I was at Walmart the other day when I had an idea. What if I buy ingredients from here and make a delicious, healthy and vegan treat?! One of the reasons I started this blog was to show people that eating healthier or vegan doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. I figured this was the perfect opportunity to put my baking skills to the test. To be honest, I don’t shop at Walmart too often because it’s not convenient for me and I assume they don’t have the items I need. I walked down the baking isle and was pleasantly surprised to find out that they had an amazing vegan baking selection! They even had items I had been looking for for awhile and at reasonable prices!
While I didn’t use them in this recipe, I couldn’t help but get some vegan marshmallows at only $4.58. The few times I’ve seen vegan marshmallows, they’ve been almost $10 for a small bag! I was lucky to shop at a Super Walmart so I’m not sure if they’ll have all the same items at your own local Walmart but I would definitely check them out and see what they do have. At the Walmart I was at, they also had vegan butter, vegan yogurt and vegan chocolate. I had been to this Walmart about a year ago and noticed that they didn’t have any of these items so I was pleasantly surprised to see the wide selection!
I thought it would also be helpful to share prices of the items I bought on this post (something I normally don’t do) so you can see that eating healthy and vegan doesn’t have to break the bank. Initially, it may seem like a lot of money but you’ll be able to use these items for a long time and overall it will save you a lot of money. It was about $5.22 to make this recipe (not including pricing for salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract) with the plant protein and chocolate chips accounting for half of the price.

Ingredients
Powdered peanut butter – Powdered peanut butter contains less fat than regular peanut butter and is a great way to get in protein without adding a bunch of fat and calories. The powdered peanut butter at Walmart, PBFit, comes in a 24oz jar and was only $12.96. I love adding this to smoothies and oatmeal as well.
Almond milk – There were a few brands of almond milk at my Walmart store. I didn’t end up buying any this time since I already had some at home but it’s about $2-3 depending on what brand you buy. I would recommend buying a brand that fortifies their almond milk with calcium. To check, look at the back nutritional panel.
Stevia – This is a zero calorie sweetener that replaces sugar. The 19.4oz bag was only $9.33 and it’s a BIG bag. If you’re not going to use that much stevia, you could also buy the smaller 9.7oz bag that’s only $5.97. You could also use a different zero calorie sweetener like monk fruit but this is what Walmart had on hand.
Plant protein – This is one ingredient that I was incredibly surprised by. I was looking for a protein source to bulk up the protein in this recipe and was shocked at how many different options they had! I choose to go with this one because it was unflavored, gluten-free and didn’t have a lot of carbs. I’ve noticed that a lot of plant protein powders contain a decent amount of carbs and I wanted to keep it low so that there was a lot of protein in this recipe. This 12.7oz bag was only $12.96 and has 17 servings.
Rolled oats – This was another ingredient I already had on hand so I didn’t need to buy it but you can buy it for only $3.98 for a 42oz tub.
Chocolate chips – Along with the plant protein, this ingredient was the other surprise find of my trip. They had vegan chocolate chips! I always look for a vegan version from Toll House when I’m at other stores without luck but here they were! Apparently, they came out with them about 4 years ago, so I may be behind the times but they are significantly cheaper than the other brand I had been buying. I opted for the dark chocolate chips and they were $4.48 for a 9oz bag.
Cinnamon, salt & vanilla extract – If you bake or cook at all, you probably already have these in your pantry, however, if you don’t, you can get a great price at Walmart. Vanilla extract tends to be a little expensive so if you really need to save money, you could always opt for the imitation vanilla flavor which is significantly cheaper.

Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini cupcake tin or use mini cupcake liners.
- In a medium bowl, mix the powdered peanut butter and water together until all the clumps are gone.
- Add in the stevia and mix until combined. Add almond milk and vanilla and stir.
- Add in the remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips, and mix to combine.
- The dough should be pretty dry but still hold it’s shape. If it’s too dry, add more almond milk or water.
- Add in the chocolate chips and stir.
- Add dough to mini cupcake tin until all the dough is gone. The dough won’t rise, so you don’t need to leave any space for the dough to rise.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack and enjoy!

Storing Instructions
Store cups in an air tight container on the counter or up to 5 days in the fridge.
Low Calorie, High-Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oat Cups
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (96 g) powdered peanut butter
- 3/4 cup water
- 3/4 cup (21 g) stevia
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1 tsp (4 g) vanilla
- 6 tbsp (45 g) plant protein
- 3/4 cup (120 g) rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup (56 g) chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini cupcake tin or use mini cupcake liners.
- In a medium bowl, mix the powdered peanut butter and water together until all the clumps are gone.
- Add in the stevia and mix until combined. Add almond milk and vanilla and stir.
- Add in the remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips, and mix to combine.
- The dough should be pretty dry but still hold it's shape. If it's too dry, add more almond milk or water.
- Add in the chocolate chips and stir.
- Add dough to mini cupcake tin until all the dough is gone. The dough won't rise, so you don't need to leave any space for the dough to rise.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack and enjoy!