For the longest time, bodybuilders, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts in general have relied on the age-old “protein bar” after their workouts. There’s just one problem.
Those things suck. Even the best options barely resemble a tasty treat, and no one wakes up in the morning and thinks, “Man, I just can’t wait to wrap things up at the gym to eat a protein bar.”
That’s a big problem, but we’ve made a solution. Protein cookie dough bites.
Stick with us, and we’re going to go over the best post-gym protein snacks and why these bites leave those chalky bars in the dust.
Protein Cookie Dough Actually Tastes Good
We touched on this. It’s one of the inspirations for us to make protein cookie dough. Protein bars don’t taste good. They always try to list a bunch of ingredients you look at and imagine super healthy things about, but they don’t taste good, and they aren’t even effective a lot of the time.
We don’t think you should have to push yourself through eating a snack like it’s your 10th set of reps on some free weights. We also don’t try to lie to you and tell you some raisins mixed with seeds and peanut butter taste as great as a chocolate chip cookie.
Protein cookie dough tastes good. They come in two distinct flavors: chocolate chips and birthday cake. It tastes like you’re a kid again, and you’re eating dough right out of that cheap supermarket tube of cookie dough.
This is because we don’t shy away from sugar or HEALTHY sweets like our semi-sweet chocolate chips, but instead, we focus on minimizing it and balancing it out with ingredients that are truly beneficial for your health.
In exchange, you get a treat that tastes great and provides all the benefits you’re looking for.
Packed with Protein and No Garbage
After you pump iron at the gym, you need protein to rebuild your muscles and help them grow. If you’re reading this, you probably already know that.
Well, with protein cookie dough, the bulk of the recipe is protein. In fact, there are two sources of it. There’s a whey protein isolate and milk-based protein, and in total, you get 15 grams of protein per serving.
That’s a quarter of the daily maximum recommendation for the average person. Now, if you’re working out very hard and frequently, you can obviously use some more, but that gives you a good idea of just how much is packed into a bag.
Unlike those glorified chalk bars, you don’t have to accept a bunch of random junk to get that, either. A lot of so-called “protein bars” don’t have nearly as much protein, and most of the bars are filler junk and carbs.
At best, you might get peanut butter as the main ingredient with a little extra mixed in.
Fat to Protect Your Gains
Protein to rebuild is absolutely essential, but fat is, too.
We know this, and this is why protein cookie dough has an entire fat system built into it. Of course, there are only healthy fats that your body can actually use. None of the garbage that’s packed into fast food and chips. Just good old-fashioned fats.
That healthy fat content helps protect your gains. Instead of your body immediately consuming that protein to sustain itself, it’ll eat that fat reserve and let the protein do its job.
Again, they’re all healthy fats. So, it’s not like you’re eating chips. There are also 8 grams of those fats to make sure you get enough, but it doesn’t outweigh the protein you’re getting.
Minimal Binder That Actually Works
Binders are essential, whether you’re eating a protein bar or protein cookie dough. Something has to hold all that together, or you get a weird trail mix type of situation that’s nowhere near as fun or easy to eat.
Well, with a protein bar, you get a bunch of peanut butter, a lot of the time, or you get science experiment ingredients that you need a PhD to understand. The protein takes a backseat to all that.
Protein cookie dough bites are very light on calories (and heavy on gains!), and have a very simple binder system that’s wheat flour, xanthan gum, cornstarch, and that’s about it. It holds it all together, and it’s a very small part of the recipe.
It’s More Satisfying
A protein cookie dough is way more satisfying than a little protein bar. When you eat a bar, it’s about two or three good bites of chalk-like garbage.
A full bag of protein cookie dough bites feels like a proper snack that you can sit down after you clean up and nibble away at for at least a few minutes. And hey, if you want to have them for breakfast? Totally fine!
In the end, you’re satisfied both in terms of being full and in terms of mentally feeling as if you’ve had a proper treat after your workout. You can’t underestimate the latter, either. Morale and mentality are almost more important in the gym than your actual physical state.
The Macros Just Make Sense
Even though protein cookie dough tastes good, satisfies your hunger, and has “cookie dough” in the name, it’s actually very well designed to meet your macro requirements.
It has 15 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat, 6 grams of sugar, and all that only costs you 270 calories out of your daily allowance. You get a lot of bang for your buck.
Compare that to a protein bar that doesn’t taste good, and it’s a big deal.
A lot of those protein bars you eat don’t offer you the same bang for your caloric buck. If they have a lot of nutrients, they’re usually very heavy on calories. If they’re lighter, they typically don’t have much for you to use.
If you want to get big, you really want to make sure that everything you’re eating is giving you the protein and nutrients you need without wasting calories.
Get the Best Post-Gym Workout Snack with FUUL
If you’re serious about finding post-gym protein snacks that actually taste good and work hard for your body, it’s time to rethink what you’re reaching for after your gym session.
Unlike traditional protein bars that are often chalky and underwhelming, protein cookie dough bites deliver real flavor, quality macros, and ingredients that support your recovery.
At FUUL, we’ve created the best protein cookie dough snacks to help you refuel, stay satisfied, and actually enjoy your post-gym routine.
Contact us today to learn more or stock up on your new favorite workout treat.