Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Smoothie (Vegan, Gluten Free, Protein-Packed, Dairy-Free) (2024)

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Smoothie (V, GF, DF): a super thick & creamy protein-packed smoothie that tastes like hot chocolate in PB milkshake form.Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy-Free, Protein-Rich, No Sugar Added.

Peanut Butter. Hot Chocolate. Smoothie. Yep, you heard me right. Make that deliciously right. Everyone, gather ‘round, I’ve got something really special for you today: a super thick, super creamy, super-in-All-the-Ways scrumptious Peanut Butter Lover’s smoothie that I seriously contemplated calling a milkshake. Because: YUM!!

Okay, fine… I’ve heard that saying “YUM!!!!” exactly like that, stylized like that, is overused and blah blah blah. But I sooooo don’t care. Because: YUM!!!

Friends, I’m beyond excited by this recipe because:

1) I’ve seriously been sitting on this guy for like 3 months;

2) it’s one of my favorite smoothie recipes to date, and ya know how much I love mah smoothies!!

3) er… please just erase all visuals I left in your mind by saying, “sitting on this guy for like 3 months.” Smoothies probably aren’t the best recipe to sit on. Come to think of it, are there any??? .

4) this no-joke tastes like hot chocolate, in frozen form, upgraded peanut-butter style;

5) I get to write another list. Which is oddly very satisfying. Any takers?

I’m bursting at the seams (another freakish visual) to tell you how this came about! A very sweet reader, Liz we’ll call her–oh alright, her name really is Liz (hi Liz!!!)–left an even sweeter comment on my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. She said, “Maybe it’s just me but these cookies reminded me of a mix of a chocolate peanut butter shake + hot chocolate.”

Didn’t you just instantly crave that exact thing when you read it?? Yep, that’s exactly how I felt! My smoothie-lovin’ self was immediately inspired to whip up a Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Smoothie… that tasted just like a peanut butter shake + hot chocolate combined. .

Once I got a chance to clear out my schedule for some very careful kitchen experimentation, I got down to business. I started with my Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream Smoothie, drew some inspiration from my Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie and from the cookiesLiz loved so much and got to work.

The result was so delicious, satisfying and totally deserving of its namesake (I like to think). So hopefully I didn’t let ya down, Liz! 😉 As for why I ended up taking so goshdarn long to release this recipe… well, you have holiday madness to blame for that. The clock was ticking on my pumpkin pie smoothie and my peppermint mocha frappe, so those needy buggers got pushed to the front of the list. Well, they told me the holidays would be demanding, but who thought it’d be so literal??

Anyway, I hope you love this recipe just as much and my family and I do. To be frank, all of us have been utterly clueless as to what hot chocolate recipes mean when they’re not quite, eh… in hot chocolate form.

Oh, you know what I mean! Like, what are hot chocolate cookies? Are they chocolate cookies that are made with hot chocolate mix? Were steaming cups of hot chocolate pushed into some kind of magical transformation machine and zapped into cookie form? (If so, I’ve got to put a mocha frappe into that machine…)

What about hot chocolate cake?? Like, how did bountiful, coconut-whip topped, giant cups (bowls with handles attached) of hot chocolate turn into comparatively dry layers of cake… completely lacking in liquid characteristics… uh, what was I saying? Now all I can think about is cake and bowls of coconut whip. YUM!!

Ahem. Back on track…and don’t even get me started on frozen hot chocolate. What an oxymoron. But here I stand, the biggest, goofiest human embodiment of oxymoronism. Okay fine, I just finished typing that word and it turns out it’s not even a word. Go figure.

But thankfully, before I could overthink this whole frozen HoCho concept, I got the ol’ blender out. A good, sturdy blender always saves the day, don’t you think? My final (but not really, because change is good) conclusion is… the combo of cinnamon and cocoa powder make this Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Smoothie a new, proud member of the hot chocolate family.

What do you think?

While I for-realsies eagerly await your responses, allow me the pleasure of telling you all about my Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Smoothie. It’s:

• super thick and creamy, like a milkshake
• rich, chocolatey and oh so hot chocolate… y
• vegan, gluten free, dairy free
• so easy to make
• awesomely No Sugar Added
• deliciously protein-packed
• bursting with peanut butter flavor
• made with healthy, feel-good ingredients
• plant-based and allergy-friendly
• made for both frozen and hot beverage fans
• just 5 ingredients
• perfect for a post-workout snack, pre-gym visit…
• and dessert or just ‘cuz

Grab a blender, your most deliciously frozen bananas, a few more ingredients and your appetite. This is gonna be GOOD. I’m so pleased to spend time with you in the kitchen! Be sure to let me know what fun, experimental, or even just old-fashioned classic smoothie recipes you’d love to see on the blog. I can’t wait to hear what you think of this one! In the meantime, tell me:

When do you love to enjoy a smoothie? Before a workout, as a special dessert treat, or…?

Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️

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