Chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time0 minutes mins
Total Time5 minutes mins
Servings: 1 large serving
- 1 banana
- 1 cup milk 240 ml
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 5 small dates or 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder preferably Dutch-processed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Measure out all the ingredients.
Add all the ingredients into the blender container.
Mix thoroughly (I like to mix it for a good 2-3 minutes) until smooth and creamy (if using dates, make sure to read my notes that are written below).
Enjoy!
- Ingredient notes:
- Dates - it's best to use soft dates - I either buy dates where it says explicitly on the package 'soft dates' or I buy medjool dates (they are bigger than regular dates so you only need maybe 2-3 instead of 5). If you have dry or partially dried dates you will be able to blend them smooth only if you have a very powerful blender. Alternatively, you can soak these dates in milk overnight or soak them in boiling water for 10 mins, then drain, and add to other ingredients.
- Instead of dates, you can just add maple syrup. The smoothie with dates is a little bit more thick, creamy, and more naturally sweet, but the difference in flavor is not significant.
- Milk - I used cow's milk but any plant-based milk can also be added, for example, almond milk. If your almond milk is sweetened to may need to reduce the dates/maple syrup amount.
- Peanut butter - make sure to use unsweetened peanut butter or reduce the dates/maple syrup amount.
- Cocoa - I used unsweetened cocoa.
- Banana - it's best to use ripe and sweet bananas, but even not very ripe bananas will do, you just may need to add more sweetener (more dates or maple syrup).
- Vanilla extract - this is optional. You can also add vanilla bean paste. It makes the smoothie taste even better.
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Adjust the consistency to your liking: just add more or less milk. This smoothie is not very thick, it's easily pourable so you can easily drink it through a straw.
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If you would like to make this smoothie thicker and colder - use frozen bananas. I don't recommend adding ice as it will dilute the amazing flavor of this smoothie too much.
- This smoothie tastes also amazing the next day. Store it in the fridge, shake with the container, or stir it thoroughly with a fork before drinking it.
- Calories = 1 large serving (whole recipe). This is only an estimate!
Calories: 556kcal