Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

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This Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie is packed with protein and even has a full serving of greens in it. The best part is, it’s healthy and tastes exactly like a peanut butter cup!

Love mixing up smoothies for a meal? Check out some of our most popular smoothie recipes like The Best Breakfast Smoothie or this Healthy Green Smoothie Recipe.

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There really isn’t a better combination than chocolate, peanut butter, and banana. These three flavors together taste like dessert and we’re totally here for that.

Why Make this Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie?

You get your veggies and the deliciousness of a peanut butter cup all in one! Here is why we love this chocolate peanut butter smoothie.

Naturally sweetened- Say heck no to those sugar-packed juices and rely on the sweetness of the frozen fruit you use in smoothies. This chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie is sweetened solely with the frozen bananas used as the base.

Veggie Packed- Add an extra serving of vegetables to your meal in a cup. This chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie is packed with spinach and guess what? You can’t even taste it!

Pantry Staples- Smoothies are easy to mix together when you have all of the right ingredients in your pantry already. For this smoothie, make sure you have cocoa powder, peanut butter, almond milk, and flaxseed on hand at all times.

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What You Need

The beauty about all smoothies on Fit Foodie Finds is the fact that we make fruit smoothies, meaning there is no ice involved!

  • Frozen Banana: frozen banana is the base of this smoothie. Check out our guide to freezing bananas so you can be ready for smoothie making at any time.
  • Peanut butter: any brand of peanut butter will work for this recipe. We love Smuckers All-Natural!
  • Cocoa powder: Make sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder so that you’re not adding more sugar.
  • Flaxseed: flax is a great way to add healthy fats and fiber, without altering the flavor of this chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie.
  • Spinach: I promise you that you can’t even taste the spinach. Just make sure you blend blend blend so that the spinach purees and is hidden.
  • Milk: any kind of milk works for this recipe. We prefer almond milk.
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Blender

Looking to upgrade your blender? Check out our favorite Vitamix Blender. It’s our favorite high-speed blender perfect for making smoothies, soups, and nut butter.

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Optional Add-Ins:

The great thing about this chocolate peanut butter smoothie is that it’s really good at masking the flavors of other add-ins such as more spinach and other veggies too! Here are some add-in ideas:

Protein Powder: Swap out a tablespoon or two of the cocoa powder for your favorite chocolate protein powder for more grams of protein.

Vanilla: add a splash of vanilla extract. This will enhance the peanut butter cup flavor.

Frozen Cauliflower: frozen cauliflower is a great veggie to add for more nutrients. I do this in almost all my smoothies and you can’t even taste it!

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How to Blend a Smoothie

Blending a smoothie might be the easiest thing you’ve ever done!

  1. Place all ingredients into your high-speed blender. Make sure that your bananas are right out of the freezer.
  2. Blend on high for 1-2 minutes, adding more milk as needed. Blend until the smoothie is smooth with no chunks.

easy chocolate magic shell

Love the magic shell in those photos?! It’s so easy to make and will make your kids swoon over this chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie. Here’s what you need:

  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Directions: melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in a medium bowl. Then, dip the top part of your smoothie glass into the magic shell and immediately place the cup in the fridge for 10 minutes to harden.

smoothie topped with peanut butter and banana
4.89 from 9 votes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

This Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie is packed with protein and even has a full serving of greens in it. The best part is, it’s healthy and tastes exactly like a peanut butter cup!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Servings: 2
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Ingredients 

  • 2 cups sliced frozen bananas
  • 3 tablespoons all-natural creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 1 cup fresh spinach, packed (or more, if that’s your jam!)
  • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, or more, depending on how thick you like it

Instructions 

  • Place all ingredients into a high-speed blender.
  • Blend on high until smooth, making sure there are no spinach chunks visible. You may need to add a little more almond milk depending on how thick/thin you like your smoothies.

Tips & Notes

  • Easy Homemade Magic Shell: Melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a medium bowl. Then, dip the top part of your smoothie glass into the magic shell and immediately place the cup in the fridge for 10 minutes to harden.

Nutrition

Calories: 328 kcal, Carbohydrates: 48 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 16 g, Fiber: 11 g, Sugar: 21 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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About Lee Funke

Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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Amanda
Amanda
January 21, 2017 11:32 am

This looks really good but I can’t eat bananas. Has anyone tried this without bananas or substituted something else for the banana??

Meredith
Meredith
January 31, 2021 2:36 pm
Reply to  Amanda

Iโ€™m wondering the same. Maybe a substitute of Greek yogurt but whatโ€™s the correct equivalent? One recipe might say โ€œone small bananaโ€ and another (like this one) says two cups of sliced bananas. Two different types of measurement.

Kathy S.
Kathy S.
October 16, 2016 5:30 pm

Is the spinach for the peanut butter/choc. smoothie frozen, fresh or canned? Anxious to try this.

Brandy
Brandy
June 27, 2016 9:21 am

Hi, I was wondering if there was an alternative to the banana in the recipe.

Nickolette
Nickolette
April 12, 2016 4:57 pm

Hi, Lee! I’m really into smoothies lately, so I’ve been grabbing a few of your recipes for variety. This one looks awesome! Have you ever tried it with almond butter instead of peanut butter? Also, do you have a favorite blender make/model? I’m shopping for a new one and there are SO many choices. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks!!!

Sylina Condon
Sylina Condon
January 26, 2016 10:56 am

This smoothie is DELISH!!! I’m sipping on it as I type this…..one question, though. In the picture your smoothie looks thick, kinda like pudding consistency, which would allow for the layering. Mine is quite liquid-y, and the layers just combined as I poured the chocolate layer onto the peanut butter layer. It still tastes great, just curious how you got them to layer so nicely. :-))

Randiah
Randiah
December 13, 2015 2:44 pm
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5 stars
Made this today after my pole fitness workout. It is DELICIOUS! Not to mention healthy and SUPER filling. I almost can’t believe there is spinach in this (you can’t taste it at ALL) I’m gonna make this for my boyfriend who is addicted to chocolate so hecan still get some chocolate in a healthier way, lol Although I didn’t layer mine soit wasn’t as pretty, I can’t wait tomake this again!

Kristi Rimkus
August 3, 2015 9:00 pm

Hi Lee – I won’t have a problem getting my family to eat a smoothie with this recipe!

sangeetha menon
June 21, 2015 3:47 pm

Chocolate and peanut butter …yummm…yummmm…:-) Any substitute for almond milk in this recipe?

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Carol
Carol
April 7, 2015 9:21 am

Hi,
I am wondering how you figured the nutrition information for this smoothie. When I enter it into MyFitness Pal calorie counter, it comes out to nearly 500 calories! Just the banana’s alone are over 200 calories. I am just curious as to how you calculate your information to see if I am reading it wrong. This smoothie was great, and even at 400 calories it would make a great on-the-go breakfast!