Healthy, Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie (High Protein)

You guys asked for smoothies and I'm here to deliver! This is my chocolate peanut butter protein smoothie, otherwise known as our Peanut Junky smoothie from my previous meal prep company. There are a few ways you can make this smoothie, with protein, and without. When I make it with protein I call it a shake, when I make it without I call it a smoothie. You'll notice that when you get to the recipe down below.

This healthy chocolate peanut butter protein smoothie is made with just a few simple ingredients and can easily be tweaked to fit your preferences. My recipe calls for banana, peanut butter, cocoa powder, dates, flax meal (optional), ice and soy milk. But I've offered easy customization options to pack in the protein while reducing the calories so it can fit any diet while still getting the maximum peanut butter and chocolate flavour.

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Why You'll Love This Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Protein Smoothie Recipe

Just 6 ingredients to make.

Easy to customize. 

Simple to make high in protein, low in calories, and/or weight loss friendly.

Packed with fibre and healthy fats.

Perfect quick snack or meal. 

What You'll Need

Peanut butter or peanut butter powder. My original recipes calls for regular, full fat peanut butter, but in the recipe section I'll offer you ways to reduce the calories by using ingredients like peanut butter powder.

Cocoa powder or cacao powder. Cocoa powder is the dutch processed version and is generally used for baking. You can also use cacao powder (discount code: EVANNRYAN) which is unprocessed and great for superfood smoothies and raw energy balls, etc. Either work in this recipe. 

Banana. You can use fresh or frozen banana. I generally use fresh banana and a few ice cubes to make the smoothie cold, but you can use frozen bananas and skip the ice if preferred. 

Flax meal. This is simply a superfood add-on. Switch it to hemp seeds, chia seeds, or skip it all together.

Dates. This adds sweetness with a big boost of fibre! 

Soy milk. Using soy milk boosts the protein by an additional 8g per cup!

Ice. Only if you're not using frozen bananas. 

 

PRO TIP: Always add your liquids to the blender first. This makes it so the nut butters and powders don't get stuck to the bottom when it's blending time!

Use fresh bananas and ice, or frozen bananas and no ice to make the perfect smoothie.

Substitutions

If you want to decrease the calories and fats but keep the flavour, you can use a spoon or two of peanut butter powder (linked above!) instead of regular peanut butter. One tablespoon of peanut butter powder has 4g of protein for only 35 calories vs. regular peanut butter which has 4g of protein for 100 calories. 

Add-in chocolate protein powder (discount code: EVANNRYAN) to make it a high protein shake! When I do this I remove the dates since protein powder adds enough sweetness. 

Instead of soy milk you can use any preferred dairy free milk. If you want to keep the protein, make sure to use a high protein milk like Silks High Protein Almond and Cashew milk. 

Skip the ice and use frozen bananas. 

Another great drink for you to try from the blog is my Homemade Electrolyte Drink Recipe. It's incredibly refreshing!

Please note: all calories and macros have been calculated to the best of my ability but may vary slightly.

 

Classic Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Recipe makes 1 serving

Macros per serving:

515 cals - 19g fat - 64g carbs - 22g protein 

(SEE ALL THREE MACRO OPTIONS FOR THIS SMOOTHIE RECIPE AS YOU SCROLL)

 

Ingredients:

• 1 banana (fresh or frozen)
• 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 tbsp flax meal 
• 1 date, pitted 
• 1 heaping tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups soy milk 
• 1/2 cup ice (if not using frozen banana)

 

Instructions:

1. Add all the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until super smooth.

 

Lower Calorie and Fat Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Recipe makes 1 serving

Macros per serving:

397 cals - 9g fat - 60g carbs - 19g protein 

Ingredients:

• 1 banana (fresh or frozen)
  1 tbsp peanut butter powder
• 1 heaping tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 date, pitted 
•  1 1/2 cups soy milk 
• 1/2 cup ice (if not using frozen banana)

 

Instructions:

1. Add all the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until super smooth.

 

High Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake (best for meal replacement)

Recipe makes 1 serving

Macros per serving:

492 cals - 12g fat - 51g carbs - 45g protein 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 banana (fresh or frozen)
  1 tbsp peanut butter powder
• 1 heaping tbsp cocoa powder (discount code: EVANNRYAN)
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (discount code: EVANNRYAN)
• 1 1/2 cups soy milk
• 1/2 cup ice (if not using frozen bananas)

 

Instructions:

1. Add all the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until super smooth. 

 

As you can see, you can get a really similar flavour with a very different macronutrient profile. The smoothie taste stays pretty much the same, but with the right measurements can align perfectly with your goals.

Let us know in the comments how this recipe went for you and which one you tried!