Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

This Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie is made with wholesome ingredients but tastes like a milkshake! Ideal for the morning or a sweet treat.

Need a healthy treat? try it Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie: Made with healthy ingredients but tastes like a milkshake! We can’t resist smoothies that taste like dessert, like our Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie and our Peanut Butter Smoothie. Put them together and you have this! It’s rich and chocolatey, but made with bananas, oats, and honey. Mix it up for busy mornings or afternoons when you need a quick pick-me-up — it even doubles as a healthy dessert!

Ingredients of this peanut butter and chocolate smoothie

This chocolate peanut butter smoothie only needs a few good ingredients to whip up in the blender. Make it with milk or your choice of plant-based milk. You can even do it with coffee (more on that below!). Here’s a rundown of the simple ingredients you’ll need:

• Frozen Bananas: This is the only step you need to do in advance! Slice them and freeze them on a baking sheet for at least 1h30. Or you can buy frozen bananas!
• Old-fashioned oats
• Cocoa powder or Dutch-process cocoa powder (dark): we prefer black; more on that below
• peanut butter
• milk of your choice (milk, oat or almond milk) or coffee: Coffee adds a fun twist, similar to this coffee smoothie! You can also add half milk, half strong coffee or espresso.
• honey or maple syrup
• Ice

Dutch Process vs Standard Cocoa Powder

For this chocolate peanut butter smoothie, use whatever cocoa powder you have on hand. But we like it best with Dutch cocoa powder, also known as dark cocoa powder! This type has been treated with an alkali to make it pH neutral, giving it a darker color and milder flavor. It makes the taste ultra chocolaty: which we love!

Step it up with shaved chocolate

Serving that Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie as a treat? Cover with a pinch of dark chocolate! You only need about 1 tablespoon and when you stir it in, it turns into delicious chocolate chips with every sip. It’s optional but a fun way to level up! Then add a squirt of peanut butter to top it off.

Ways to add more protein

This chocolate peanut butter smoothie has a decent amount of protein from peanut butter, but we tried to use just enough to get great flavor without too many calories. Here are some other options for adding protein:

• Chia seeds. You can add plant-based protein and fiber to chia seeds: 2 tablespoons of chia seeds add 4 grams of protein and 11 grams of fiber.
• Vanilla or Chocolate Protein Powder: Protein powder works well too! We use this protein powder with natural ingredients and not too artificial taste. Make sure to include maple syrup or honey as protein powder adds sweetness.

More sweet smoothie recipes

Looking for more smoothies that taste like a treat? Here are a few others you might like:

This Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.