Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Posted Mar 07, 2016, Updated Jul 18, 2024
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This chocolate peanut butter smoothie is a healthy smoothie recipe packed with protein and greens that tastes like a peanut butter cup!
This is, hands down, the best healthy chocolate peanut butter smoothie recipe. I drink one every day (no I’m not exaggerating) alongside my favorite peanut butter banana baked oatmeal or cottage cheese pancakes!
If you’ve been around here for a while, it’s no surprise that my favorite smoothie tastes like a peanut butter cup. In my humble opinion, there is no greater flavor combination than chocolate and peanut butter.
I have spent years drinking this chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie, and to me, it is perfection in a glass. It’s easy to make in less than 5 minutes, and is loaded with protein and nutrients so you feel full all morning long.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie: Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Almond milk. whole or 2% milk, coconut milk, etc. are all good substitutes.Â
- Chocolate Protein Powder. I use this chocolate protein powder, but any variety works well.Â
- Peanut Butter Powder. 1 Tablespoon creamy or crunchy peanut butter is great in place of powdered peanut butter.Â
- Greens. I love the organic power greens blend. You can use spinach, kale, a combination, etc.Â
Use Frozen Ingredients
If you like cold, creamy, thick smoothies then I suggest storing your greens and bananas in the freezer. Using frozen fruits and vegetables results in an ultra-creamy consistency without adding ice, which can water down the flavor.
How to Make a Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Let’s walk through how to make this chocolate peanut butter smoothie. Don’t forget to watch the video.
Begin by adding all the ingredients in the order listed in a high-powered blender.
Tip: Use a Vitamix
For the smoothest, creamiest smoothies – use a Vitamix blender! It’s very powerful and seriously makes the best smoothies ever.
Then, blend staring on low speed and increasing to high. Please keep in mind, frozen ingredients take slightly longer to blend than non-frozen.
So if you’re using frozen banana and spinach, this takes about 50 seconds to blend. If not, it will take closer to 30.
Then, once the mixture is smooth, pour it into cups and serve.
Serve
I drink this entire smoothie myself as a nutritious breakfast to refuel my body after my morning workout (along with peanut butter baked oatmeal, breakfast bars, or cottage cheese pancakes).
If you’re making this for kids or as a snack, it could easily be shared with someone else, making 2 servings.
Store/Freeze
This chocolate peanut butter smoothie can be refrigerated for up to two days or frozen for around 2 months, although I suggest drinking it immediately.
To freeze, pour the smoothie mixture into a silicone tray (like an ice cube tray or these souper cube trays) and store for up to 2 months.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Recipe FAQs
Yes! Drinking green smoothies will give you a rich source of vitamins and minerals. It is a great way to incorporate leafy greens into your diet.
The best way to get thick smoothies is to use frozen ingredients (especially fruit and greens). Chia seeds also help thicken smoothies.
In this healthy peanut butter smoothie, protein powder is the main ingredient that adds extra nutrition, but here are a few suggestions!
– Protein Powder. Orgain is my favorite. I am never without both the vanilla and chocolate varieties in my pantry!
– Chia Seeds. A nutritional powerhouse, these tiny seeds pack a big protein punch!
– Greek Yogurt. When I make smoothies for my kids I almost always add Greek yogurt!
– Nut Butters. Peanut butter, almond butter, etc. the sky’s the limit!
– Nut Butter Powders. I love it because it tastes amazing, adds protein, is low in calories and easy to clean out of the blender!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup almond milk
- 2 Tablespoons chocolate protein powder*
- 1 Tablespoons powdered peanut butter**
- ½ banana (frozen)
- 2 cups greens (frozen)
- ½ Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder (optional)
Instructions
- Add ingredients to the container of a blender (Vitamix) in the order listed.
- Turn blender on low and slowly increase to high speed.
- Blend until smooth (about 50-60 seconds)
- Pour into glass and enjoy!
Video
Notes
- Almond milk. whole or 2% milk, coconut milk, etc. are all good substitutes.Â
- Chocolate Protein Powder. I use this chocolate protein powder, but any variety works well.Â
- Peanut Butter Powder. 1 Tablespoon creamy or crunchy peanut butter is great in place of powdered peanut butter.Â
- Greens. I love the organic power greens blend. You can use spinach, kale, a combination, etc.Â
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Laura,
I love all of your recipes!!!
I saw your suggestion to replace banana with frozen spinach and/or chia seeds, but banna is also very sweet. I’d suggest replacing it with a couple dates. Granted, dates have more sugar than a banana, but dates also avoid the slime-factor (which some people like! Exhibit A: tapioca pudding) from chia seeds or the old-flavor of frozen spinach. I’ma try that and see how it goes 🙂
This is so simple and so surprisingly delicious. My new favorite. Thank you for sharing!
I found your recipe just after experimenting with my own chocolate, peanut butter smoothie this morning. I wondered if there was already a good recipe out there. Surprisingly, what I did was very similar, with a few minor variations. I didn’t use cocoa powder (great idea), rather I used a combined power called Chocolate PB Fit (peanut butter powder) and also added 1 TBS of Adams natural peanut butter. I also added a squirt of Agave for sweating.
It was awesome. My son, who thinks I’m strange making a green smoothie every morning, gave it a try and said it is the best one he’s tasted so far. High praise.
Thanks for posting this recipe.
How do you make out your frozen greens? Do you smash them down and pack it or just a loose cup? Mine never looks like yours so I’m thinking I’m not print enough greens in.
Molly
To be totally honest I probably put a little more greens in my smoothie than the recipe calls for because I like a LOT of greens! 🙂 The amount depends on your personal taste preferences!
Please what is the name and model of that blender picture in your article.. thank you
Hello! That is a Vitamix 5200 blender (<- click for link).
I just finished one of these smoothies! I am so happy! I added a glop of Sunbutter and 1 tblsp of Chia seeds to the base recipe. Tastes more like a guilty pleasure than a healthy shake. Thanks for creating and posting!!
I loved it! I have a store of frozen kale and frozen banana pieces in my freezer so it was nice and thick! I did use regular peanut butter and put just a sprinkle of stevia in as well. Otherwise, followed your recipe. Awesome, I’ll definitely make it again…
YAY! So glad! I literally drink this EVERY morning (just finished one as I type)!