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| Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake |
So good and so easy! I've had one of these every day for the last week or so. I almost never do that as I'm pretty adventurous with food and love to try different things. The taste will vary and the carb count will vary depending on your brand of chocolate protein powder. Just try to find the lowest carb one you can. I buy mine at Walmart and is 2 net carbs per scoop. You can reduce the carb count in the recipe pretty easily by using only 1 scoop of protein powder.
5 STARS
1 serving
7 net carbs per serving
ice (4 or 5 ice cubes)
1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk
1/2 cup water
2 scoops chocolate low carb protein powder
1 TBSP natural peanut butter (ingredients should only be peanut butter and salt)
Throw it all into a Magic Bullet or whatever blending device you have and blend for 30 seconds or so.
This sounds yummy. I haven't seen unsweetened chocolate almond milk, I will have to look for it!
ReplyDeleteThe only place I've found it near me is at Albertsons. I was shocked when Sprouts didn't carry it. It's in a carton that is not in the fridge case, but usually over where soy, almond, canned milk is or over in the health/gluten free section of stores.
DeleteI make these but I use 1 banana, regular almond milk, peanut butter and unsweetened coco and blend with ice. I add shuttle protein powder
DeleteWhich chocolate low carb protien shake do you like? I have never found one that didn't taste "chemical-y" to me.
ReplyDeleteI buy Pure Protein brand from Walmart. It doesn't taste great when just mixed with water but when you use the chocolate almond milk and some peanut butter (or sometimes instead of peanut butter I'll put in a drop of peppermint or banana extract) it's fabulous! I'm sure there are much better but I'm cheap and this one tastes great with mixers.
DeleteI just had to try this because of the fact that you gave it 5 stars and you drank it for a whole week. I once had a large tub of vanilla protein powder that we threw away. We're not powder fans over here. However, for this recipe, I got a tub of chocolate powder for like $16.
ReplyDeleteIt tastes so good in this recipe! I love to have this shake in the morning at work. I use regular unsweetened almond milk -- I can't wait to find the chocolate stuff. Thank you for expanding my world!
I'm so glad you liked it! I have a tub of chocolate and vanilla that sat in my pantry forever because I didn't enjoy the taste with just water. That all changed once I mixed with unsweetened almond milk though! I found the chocolate unsweetened almond milk in the shelf area (not freezer) with the healthy/gluten free stuff at my Albertsons. I've never seen it anywhere else. Sometimes I skip the peanut butter and add a couple of drops of coconut extract, peppermint extract, orange extract or banana. They are all so yummy and you seriously only need like 2 drops!
DeleteThose sounds like lovely ways to mix things up. Thank you again, my sweet!
DeleteThis is delicious! Before I went low carb, I was addicted to Culver's peanut butter shakes. This recipe is an amazing alternative! I'm sure there are many other great favors you can make depending on which whey flavor you use, like strawberry and vanilla. I'm so glad I came across this recipe, using whey and almond milk opens a lot of doors for low carbers.
ReplyDeleteTwo questions:
What peanut butter and whey powder do you use? My peanut butter (Jiff Natural) has around 8 carbs per 2 tbsp. Is there a peanut butter that is lower? My whey is 3 carbs per scoop. My version of this came out to around 15 carbs or less. Are there any lower carb products than these?
Thanks for the great recipe! I absolutely love your blog!
I just looked it up and Jiff Natural has sugar and molasses. I would not recommend that brand at all. I also noticed that based on the carb counts you listed, you may not be calculating net carbs. Net carbs are what is important during low carb living. You take carbs and subtract fiber to get net carb count. You want a peanut butter where the only ingredients are peanuts and salt. I have tried a few and they are all pretty similar since it's only two ingredients. My favorite is probably Laura Scudder's Smooth Old Fashioned Peanut Butter. It is 4 net carbs for 2 TBSP (as are all/most all natural peanut butters since it's really just ground peanuts). For Whey Protein, I'm using the Pure Protein brand, which I think I bought at either Walmart or Target. I just look for whatever brand is cheapest versus a low carb and sugar counts. This one is 2 net carbs (3 carb and 1 fiber) per scoop. Hope that helps! P.S. If you want to mix things up, sometimes I skip the peanut butter and add a few drops of flavored extracts. Coconut, strawberry and orange are probably my favorites.
DeleteI love this with a banana and I use Almond Breeze Chocolate milk and Whey vanilla protein with smart balance Peanut butter. It's so great after my power pump class and a really long run! Love your blog, found you on pinterest. I'm a new to low carbin' and love to find recipes/tips/advice from others! So thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Alyssa! I'm glad you are enjoying! Be aware though that bananas are a high carb fruit and should not be eaten on a low carb lifestyle. However, I use a few drops of banana extract in mine and natural peanut butter (your peanut butter should ONLY have peanuts and maybe salt on the ingredients list). Tastes the same but very low carb!
DeleteThis shake is my absolute fav!!
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Is this shake allowed on Induction? I just discovered your blog and I love it! I've just started low carb and I already and losing and feel great!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I NEEDED this bad, as protein powder on it's own is kind of yuck! I didn't even know that no sugar added chocolate almond milk was a thing. I need to find this ASAP. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI wish you were still blogging because this is a great one!