These Strawberries & Cream Copycat Perfect Bars have that melt-in-your-mouth cookie dough texture!

They’re gluten free, vegan, and have no refined sugars.

They’re high protein and pack a nutritional, punch, too! In this recipe I used Ka’Chava brand Strawberry all-in-one nutrition shake, which is vegan, and contains 26 vitamins and minerals. Use code COLLEEN to save 15%

You can also use a strawberry protein powder. My favorite grass-fed whey protein powder is from Just Ingredients brand. No artificial colors or flavors, just nourishing ingredients! It’s sweetened with organic freeze dried strawberries. It doesn’t get better than that! Use code colleenF10 to save sitewide

The coconut butter glaze is my favorite, because it gives a little more texture, without loads of sweetness! Most glazes are a combination of powdered sugar and milk or water

Why You’ll Love These Key Strawberries & Cream Copycat Perfect Bars

They’re gluten free, refined sugar free, and can be completely vegan depending on which protein powder you use
- In this recipe I used Ka’Chava brand Strawberry all-in-one nutrition shake, which is vegan
- You can also use a strawberry protein powder. My favorite grass-fed whey protein powder is from Just Ingredients brand. No artificial colors or flavors, just nourishing ingredients! It’s sweetened with organic freeze dried strawberries. It doesn’t get better than that! Use code colleenF10 to save sitewide

Key Ingredients

Cashew butter – the base for the cookie dough texture. Cashew butter is pretty neautral in taste, so it won’t take away from the strawberry flavor
Strawberry Protein Powder – adds a punch of protein and some natural flavor, since my favorite strawberry protein powder uses organic freeze dried strawberries to bring out the flavor. It doesn’t get better than that! Use code colleenF10 to save sitewide
Pure Maple Syrup – adds sweetness without the need for refined table sugar
Mini White Chocolate Chips – I like Pascha Organic brand, which is vegan and made with organic ingredients
Coconut Butter – adds texture to the bars, without more sugar. Many glazes are made with just powdered sugar and milk or water
Freeze Dried Strawberries – adds more flavor and a little crunch with each bite

How to Make Strawberries & Cream Copycat Perfect Bars

Combine your cashew butter, strawberry protein powder, pure maple syrup, and almond flour together until dough-like
Fold in white chocolate chips and freeze dried strawberries, crushed
Press into loaf tin lined with parchment paper, and refrigerate 1 hour
Slice into 6 bars, or smaller squares
Drizzle with melted coconut butter and crumbled freeze dried strawberries
Place back in the fridge about 10 minutes until the coconut butter is firm
Enjoy!
Keep stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 6 days, or in the freezer for 3 months

I love how easy it to just add all of the ingredients to a bowl, press, slice, and enjoy!

Variations for Dietary Preferences

Cashew butter– you can use sunbutter or vanilla oat butter, like oat haus brand. You could also use almond butter or peanut butter, but please note that flavor profiles are stronger than cashew butter, and they’ll taste more like a pb&j or almond butter & strawberry if you go with one of these options
Strawberry protein powder – You can replace will vanilla protein powder and add roughly 3 tbsp freeze dried strawberry powder (and leave out the almond flour if you do this)
- If you don’t want to use protein powder at all you can use about 5 tbsp oat flour plus 3-4 tbsp freeze dried strawberry powder
Coconut butter – these will taste great even without the glaze. Or, mix about 2 tbsp powdered sugar with 1/2 tbsp milk (maybe a tad more) until a glaze like texture is achieved
Pure Maple Syrup – feel free to swap for honey or sugar free syrup

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Strawberries & Cream Copycat Perfect Bars

Melt-in-your-mouth cookie dough texture protein bars! Gluten free, refined sugar free, and easily vegan, too!

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Prep Time: 5

Servings:

Ingredients

1/2 cup cashew butter
6 tbsp strawberry protein powder use code colleenF10 to save
2 tbsp almond flour
3 tbsp pure maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp mini white chocolate chips
2 tbsp freeze dried strawberries slightly crushed
Glaze
1-2 tbsp coconut butter melted
1 tbsp freeze dried strawberries crushed

Instructions

Combine your cashew butter, strawberry protein powder, pure maple syrup, vanilla, and almond flour together until dough-like
Fold in white chocolate chips and freeze dried strawberries, crushed
Press into loaf tin lined with parchment paper, and refrigerate 1 hour
Slice into 6 bars, or smaller squares
Drizzle with melted coconut butter and crumbled freeze dried strawberries
Place back in the fridge about 10 minutes until the coconut butter is firm
Enjoy!
Keep stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 6 days, or in the freezer for 3 months