High Protein Dessert Recipes

You’ll love these delicious High Protein Dessert Recipes. They’re lighter than many traditional desserts, and have lots of good filling protein. Eat them as a snack or an after-dinner treat. These will help satisfy your sweet tooth in a guilt-free way.

I’ve gathered up these treats to help you maintain your healthy eating goals. I’ve been reading a great nutrition book about blood sugar, The Blood Sugar Balancing Handbook, and one of the key points is balancing your carbs, protein, and fats. That made me think that maybe I could up my protein intake. To help make sure we all hit our protein goals, here are some great high protein dessert treats!

FYI, I’ll keep this collection updated with new recipes when I post them, so don’t forget to bookmark or pin this post for later so you can check back for more healthy treats.

Cottage Cheese Chocolate Pudding

With just a few ingredients, this easy-to-make creamy high protein Cottage Cheese Chocolate Pudding offers a delicious and nutritious alternative to traditional chocolate pudding, and it won’t sabotage your diet.

Lemon Cottage Cheese Pudding

All you need is 5 simple ingredients and a food processor or blender to create this light and citrusy Lemon Cottage Cheese Pudding dessert that’s bursting with flavor. It’s great as a breakfast too, with simple ingredients like cottage cheese, cream cheese, and lemon, it won’t sabotage your diet. It’s low in calories, high in protein, and low in sugar.

Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough Bark

This Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough Bark has a nice boost of protein, and is a lovely refreshing sweet treat that you can eat straight from the freezer. It’s the prefer way to cool down and have a nice treat at the end of a hot summer day.

No Bake Energy Balls with Chocolate Chips

No Bake Energy Balls are a wholesome snack that’s packed with protein from peanut butter, flax, chia seeds, oats, and chocolate chips. Will you serve them as breakfast or a little snack, oh and don’t forget to take them hiking with you!

Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough

This protein-packed snack is an edible Cottage Cheese Cookie Dough. It’s the perfect treat for when you need something sweet that’s still high protein. And, it’s gluten-free, egg-free, and comes together in just minutes with simple ingredients.

3-Minute Chocolate Protein Mug Cake

Are you a chocolate lover? If so, you need to try this Protein Mug Cake. It’s decadent, moist, filled with protein, and a rich single serving treat that you’ll love. Bonus! It’s made in just 3 minutes.

Nutella Cottage Cheese Pudding

With just 4 ingredients, this Nutella Cottage Cheese Pudding comes together in a snap! This recipe has the rich flavors of hazelnuts and chocolate in a creamy dessert with high protein, low sugar, and no guilt.

Frozen Chocolate Cherry Bars

Healthy, protein packed Frozen Chocolate Cherry Bars offer a nutty cherry packed bottom layer that boosts protein with a scoop of protein powder, a creamy coconut cherry filling in the middle, and a chocolate topping. This cherry creamsicle treat is irresistible.

Peanut Butter Parfaits

Peanut Butter Parfaits are high protein, low sugar, nutritious and indulgent. This treat can be served as a breakfast or a dessert, and it’s made with layers of creamy peanut butter, yogurt, fresh fruit, and crunchy granola. You’ll love this heavenly combination of flavors and textures.

Protein Peanut Butter Truffles

With just 5 ingredients, these Protein Peanut Butter Truffles are a great 100 calorie that’s packed with 5 grams of protein. You can snack on these at home or take them hiking with you!

Gingerbread Cottage Cheese Pudding

Easy to make year-round, and so festive for the winter months, this Gingerbread Cottage Cheese Pudding is creamy and decadent while being packed with protein & low in sugar. It’s made with cottage cheese, cream cheese, and gingerbread spice. And it won’t sabotage your diet.

Honey Lemon Yogurt

This delicious no cook breakfast or dessert Honey Lemon Yogurt is filled with superfoods, loaded with tart lemon juice, and it’s a perfect immunity boosting start to your day.

Protein Ice Cream

Want to pack more protein in your day? Try this Vanilla Protein Ice Cream; it’s a great blend of health and deliciousness that combines rich cottage cheese with agave and Vanilla Protein Drink.

Cherry Yogurt Pie

Cherry Yogurt Pie with Granola Crust is a delicious no-bake treat that’s a good source of protein from wholesome yogurt. This simple and easy to make recipe is great for dessert or breakfast.

Cottage Cheese Blueberry Cake

Blueberry Cottage Cheese Cake is tender, moist, and delicious. But don’t worry, you can’t taste the cottage cheese, it just makes the cake protein rich and tender. Also, it’s an easy to make recipe that’s great for brunch or dessert.