It Works! Cottage Cheese & Peanut Butter Easter Eggs (The Best High Protein Snack!) - All Purpose Veggies (2024)

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Yes, it seriously works! Here's an unbelievable protein-packed Easter treat that's as delicious and easy to make! Introducing Low Fat Cottage Cheese & Peanut Butter Easter Eggs, the perfect healthy snack to fuel you in the morning or recharge you post-workout. With just three simple ingredients—low-fat cottage cheese, peanut butter powder, and a chocolate coating—these eggs are a fun and tasty way to indulge without the guilt.

The Peanut Butter Powder is the key ingredient here, as it gets kneaded into the low-fat cottage cheese, adding a rich and nutty flavor to the Easter eggs without the added calories or fat. While you might be skeptical about using cottage cheese in a sweet treat, the cottage cheese is barely noticeable, providing the necessary moisture and fluffiness to hold the eggs together, with only a slightly cheesy flavor that is surprisingly satisfying.

Here's why I love this recipe

• no-bake
• easy to prepare
• only 3 ingredients
• good source of protein
• high-fiber
• low calories
• no egg mold needed!

Ingredients used to make Cottage Cheese & Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

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• Peanut Butter Powder - PB powder is made by removing most of the oil from roasted peanuts and grinding them into a fine powder, resulting in a low-fat, high-protein alternative to traditional peanut butter. You can use brands like PB Fit, or PB2. I used a Sugar Free PB FIt powder for this recipe

• Cottage Cheese - any kind works but I used the 2% low fat kind. It's also better to use small curd cottage cheese because it incorporates into the batter better without leaving behind any noticeable chunks.

• Chocolate Chips - you can use any chocolate chips in this recipe. I like this lower sugar, stevia-sweetened brand

More Powdered Peanut Butter Recipes (HERE)

How to Make

Recipe Variations and Optional Add Ins:

• You can use Greek Yogurt instead of Cottage Cheese. You can also use fruit purees like applesauce and mashed bananas for more flavor. For example try:
  • Applesauce Easter Eggs
  • Pumpkin Spice Easter Eggs

• Click to see all of my Easter Egg Posts, and add in ideasHERE

• If you’re allergic to peanuts you can also use almond butter powder instead here is one brand I like to use. I’ve used it before to make my vegan 2-ingredient almond butter frosting!
• Also, feel free to experiment with natural flavoring / extracts. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract (I didn't feel like it was essential so I left it out in this recipe), or other flavorings or extracts, such as almond extract

How to Make these Treats Healthier

• Make this even healthier by adding a handful of nuts, seeds and old-fashioned oats to add texture and nutrition. Even better, add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed, hemp seeds, or chia seeds.

• For a comprehensive list of Easter Egg Flavor & Add In ideas, see this post HERE!

How to Store Chocolate Easter Eggs

• Store these Peanut butter easter eggs covered in the fridge for up to 3-5 days.
• You can also freeze these Easter eggs in an air tight container or freezer bag. They’ll be will be good up to three months.

Final Tips

• The biggest tip for when you use your hands to bring the dough together is to PRESS not KNEAD. If you use your fingers to knead the peanut butter dough will get all over your fingers, but if you use the flat of your palm to press instead the shaping will be so much easier!
• You can always control the consistency of the filling by adding more or less peanut butter powder. To make it thicker, add more nut butter powder. To make it thinner, add a teaspoon of milk or water.
• I always add a ½ teaspoon of coconut oil to the melted chocolate. This helps to thin out the chocolate so that we get an even, glossy coating on the Easter eggs. It also helps to cut down on the amount of chocolate that gets on the eggs, too.