Christmas Treats Using Protein Powder

Christmas can often mean a blow out on your diet and training. But with these delicious protein packed Christmas treats using protein powder, you can stay on track!

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Christmas Cookies

Power packed Christmas cookies are a fun way to have a treat, but also boost your protein intake for working out. Add your favourite flavour protein powder to the dry ingredients of your cookies for a power boost.

A top tip is to use no icing, or minimal icing to limit your sugar intake. You can also create a delicious icing alternative by just spreading peanut butter on top – peanut butter and chocolate cookies anyone? Yum!

Cinnamon & Banana Porridge or Overnight Oats

Nothing makes you think of Christmas like cinnamon! Add our banana flavoured protein powder and a dash of cinnamon to make your porridge or overnight oats truly festive!

Our maple syrup flavoured ready-porridge is pretty awesome too.

Chocolate Christmas Cravings

Craving chocolate, but not wanting to derail your training too much? If you’re maintaining your gym workouts over the holidays, but want a sweet treat; try our chocolate chip flapjacks or chocolate cookie flavoured GoLean protein powder.

Fun Ways to Use Protein Powder

Looking for ways to sneak whey protein powder into your food to get that boost you need for your next workout? Here are some fun ways to use protein powder throughout the day:

Some fun ways to use protein powder:

Use Flavoured protein powders in your coffee as a creamer

If you’ve ever been to the United States, you’ll be familiar with their use of ‘creamer’ – a liquid or powdered milk substitute, which is often flavoured for fun. Did you know you can use flavoured protein powders in the same way?

This simple and effective way to add protein powder into your diet, also leads to some delicious results! Our favourite? Adding the chocolate hazelnut or french vanilla flavoured Muscle Power All-in-One powder to our morning coffee. This tip is especially useful if you tend to skip breakfast!

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Chocolate protein cookies

If you have a sweet tooth, then this tip is for you. Add 2 servings of Belgian Chocolate Bodybuilding Protein, or the Chocolate Orange Diet Whey Slimming Protein to the dry ingredients in your cookie recipes to boost your protein intake in the most delicious way!

Chia is Champion!

Have you tried chia seeds yet? They are a great addition to salads and offer a good natural protein boost. You can also make a chia pudding in the fridge overnight (a bit like overnight oats) and add your favourite flavour of protein powder to supercharge your breakfast!

We love the tutti frutti flavour Muscle Power All-in-One protein powder in our chia pudding – YUM!

Protein Powder Overnight Oats Recipe

Time to take your breakfasts to a whole new level. Here we share our favourite recipe for overnight oats with protein powder; for a delicious and protein packed start to your day!

Overnight Oats with Protein Powder

Ingredients

  • 1 scoop of Chocolate Hazelnut or Chocolate Mint Mega Go MaXpro Lean Protein powder
  • 400ml of water or 500ml of milk / almond milk
  • 1.5 cups of rolled oats
  • 2 tablespoons of agave or maple syrup
  • 1-2 tablespoons of chia seeds
  • A sprinkle of cinnamon or ground ginger if you fancy it
  • Red berries of your choice

Instructions

  1. Mix together your protein powder and liquid – shake in one of our Goprotein shakers until completely mixed
  2. Put the remainder of your ingredients into a bowl and mix together with wet ingredients until combined
  3. Layer the oats and red berries into a mason jar or glass and place (covered) into the fridge overnight

Our favourite protein powder overnight oats

The chia seeds add a delightful texture to the mushy oats, and the red berries compliment the rich chocolate powder flavour.

Any of the Goprotein flavours would work in overnight oats. From Tropical Banana to Strawberry Delight – there is a flavour for you! You can even add natural yoghurt when you serve it, to add even more protein.

Our overnight oats with added protein powder will give you an excellent boost in the morning before a workout or busy day at work. And with all the flavour options from Goprotein you’ll never get bored.