Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie
This Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie is a quick, easy, simple, nutritious and delicious way to start your day… or to keep your tummy satisfied when you’re on the go!
I can’t believe it had been that long since I’d last had a smoothie. In fact, for some strange reason, I’d almost forgotten that they even existed. I don’t think that I’ve ever had one since going vegan at the beginning of this year.
But then eventually, I inevitably got a craving for one, and of course, had to go with one of my favorite flavor combos in the world: peanut butter and chocolate.
If you know me, then you’re no stranger to the fact that I like to add all kinds of “unexpected” ingredients to my smoothies, in an effort to make them more nutritious, give them a boost of flavor and lots of texture: I love my smoothies to be thick and to offer my teeth a little bit of something to chew on.
This time, I decided to throw in a whole half cup of chickpeas to my Peanut Butter and Chocolate Smoothie. You read that one right: chickpeas. I figured their nutty flavor would serve to emphasize that of the peanuts, that they would also do a tremendous job as a thickener and would help a great deal in boosting the protein content.
I’m happy to report that they did a superb job on all 3 accounts! Try it for yourself, you’ll see…
Smoothies are super easy to make: simply prep all your ingredients and place them in the container of your blender. The use of a high-speed blender is highly recommended to achieve a super smooth and silky consistency, but really, any blender would work.
Likewise, I chose to use a frozen banana, because I like the way they behave in smoothies, giving them a bit of a frosty “edge”, but if you didn’t have any of those lying around in your freezer, a good plain old ripe, room temperature banana would work just as well.
Also too, this smoothie isn’t really sweet at all — I totally prefer them like that — but if you want to add a tad more sweetness to yours, go ahead and throw in a tablespoon or two of pure maple syrup, or other sweetener of your choice. Smoothies: they are SO not an exact science, you know!
As you can see in the pictures, I like my smoothies real nice and thick! If you prefer yours to be a bit on the thinner side, by all means, simply throw in a little bit more milk, until you have reached your preferred, desired consistency.
Then, simply transfer your finished smoothie to a fancy drinking glass — or your favorite portable container if you are going to take this baby with you somewhere — and enjoy as you see fit!
I chose to give mine a little bit of an added crunch by garnishing it with a handful of chopped peanuts, which later got mixed in with the rest. I totally recommend doing that if, like me, you enjoy your smoothies to have a bit of “chewability” factor to them.
Only one thing left to do now… I’ll leave you to it!
Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 ripe banana, preferably frozen but fresh would also work
- 1-1/4 cups oat milk, or other non-dairy milk of your choice
- 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas, or canned
- 3 tbsp pea protein powder, or your favorite vegan protein powder
- 2 tbsp organic cacao powder
- 2 tbsp powdered peanut butter
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup, optional
- pinch salt, I use Himalayan salt
Optional garnish
- chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in the container of your blender and process on high speed until smooth and creamy. Add more milk if thinner consistency is desired.
- Serve immediately.
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4 Comments on “Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie”
What a great recipe! It was delicious 😁 Thanks Healthy Foodie for all the great ideas!
Also if any of you guys do check it out please make sure to let me know your results I’m extremely confident!
Thank you for sharing the recipe with us!
This high protein chocolate smoothie looks absolutely delicious! I loved the idea of adding chickpeas! Thanks for sharing your expertise.