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I’ve taken the classic well-loved flavors of chocolate and peanut butter and created a healthy, nutrient-rich blend. With just four simple ingredients, this chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie recipe is the perfect wholesome breakfast or a quick snack.
It’ll give you a natural energy boost as well as make a great workout recovery drink.
I love blending this creamy chocolate smoothie pre-workout because it gives me a long-lasting energy boost. Try replacing your afternoon coffee with a more naturally caffeinated option like this smoothie.
This is also on my list of top smoothies for kids since it is an easy win. It makes a great snack or dessert option.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie Recipe
It’s super easy to make a “good” chocolate smoothie, but making it “good for you” takes a few simple tweaks. I use raw cacao to boost the antioxidants in the smoothie. Oat milk creates a thick smoothie as well as removes all dairy, which can cause eczema and digestive issues. The banana acts as a natural sweetener so you don’t need any refined sugars.
- Place banana, cacao, peanut butter and oat milk in a blender.
- Blend together until smooth and creamy. (Add extra oat milk if the smoothie is too thick.)
- Pour into a glass and enjoy.
If I’m blending this smoothie for breakfast, then I add in a serving of homemade protein powder to turn it into a complete meal. Look at the ingredients on the peanut butter to ensure it is just peanuts (no need for extra oils or sweeteners). Feel free to swap out the peanut butter for the nut or seed butter of your choice.
Health Benefits of Peanut Butter
Sometimes peanuts get a bad rap. Yes, 1% of the United States population has a peanut or tree nut allergy. Yes peanuts are actually a fungus and not a nut. Yet peanuts also have a whole host of nutrition!
Peanuts contain 7 grams of protein per 2 tablespoon serving, along with good amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, niacin and vitamin B6. Add in a scoop or 2 to your next smoothie and enjoy the boost! It contributes both protein and healthy fat in the chocolate peanut butter smoothie below.
Peanuts are about as heart healthy as olive oil (so cool!) and can help the body build muscle. They also help regulate blood sugar (bonus!) and may reduce the risk of breast disease.
What Kind of Chocolate Powder is Best?
This recipe calls for cacao powder, which you can find in natural food stores and in most grocery stores nowadays. I like to buy it at Trader Joe’s or Thrive Market to save money. Raw cacao is a powder made from cold-pressing unroasted beans (or nibs) which removes the cacao butter.
Additionally, some grocery stores stock cacao powder in the baking aisle or health food section. If you can’t find cacao powder, substitute an equal amount of cocoa powder (Hershey’s has an option) in the smoothie.
Whether you’re looking for a quick and delicious breakfast or a satisfying snack, this chocolate smoothie is the perfect healthy drink. Just make sure whichever cocoa or cacao powder you use doesn’t have any sweetener in it. You’ll add it to smoothies with natural fruit sweeteners, so no need for anything extra!
Chocolate Smoothie FAQs
Peanuts are a fungus, not a nut. If you aren’t allergic to them, they can help with managing blood sugar and keeping your heart healthy.
Easy! Oat or cashew milk is a great and creamy liquid base. Adding cauliflower, banana or avocado will instantly cream up a smoothie. Protein powder can also boost creaminess. Nut or seed butter will also thicken a smoothie.
Smoothies are delicious using whole food, plant-based ingredients. There is no need for added sweeteners or overly processed ingredients. Plant milk or water, fruit, leafy greens and vegetables mixed together correctly make great smoothies!
More Chocolate Smoothie Recipes
If you’ve got a craving then I bet I’ve got a chocolate smoothie for you. These are all deliciously healthy and actually taste good. Pick one and get blending!
- Chocolate protein shake
- Banana chocolate smoothie
- Cacao smoothie bowl
- Weight loss smoothie
- Superfood chocolate smoothie
- Strawberry chocolate smoothie
- Warm hazelnut chocolate smoothie
- Chocolate covered cherry smoothie
- Vegan Shamrock shake
- Mocha coffee smoothie
- Coconut Joy smoothie bowl
- Red Velvet smoothie
I love creating healthy smoothie recipes and I can’t wait for you to enjoy them!
Don’t forget to let me know how you like this chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie below with your rating + review. It’s filling, yummy and gives a natural energy boost.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 bananas frozen
- 1 Tbsp peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp cacao powder
- 1 cup oat milk or another plant milk
- ⅛ tsp 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.
Equipment
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Notes
- Peanut Butter allergy? No problem! Swap in almond butter or sunflower butter instead.
- Oat milk gives this smoothie extra creaminess, yet you can swap it with cashew, almond, coconut, or another plant 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.
Subbed the banana for cherries and avocado. Reduced the PB and cinnamon. Worked out well – would make again.
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie was like a creamy milkshake! Absolutely delicious! I wouldn’t change anything! Almost a guilty pleasure!
This is simply delicious!! You can taste the chocolate and peanut butter! I’ll add some chocolate collagan next time
This is a really nice smoothie, really rich in chocolate. I will reduce the cacao powder next time.
10/10. Day 6 #challenge
Well of course this one was super yummy 🙂
I’ll look forward to this as a dessert treat in the future, especially after my unflavored protein powder arrived.
I mixed in some fresh mint, which gives it a nice little lift. I also used some almond butter/sweet potato mix that I had in the fridge instead of the peanut butter. (That mix was a failed recipe as a dip from an otherwise favorite Ayurvedic cookbook, but worked fabulously in this recipe.)
Both of us are not a fan of this one.
Chocolate peanut butter
I used carob powder instead of cacao because I’m caffeine sensitive. I also added protein powder. Still tastes like dessert! I use this recipe when everyone else is having ice cream.
Very yummy. Nice chocolate treat. I only added the one banana and that was sweet enough for me. Also added spinach which I couldn’t taste.
This one is a keeper! Great taste, rich and creamy.
Delicious chocolate-y dessert or treat.
I prefer more fruit and vegetables in my morning smoothie.
Really delicious but a little too chocolatey. I used half a cup of fairlife 2% chocolate milk half a cup of mooala banana and strawberry banana milk, Only 1 tbsp of cocoa & 1 tbsp of carob.
Mine didn’t turn out as sweet, I used on one banana, chocolate protein powder instead of cocoa, I added romaine lettuce, cinnamon, chia and hemp and flax seeds and I tried using sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter. Mine does taste cocaoy.
My cocoa powder is very bitter so I did add a tablespoon of Nutella. Now I’m having this smoothie as dessert. Delicious
Anything with chocolate and peanut butter, is a good treat. The cinnamon was a good addition. It was rich, and more desserty for me, but I made it into a midday meal smoothie.
I gave this a 1 star, BUT that weird aftertaste might be because I used COCOA powder in stead of COCAO powder, or because I added my homemade Rawkstar Protein Powder, or because I used my homemade cashew milk. The consistency is almost pudding-like.