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Are you ready to blend my chocolate peanut butter smoothie using four simple ingredients to create a wholesome breakfast, quick snack, or pre-workout boost? This creamy flavor-packed smoothie recipe delivers long-lasting energy—and it might just replace your afternoon coffee!
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Why I Love this Recipe
- It tastes like dessert. Frozen bananas, cacao, and peanut butter blend into a rich, chocolatey treat that feels indulgent without added sugar.
- Simple, pantry-friendly ingredients. Everything in this smoothie is easy to keep on hand, making it a go-to when you want something fast and satisfying.
- Filling and energizing. Healthy fats from peanut butter and natural carbs from bananas help keep you full and fueled for hours.
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Ingredients You’ll Need
It’s super easy to make a tasty chocolate smoothie, but making it “good for you” takes a few simple tweaks that I’m excited to share with you today:
- Bananas (frozen): A frozen banana adds a cold creamy texture to your smoothie. Ripe bananas are one of the best natural sweeteners, so you don’t need any refined sugars. Freeze bananas ahead of time so you have them on hand.
- Peanut butter: Delivers rich, nutty flavor and a boost of protein. Look for natural peanut butter with no added sugar or hydrogenated oils. You can swap with any other nut butter you like such as cashew or almond butter.
- Raw cacao powder: Provides a deep chocolate taste with antioxidant benefits. Look for raw cacao powder in the baking aisle or health food section of most grocery stores. I like picking mine up at Trader Joe’s or Thrive Market to save money.
- Oat milk: A creamy, non-dairy milk base that ties all the flavors together. Choose unsweetened oat milk to avoid unnecessary added sugars, and check the label for simple, wholesome ingredients. Make oat milk or choose from the cleanest oat milk brands.
- Ground cinnamon (optional): Adds a warm, subtly spicy flavor that enhances the chocolate and peanut butter combination. Plus, it offers a touch of sweetness without adding extra sugar.
What’s the healthiest peanut butter?
- Look at the ingredient label and make sure it’s just peanuts (no need for extra oils or sweeteners). You can always make your own nut butter at home in a high-speed blender as well. I don’t recommend using peanut powder, like PB1, since it contains additional sweeteners.
- Need a new blender? Check out these blenders for smoothies.
How to Make a Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
- Place your frozen ripe banana, cacao powder, peanut butter, and oat milk in a blender.
- Combine until smooth and creamy.
- Scrape down the sides of the blender if the peanut butter sticks and add extra oat milk if the smoothie is too thick.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy and garnish with cinnamon if desired.
Recipe Variation
- If I’m blending this healthy chocolate peanut butter smoothie for breakfast, I like to add additional protein by throwing in a serving of homemade protein powder, or a plant-based protein powder of your choice.
- For more tips, see my how to make a smoothie guide.
Storing Tips
You can store this chocolate smoothie in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. If freezing, pour into ice cube trays and transfer to a freezer safe bag once frozen. When ready to enjoy, thaw in fridge overnight and re-blend to get the best consistency.
More Chocolate Smoothie Recipes
If you’ve got a craving then these chocolate smoothies are for you. These are all deliciously healthy and actually taste good. Pick one and get blending!
- Chocolate cherry smoothie
- Chocolate weight loss shake
- Chocolate strawberry green smoothie
- Skinny mint chocolate chip smoothie
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 bananas frozen
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 cup oat milk or another non-dairy milk
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until creamy.
- Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon, if desired.
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Notes
- Peanut Butter allergy? No problem! Swap in almond butter or sunflower butter instead.
- Oat milk gives this peanut butter and chocolate shake extra creaminess, yet you can swap it with cashew, almond, coconut, or another non-dairy milk.
- Use unsweetened cacao or cocoa powder; either works fine!
- Using homemade protein powder will give you 10 extra grams of protein, turning this smoothie into a complete meal.
- Bananas give this smoothie creaminess + sweetness, yet you can swap it out with avocado + maple syrup, avocado + date or cauliflower + maple syrup.
Nutrition
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Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks!Common Questions
Peanut butter can be a nutritious addition to your smoothie! While peanuts are technically a legume and not a nut, they’re packed with protein, healthy fats, and essential nutrients like magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B6. If you’re not allergic, peanut butter may help with managing blood sugar, supporting heart health, and keeping you feeling full longer. Just opt for natural peanut butter with no added sugars or oils for the healthiest option!
