Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

This delicious healthy chocolate peanut butter smoothie will get your day off on the right foot! Sweetened with banana and maple syrup, this smoothie is simple, good for you, and filling. It tastes like dessert, but you can have it for a fueled up breakfast or a midday pick me up!

You. Guys-- this chocolate peanut butter smoothie is the stuff of dreams. I don't think there's anything better.

Oh wait! Yes there is:

A HEALTHY chocolate peanut butter smoothie!!

Especially when it's for breakfast.  I'll take twelve, please.

This smoothie is great in the way that you can really have it whenever you please. Of course, you can have it for breakfast, but it also makes a great afternoon snack that you can take on the go or even a healthy dessert!

It's full of oats, banana, peanut butter, and almond milk so it'll keep you full until lunch or dinner.

Oh and let's not forget, THERE'S CHOCOLATE IN IT. 

A chocolate smoothie!! I can hear angels singing. 

It's a treat for your body and a treat for your soul.  Now that's what I'm talking about sis!

Why do we love this chocolate peanut butter smoothie?

Well, because it's delicious. It tastes like a milkshake!

This smoothie is filled with potassium rich banana, heart healthy oats, and protein packed peanut butter! The chocolate comes from rich dark cocoa and the unsweetened almond milk helps the whole mixture blend together.

Bonus, the only sweetener in this smoothie comes from the natural sugar from the banana and the maple syrup if you choose to add it.  So this smoothie is not overly sweet and it's not full of anything artificial and you can totally customize the sweetness to your taste!

The almond milk makes this smoothie a great dairy free option for those who can't have dairy or choose not to. You can definitely substitute regular (or chocolate) milk, coconut milk or oat milk! 

These ingredients are all super good for you, very nutritious and they keep you full throughout the day!

How to Make a Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 very ripe banana, frozen
• ¼ cup rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 2 heaping tablespoons of peanut butter
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 teaspoon real maple syrup (optional)
• Dash of salt
• 7-8 ice cubes

Instructions

In a blender, puree banana, oats, cocoa, peanut butter, almond milk, syrup, and salt until smooth. 

Add ice and blend again until thick and creamy.

Serve and enjoy!

Additional mix-ins

• Flax seed
• Chia seeds
• Brewer's yeast
• Dash of cayenne pepper
• Dash of cinnamon
• Shredded coconut
• Coconut milk
• Almond butter in place of peanut butter
• Chocolate chips (why not?)

 

Can I make this chocolate Peanut butter smoothie with no banana?

You certainly can.

When you think of a fruit that goes with peanut butter and chocolate, the classic choice is banana! Peanut butter and banana have been best friends since the dawn of time, but I realize that's not for everyone!

You can always substitute the banana for your favorite yogurt. Coconut yogurt would be fabulous in this recipe!

Yogurt is protein packed and would give you the same creaminess as the banana.

However, swapping out the banana will remove a lot of sweetness in the recipe, so you may need to add more maple syrup or honey to your smoothie.

Of course, you could add sweetened yogurt, but if you wanted to stick with no refined sugars, I'd use unsweetened yogurt and add extra maple syrup, honey, or even agave.

Let's talk about boobs for a minute...

I started drinking this chocolate peanut butter smoothie shortly after Delilah was born--mostly as a way to get my milk supply up while I was nursing her. TMI folks sorry, but that's the origin story! 

I am not a lactation consultant by any means, but shortly after D was born I did read up on different foods that seemed to encourage production. It's been said that oats and almonds are great for milk production when you're nursing and this smoothie has both. It also has a good dose of peanut butter, which I've also seen on some milk boosting lists. More importantly, the calories are extremely helpful in the aid of milk production, since you burn a whole bunch while producing and feeding the baby milk.

How about chocolate? Well, it's chocolate and mama needs it.

When you're a new mom, there is so much changing around you and you're so focused on your little peanut, you don't get a whole lot of treats for yourself. 

So the fact that this smoothie can help keep you going and make you feel good--because it's freakin delicious-- it's exactly what a first time mama needs in her day.  

And again...it's dessert for breakfast!!! 

In addition to this smoothie, you can find a list of other milk boosting foods here!

Tips

• I like to blend all ingredients except the ice first. This is to ensure that the mixture is very well combined and super smooth.
• Add as much ice as you'd like to get the smoothie to your desired thickness.  I did find that the more ice I added, my flavors got a little more muted.
• A frozen banana is really recommended for this beverage. It helps thicken the smoothie and make it creamy, without watering the taste down.
• Don't skip the dash of salt! It helps cut the bitter of the cocoa.
• Maple syrup is optional. The smoothie on it's own is lightly sweetened from the banana.  If you're using a sweetened almond, coconut or almond milk, then you can probably skip the syrup.

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