Protein Bars
From Gem's Vegetarian Cooking
Source: Mommy Stone
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup nuts
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
Melt top 3 ingredients over low heat. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix and refrigerate. Cut into bars.
Nutritional Information
Serving Size: 1 piece
Servings Per Recipe: 25 pieces
Note: for this calculation used 1 cup sunflower instead of 1/2 cup sunflower and 1/2 cup sesame seeds. Also, used walnuts for the 1 cup nuts.
| Calories | 247.2 |
| Total Fat | 20.2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7.3 |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5.9 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5.9 g |
| Cholesterol | 9.9 |
| Sodium | 72.5 mg |
| Potassium | 236.4 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 15.2 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3.1 g |
| Sugars | 7.8 g |
| Protein | 6.1 g |
| Vitamin A | 2.8 % |
| Vitamin B-12 | 0.1 % |
| Vitamin B-6 | 9.0 % |
| Vitamin C | 0.4 % |
| Vitamin D | 0 % |
| Vitamin E | 19.9 % |
| Calcium | 2.0 % |
| Copper | 16.5 % |
| Folate | 9.7 % |
| Iron | 7.3 % |
| Magnesium | 14.5 % |
| Manganese | 54.3 % |
| Niacin | 11.1 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 6.0 % |
| Phosphorus | 17.5 % |
| Riboflavin | 4.0 % |
| Selenium | 13.7 % |
| Thiamin | 8.4 % |
| Zinc | 10.3 % |