Chocolate and peanut butter make a smoothie feel like a treat, but they can also be surprisingly healthy! Raw cacao powder adds antioxidants, and natural peanut butter brings protein and healthy fats. Together, they create a delicious, nutrient-packed blend you can feel good about!
Absolutely! Adding raw cacao powder to your smoothie infuses it with rich chocolate flavor and a boost of antioxidants. Typically, 1-2 tablespoons per serving works well. Since ‘cacao’ is less sweet than ‘cocoa’, consider balancing it with natural sweeteners like ripe bananas or dates. Experimenting with cacao can transform your smoothie into a delicious, nutrient-packed treat!
Ya win some, ya lose some. This was a loser for me… bland, bland, bland! The recipe I printed out did not have cinnamon in it so maybe that would’ve made the difference. I also find that I need to add more liquid to almost all of your recipes. My vita mix gets jammed up following the recipe to a T.
Swap for me on the peanuts with almond butter, very nice protein spike for the day
This recipe is my go-to! I love the spice of the cylon cinnamon i used, the nutty peanut butter, and tang of the alkalized cocoa powder. I even added real cocoa beans for that natural caffeine. I am going to substitute this drink for my morning coffee from now on.
Gotta love peanut butter and chocolate!
Chocolate Peanut Butter: Excellent. I love adding Raw Cacao to my smoothies — give them another level of flavor. Again, another smoothie without greens, so a nice dessert type treat. I threw in a handful of organic oats then added some raw cashew milk for the liquid. Very good.
Tasted like a peanut butter, banana sandwich!
Another filling smoothie, a classic combinassion. Kind of like a dessert
This tastes like a dessert! Amazing flavour and texture and really hit the sweet tooth to prevent any cravings or indulgences later in the day. Love this one!
Could Power Peanut Butter be substituted for nut butter/jar peanut butter?
If so, would the ratio be 1:1? I’m new to powder peanut butter, but have heard it blends well for smoothies. I have used it to make vegetarian snack for my daughter. Thank you for this recipe, and for any advice!!
For sure you can swap in powdered peanut butter Emily! Awesome question!! While we’ve not tried it ourselves yet, it’s our understanding that 2 Tbsps of powdered peanut butter added to your smoothie works out to be 1 Tbsp. regular nut butter. Give it a blend and pop back over to let the community know how it worked out for you. 🙂
I don’t like the bitter flavor of cocoa powder, so I use Raw Cacao nibs. And sometimes I’ll just add a couple of Tablespoons full of rolled oats to almond milk or distilled water to make this. I use homemade nut butters to assure I know of their nutritional content. This is a yummy recipe!
So I have a problem keeping nut butters in the house since I tend to eat too much of it so can I add whole nuts instead, or I can roast them first (please tell me how) to the Vitamix or any other suggestions. Thanks.
Delicious treat! Whipped this up as a dessert for my family and everyone loved it. Nice to make a dessert at home from healthy ingredients!
I want to try this. What can I sub the banana with?
Not a fan of banana? Sub avocado and a few dates (for sweetness). 🙂
Yum! Thank you!!
You’re very welcome!
Just made this for lunch, so good and filling! Added a scoop of collagen powder for some extra goodness.
Great idea adding the collagen!
I love this dessert smoothie so much
Isn’t it delicious? Pour it into popsicle molds and freeze it… guilt-free fudgesicle! 😀
Oh my gosh! I can’t believe how delicious this is! I used oat milk. It tastes like a fudgesicle so I’m seeing how it freezes! Thank you for the indulgence!
I agree, this one is soooo good!!
Okay. So on the weekend I get up at 1 am for work. So I make my smoothies the night before. I had some of this left after I filled my cup. Ooooh. So good!
can you replace milk with water? ( we just ran out of milk..) thanks!
Rebecca, you can def sub water for milk in any smoothie. This one may not be as creamy without milk but it will still taste delicious. 🙂
I love everything peanut butter
This one is def a great one! I can’t say no to the chocolate / peanut butter combo. 😀
Love this recipe to replace a meal. I use unsweetened and sweetened almond milk and fresh almond butter!
That sounds delicious! 🙂
Definitely adding this smoothie to my dessert rotation!
You won’t regret it! 😀