Protein shake made with peanut flour to help curb calories while still giving you all the delicious peanut butter flavor you crave.
Peanut butter is an all-time favorite food for me. I can seriously put peanut butter on just about anything and it will taste better.
Well, maybe not just about everything… but quite a few things – apples, celery, toast, sandwich, bananas – haha, you get the picture.
Protein shakes just happen to be one of the best things to add peanut butter to!
Especially when the base of the protein shake is chocolate because chocolate and peanut butter go together like peas and carrots. Like Jenny and Forest. Lol, I’m lame I know.
Of course regular peanut butter, albeit good for you, has a ton of extra calories in it that I usually don’t like to add to my protein shakes.
Just two little tablespoons of peanut butter can have up to, or more than 200 calories, and I like to try and keep the calories of these babies down so that I can enjoy it like a treat instead of it being a full meal… more like a snack.
However, there are some times that I throw that logic out the window and go for the full fat, creamy goodness of regular peanut butter. Cuz there are definitely times, like right after my workout, or for breakfast, that I am in need of all those extra calories.
However for this recipe, I used the good ole stand-by, peanut flour or PB2. Peanut flour has the same amazing taste and flavor as regular peanut butter but without all the extra calories.
Plus, it blends up just as well and you wouldn’t even know it was a powder when you’re drinking the shake.
This shake comes out luxuriously creamy and rich, thanks to the addition of a half banana and tastes almost like a dessert for breakfast (or whatever meal/snack you’re having it for).
Ingredients
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 banana frozen
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter powder or PB2
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup ice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into blender and blend on high until smooth.
I have never heard of peanut butter flour. I’m going to have to look that up. With as much peanut butter as we go through, I’ll probably have to buy stock in the company. Thanks for sharing! The smoothie looks great. Cheers!
It’s definitely a calorie savor when your making smoothies and shakes and things!
This is really good…I use a Tbsp (ok a blob…:) ) of natural peanut butter and a scoop of jif protein powder (it is only peanuts, no sugars like so many..even organic ones I have bought have sugars) I like this recipe because it’s simple and not a ton of ingredients to pull out. Plus its delicious! Thank you!
I feel ya… I have a weakness for peanut butter, also. Smoothies are my favorite to use peanut powder in.
Hi Jennifer, this looks delicious! Do you know about how many calories are in it? I definitely want to try it!
Hi Ashley! I don’t provide nutrition information for my recipes because the specific ingredients used in each recipe can vary extensively from one person to the next. If you’re looking for this information, please plug the exact ingredients you use into any of the free online calorie counters, like this one – http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php.
Great! Thanks! The smoothie was delicious!!
I just found PB flour at Walmart. In the baking section, near the chia seeds and flax seeds.
Cant wait to try it out in my smoothies.
It’s seriously the best thing ever, Melanie! You’ll love it!
Thank you for posting this! I added a few frozen strawberries instead of the banana and it was delicious!!!
I made the ? butter protein shake I think it better with pb power I keep buying it taste better and less calories. Also when I use regular peanut butter it doesn’t get think. Instead of banana I used Frozen mixed berries,it tasted great.
I’m a little confused. First you mentioned peanut flour, then peanut powder and PB2. Are these all different? I can’t find a product that says “peanut flour,” and I’ve found peanut butter powder, not peanut powder. Isn’t PB2 peanut butter powder? Sorry for the confusion.
Nope, they’re all the same thing. Also, PB2 is just a brand of peanut flour or peanut powder but you can use whichever you can find.
Just have 1 question, says 1 scoop of the protein powder, what does that mean?
Use the scoop that came in/with the protein powder.