezer or refrigerator. Done and done!

Go ahead, take a bite of cranberry bliss.

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I may or may not have had two after my lifting workout last night, and then ruined my dinner. Worth it.

Nutrition Stats

1 serving = 1 bar

calories= 200

carbs=18 grams

fat=10 grams

protein=10 grams

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What are some of your favorite snack bars?

Peanut butter or almond butter?

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