June 4, 2012
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Next time you need a substantial snack or healthy treat, try this chocolate peanut butter smoothie made with no banana. It’s super thick, delicious, and packed with healthy fats and protein.
Fruit smoothies are my family’s most requested recipe, but nothing compares when it comes to this chocolate peanut butter smoothie. A scoop of peanut butter and Greek yogurt provides added protein and flavor my kids love to sip through a straw.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Ingredients
Only five ingredients, including ice, are needed to make this dessert-like smoothie. Let’s run down the list of ingredients you’ll need:
- Chocolate milk: you can use dairy or non-dairy chocolate milk.
- Plain Greek yogurt: makes the smoothie creamy and high in protein.
- Peanut butter: natural, creamy peanut butter, another nut butter, or your favorite nut-free alternative.
- Maple syrup: or honey to add sweetness!
- Ice: it’s gotta be super refreshing!
Like most smoothie recipes, you can customize this one to the needs of your family. Use non-dairy milk and yogurt, or if you can’t have nut butter like peanut butter or almond butter, I have a video about the top 5 nut-free alternatives that taste just as great in this post!
Have frozen bananas on hand you’d like to use up? This Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Shake is just as heavenly with a frosty-like texture.
How to Make a Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie without Banana
Making delicious smoothies is a one-step process, and the blender does all the work. It goes a little like this:
- Blend
Add all the ingredients to a blender in the order listed. Blend until smooth.
*Starting with liquids first and adding solid ingredients will ensure any smoothie recipe blends even and smooth. - Sip up!
Transfer the smoothie to a glass or to-go cup and sip away!
The best part is that I can put all of the ingredients in my budget blender the night before and store it in the fridge or make smoothie freezer packs, so in the morning, all I have to do is blend, and it’s ready to go!
Watch the magic happen here:
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie (no banana)
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate milk, dairy or nondairy (we use chocolate almond milk)
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup creamy, natural peanut butter, or other nut butter
- 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 2 cups ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in the order listed into a blender and blend until smooth. Add more milk for a thinner consistency if desired.
Dawn
This is the first smoothie recipe I have found with no berries. (bananas are a berry) I am allergic to all forms of berries and most of the berries that are not true berries (strawberry). I am excited to try this so I can try a smoothie for the first time.
PC
I love the creaminess and the flavor is nice and sweet (I use the honey). I cut the recipe in half to make one serving at a time and made some substitutes so I used 1 Scoop chocolate protein powder, 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp honey, 1/2 cup ice cubes and 1/2 cup almond milk for less viscosity
mama o' maley
pretty good. What do you guys thinnk?
callie
Do you need chocolate milk?
MOMables-Laura
You can use regular milk but the smoothie won’t be chocolatey.
Dakota
Do you have to use yogurt?
MOMables - Laura
No, you don’t. It just won’t’ be as thick.
ciara nolan
very very yummy, i used almond milk yogurt. next time i think i’ll throw in a banana. but otherwise very good :)
Nerma
Pretty amazing if I say so myself
Christy
Thank you! My three year old son loves this smoothie. I used white milk and added a tsp of cocoa for some chocolate flavour. Will make again!
Sharon
My kids like it when I add a little cinnamon to this smoothie. My daughter says it tastes like a muffin!
Nicole
For those who can’t have peanut butter, NO-NUT BUTTER is a WONDERFUL replacement! :o)
Bacawind
The smoothie looks good, but the little boy in the photos is ADORABLE!!!!
Sarah
I make something similar with a frozen banana instead of ice. A little extra vitamin action and makes it extra milk-shakey! Loving all of your recipes and tips!!
Sarah
And you can get chocolate peanut butter (in the States), and use regular milk. Or just eat spoonfuls.
Laura
Thank you so much Sarah!
Marlo
Can you make a bunch of these ahead and freeze them? I have some silicone push-pop molds and I’m hoping I can send these in school lunches as a sweet treat!
Laura
Hi Marlo! Yes! these are so yummy in those silicone push pop things! we’ve had them as popsicles too all summer. think of them as pb fudge bars. Enjoy!
Kristen
What can you substitute the yogurt with for people who are allergic to dairy? Would really like to see more alts for recipes to include this..so frustrating!
Laura
i am sure you can either use soy yogurt or soy milk (non dairy milks too) and add crushed ice. the yogurt gives it ‘thinkness’. just don’t sub water. :)
Renee
You can use a banana. :)
Nicole
We used COCONUT milk YOGURT by SO Delicious today. Yummy!
Susie
Just wondering about the ingred list. Is ‘Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie’ an product you can buy in the US? & is that the chocolate component? The idea sounds so good, but I’m a bit confused. :)
Laura
Susie, thanks for pointing it out! No, the title was pb smoothie. It’s fixed now. :)