Peanut Butter Espresso Smoothie
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This peanut butter espresso smoothie combines your two favorite things: peanut butter and coffee! It’s a delicious and nutritious breakfast or afternoon pick-me-up.
Do you struggle with finding time to make breakfast? I’ve definitely been there before. When I’m in a rush in the mornings, smoothies tend to be my go-to breakfast. Not surprisingly, a vegan espresso smoothie is even better because you’re killing two birds with one stone: coffee and breakfast all in one.
Needless to say, I’m excited to share this recipe with you. I love coffee and coffee desserts and coffee bars and yes, even my favorite coffee turmeric smoothie. My coconut mocha smoothie is one of my most popular recipes, so I thought I’d make another version, only this time using peanut butter. Because why not? Oh, and if you really love coffee smoothies, be sure to check my top 10 FAVORITE coffee smoothies.
Recipe features
- Delicious on-the-go breakfast with a little caffeine too
- Even more delicious when paired with my homemade peanut milk
- Perfect for if/when you’re craving something sweet in the morning, but won’t cause a sugar crash
Ingredient notes
Banana – If you don’t want to use banana as a base, you could sub 1/2 cup raw (preferably soaked) cashews instead
Espresso – If you own an espresso machine, feel free to use that, but if not, I recommend using espresso powder
Peanut butter – Can use any kind of nut butter, but adding a scoop of nut butter makes this smoothie more filling (i.e. some protein) so I don’t recommend skipping it
Milk – ANY kind (see my post on how to make peanut milk to take it to the next level!)
Tips
Want this smoothie to big thicker? Use a frozen banana, or add 5-8 ice cubes to the blender
Any other ingredients I could add to this smoothie?
Yes! I love adding chia seeds or hemp seeds to smoothies, or even a scoop of collagen powder.
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Peanut Butter Espresso Smoothie
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Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 2 pitted dates
- 2 oz. brewed espresso, or sub 2 tsp espresso powder
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 cup almond milk, or milk of choice
- 5 ice cubes
Instructions
- Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
My boyfriend and I drink a ton of coffee. We have our own espresso machine! So for this recipe I used espresso grounds instead of the powder, and it turned out amazing! Thanks for the idea! So delicious!
YAY! Glad you like it 🙂
Espresso powder? Could I use ground up espresso beans? Would this still work and taste good?
Yep! You can use ground up espresso beans or instant coffee–either will work.
This smoothie looks amazing! I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 8 lol. I was thinking of substituting the peanut butter with the powdered peanut butter (PB2 brand) as I have some on hand and adding a little cocoa powder because I love banana, chocolate and mocha flavors 🙂 There is also a PB2 with cocoa mixed in but I haven’t tried it.
That would probably work–and the addition of chocolate sounds SO GOOD.
Looks delish! However you have not replied to two comments regarding 1) what the calories are for this, and if this recipe is one or two servings; 2) The amount of fat for 1/4 c. peanut butter is extremely high. Can you please address these comments? Thanks!
Hi Cindy–I don’t know the calories in this recipe because I try to encourage intuitive eating and focusing on the ingredients themselves, not the numbers behind them. With that said, you’re more than welcome to plug the ingredients into an app like My Fitness Pal and find out. As for the peanut butter, if you think it’s too much, you could reduce it to 2 tbsp instead. Hope this helps!
What is “Expresso powder”??
Espresso powder is similar to instant coffee, but richer. You can usually find it in the coffee aisle at the grocery store.
Hi, I too am an addict for the smell and taste of coffee. It used to be an excuse to get out of meeting for 5 min caffeine break.
I started drinking coffee in my junior year of high school. It was after being served coffee with dessert in my French friend’s home in Marseille. I was 100% hooked when i dated an Italian. Their pastries are super nice but not overly sweet like American and go so well with the bitterness of coffee.
I love this recipe as I also added chocolate protein powder + my greens and blitz them all together. Taste so good that i forgot the green taste of kale.
Heya.
How many calories is in this please? 🙂
Could I blend this, then freeze. Take out tht night before for breakfast.
Yes, that should work!
YUM! Never thought to put PB and coffee together… so creative! Thank you for sharing this xxx
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Is it two servings or one?? 1/4 pb is a lot of fat for one person??
Erin!! This looks amazing! So creamy and delicious! And that’s so cute that you wanted to be “one of those people”!! I LOVE coffee and drank if every single morning… but I just recently cut it out about a week and a half ago… because I wasn’t like you, I was one of the people who NEEDED coffee every AM! Either way this looks amazing!!
xoxo Cailee!