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Home » Recipe » AIP Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Protein Bars

AIP Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Protein Bars

Published November 7, 2017. Last modified September 27, 2020 By Anne Marie 7 Comments

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This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast or snack routine. Grab the recipe below.

This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.

This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.

After my Berry Collagen Protein Bars were so popular, I felt inspired to switch up the flavor profile a bit for the holiday season. Our baby's due date is right around Christmas (coming up SO FAST), which has me in prep mode.

Since I've heard protein bars are a breastfeeding mom's BFF, I figure I might as well come up with some variety so I'm not making the exact same recipe each week!

I put out a call on Instagram as to which variation I should make, and it was pretty much a tie between four different flavors. So I did what every sane pregnant woman would do… I vowed to make them all.

I'll end up sharing four new festive flavors before Christmas. Here are the flavors you can expect: White Chocolate Peppermint, Gingerbread, Apple Pie, and Pumpkin Snickerdoodle.

This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.

Let's start with the Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Protein Bar.

You might be wondering why a soon-to-be mom wouldn't want to just buy her protein bars. Why go through the hassle of making them? First of all, AIP protein bars are hard to come by.

It’s pretty much impossible to find a store bought protein bar that is dairy, nut, and grain free.

Even going the homemade route, I quickly realized how few recipes were A. dairy free, B. nut free, and C. oat free. It seemed every recipe I saw on Pinterest included one or more of those three ingredients. And so the drive was born to create something of my own that was free of all three (and tasted delicious to boot).

This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.

Let's look at the ingredients in these Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Protein Bars.

In this recipe, the combination of collagen protein, coconut butter, coconut cream, pumpkin and cinnamon makes a seriously delicious fall protein bar. Just like my first collagen protein bar recipe, these are so delicious, I swear they could pass as dessert.

The Protein Component: Collagen

Although I was once an avid plant-based protein kinda girl, the protein powder I swear by these days is a form of protein called collagen hydrolysate, aka collagen peptides.

Collagen is one of the most structural substances in your body, responsible for healthy tissue repair, joint flexibility, bone and skin renewal, and reducing inflammation. If one of your goals is to help put your autoimmune disease into remission, collagen is your golden ticket.

I used the Collagen Protein from Perfect Supplements for this recipe, but I've also tested it with Great Lakes and Vital Proteins. All work wonderfully, but the Perfect Supplements option is at a really great price! I also love their mission statement.

The Creamy Component: Coconut

Confession: I’m not a fan of coconut butter. It’s dry, crumbly, and not easy to snack on since it solidifies at room temp. It is however key to the success of this recipe, and once all the ingredients come together, the coconut butter is a non-issue for me. These bars are anything but dry or crumbly, and they’re a perfect snack.

Coconut butter on it’s own has plenty of merit as well. It’s said that the fat from coconut butter can’t be stored as body fat since it’s so readily available for energy. This means that despite these bars being higher in fat, you don’t need to worry about your waist line when eating them. In fact, you can expect any of the following benefits from indulging in these coconut butter based bars:

  1. High in healthy medium chain triglycerides
  2. High in fiber
  3. Improved blood sugar control
  4. Reduced sugar cravings

Pretty insane, right? Let’s move on.

The Fall Components: Pumpkin and Cinnamon (Snickerdoodle)

I’ve made these bars in so many combinations at this point: fresh berries, dried berries, no berries, with peppermint, and with gingerbread spices. These might just be my favorite.

Growing up I was a big fan of both pumpkin pies and snickerdoodles. Me, my mom, and my grandma always had to have pumpkin pie on the Thanksgiving dessert table, while my dad requested snickerdoodles through the entire holiday season calendar year. Needless to say, both feel very nostalgic to me.

The pumpkin flavor comes from pumpkin puree, and the snickerdoodle flavor comes in through the maple syrup and cinnamon.

The Dessert Component: Dark and White Chocolate Icing

Full disclosure, I used 80% dark chocolate for dipping the bottoms of these protein bars, in place of the dark chocolate icing. If you tolerate chocolate without issue, I highly recommend using melted chocolate in place of the dark chocolate icing recipe listed below to make them really feel like a treat. Regardless of the chocolate option you choose (real dark chocolate or coconut oil ‘chocolate icing’), you won’t be disappointed.

The ‘white chocolate drizzle' shown in these photographs was created using the exact recipe below. It's so easy – don't skip this step!This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.

This Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Collagen Protein Bar recipe is both Paleo and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) compliant. These protein bars are creamy, full of fall flavor, and are truly a healthy addition to your holiday breakfast routine. Grab the recipe below.
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Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Protein Bar

Prep Time30 mins
Servings: 8 bars
Calories: 177kcal

Ingredients

Bars:

  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp coconut flour
  • 3/4 cup Perfect Supplements Collagen Protein, click here for 10% this collagen when you use code GRASSFED10
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp coconut butter
  • 2 Tbsp pumpkin puree
  • 2.5 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup coconut cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract, swap with vanilla powder for AIP
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon or Primal Palate Pumpkin Pie Spice blend, note: spice blend is not AIP

Dark Chocolate Icing (optional):

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 2 Tbsp cacao powder, or carob powder for AIP
  • 1/2 Tbsp pure maple syrup

White Chocolate Drizzle:

  • 1.5 Tbsp coconut butter
  • .5 Tbsp coconut oil
  • Sprinkle of cinnamon or Primal Palate Pumpkin Pie Spice blend, note: spice blend is not AIP

Instructions

For the Bars

  • Mix all ingredients together by hand in a bowl. It may take a bit of stirring before the dough comes together.
  • Form into 8 equal bars. I used this inexpensive silicon mold to make my bars all the same size, but you can also use a greased glass baking sheet, or you can shape the bars by hand.
  • Place the formed bars in refrigerator for 30 minutes to set. Once they're set, remove the bars from the silicon mold or the baking dish. At this point, you can choose if you'd like to make the chocolate icing and drizzle, (recipes below ) or leave plain.

For the Dark Chocolate Icing

  • Melt the coconut oil and stir in cacao powder (or carob powder for AIP) and maple syrup.
  • Dip bottom half of each bar in the chocolate icing.
  • Use a piping bag or a ziploc with a small hole cut in the tip to drizzle chocolate on top of the bars.
  • Place bars on waxed paper in the refrigerator to set.
  • NOTE: You can also melt half a bar of dark chocolate instead of making the Dark Chocolate Icing if you're not following AIP.

For the White Chocolate Drizzle

  • Mix together the melted coconut butter and melted coconut oil.
  • Place bars on wire cooling rack. Use a piping bag or a ziploc with a small hole cut in the corner to drizzle on top of the bars. Place in the fridge to set.

Notes

  1. The bars have the best texture at room temperature, but you can also store in the fridge for a longer shelf-life.
  2. Nutrition information is for the bars without the chocolate icing and drizzle. If you're including the icing, you'll add 85 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 2 grams of carbs.
  3. This recipe contains affiliate links.

Nutrition

Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 194mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g
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Other gluten free, AIP recipes you might like:

AIP Berry Collagen Protein Bar

AIP Matcha Latte Protein Bites

AIP Pumpkin Spice Granola

Anne is a certified Integrative Nutritional Health Coach and Interior Designer who is passionate about whole home and body detox, as well as personalized nutritional therapies tailored to the individual. She's the creator of several online programs and ebooks including Ditch Your Nutritionist, Autoimmune Accomplice, and Detox Your Life.

When she's not creating content for her wellness business and website Grass Fed Salsa, you can find her snuggled up to her daughter GG, her husband James, and their pups Cohen and Kiki.

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  1. Samantha Papp

    October 3, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    5 stars
    These are ridiculously good!!! THANK YOU for this recipe. I have made them many times! I substitute maple syrup for 100% monk fruit because I can’t handle sugar. I add an extra tablespoon of pumpkin (I love pumpkin 🎃) 😊. I would recommend putting a piece of parchment paper down in a tray, spreading out the pumpkin mixture. Place in the freezer for a bit, then remove and pour the chocolate over the surface. Place back in the fridge or freezer until the chocolate hardens. Then remove flip over and cut 🙂 worked much better than dipping each bar.

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  2. Candace Kennedy

    February 4, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    5 stars
    Really loving these! I subbed apple sauce for the pumpkin since I’m not a big pumpkin spice person, and maybe did 4-5 T apple sauce. And used honey instead of maple syrup. But they are delish! Great texture and flavor!

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  3. sk

    September 13, 2019 at 7:05 pm

    Thank you for the recipe. It might be best to stop using/advertising beef and collagen products from Brazil since the cattle industry there is destroying the rainforest and land of the inidgenous people.

    Reply
  4. Shelly

    August 26, 2019 at 11:20 am

    It’s a glorious, delicious, easy to make recipe. Thank you so much! May I ask, do you know if there is anything else that can be used instead of coconut butter? That gets really expensive, even homemade coconut butter is expensive because coconut is really expensive here. Thanks in advance! And thank you again for sharing your amazing recipe!

    Reply
  5. Michala

    November 15, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    Great Recipe, thanks! Love the cross-outs lol

    Reply
  6. Evelyn W

    November 13, 2017 at 12:38 am

    Would it be correct for me to flip the 386 calories from fat with the 177 total calories or are the numbers different from those two?
    Thanks for delicious looking recipe. I have been looking for some homemade aip compliant recipes rather than having to buy bars that may or may not be completely compliant.

    Reply
    • anne

      November 13, 2017 at 1:18 pm

      Nope, I’m not sure where the 386 calories came from, it should be 90 calories from fat since there are 10g of fat in each bar. 177 calories is the total count for these if you make 8 bars out of the recipe 🙂

      Hope you love them!

      Reply

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