Today’s breakfast was a peanut butter and chocolate lovers dream.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Smoothie
Enter, the chocolate peanut butter cup smoothie!
Drink Up!
In to the blender went:
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1 c. milk
- 1 tbsp. peanut butter
- 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 large pinch (1/2 tsp.?) xanthan gum (for thickening)
Cocoa Powdah
Ooooh yeah.
Chocolate + Peanut Butter = Best combination in the world
This peanut butter lover was quite happy!
More, Please!
As I was drinking this smoothie, I sang the song “Build Me Up Buttercup” in my head over and over, subbing the words “butter cup” for “peanut butter cup.” An instant classic, don’t you think?
Why do you build me up (build me up) peanut butter cup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin’
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) peanut butter cup, don’t break my heart
Such a good song. I love oldies music! I would love to see Akon sing a song that referred to a girl as “Buttercup.” Just sayin’.
My peanut butter cup smoothie hit the spot after a great workout (boot camp class + 20 minute on the elliptical) and a nice walk with these two crazies.
Walking Buddies
I kind of love them. 😉
Off to listen to the Wicked station on Pandora and power through my to-do list at work!
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You look gorgeous! I love that song too- and that smoothie looks like a healthified milkshake, send some over heeeere!!!!
thanks! that’s exactly what i was going for! something thick, creamy and milkshakey. 🙂
You are so pretty 🙂
so are you, monica! thanks for making me blush! 😉
Listening to the wicked station right now! thanks!
Oh that sounds fab I was just thinking of a new smoothie to try… banana +strawberry was gettin’ old!
LOVE your dress, by the way 🙂 Such a pretty color!
Haha, nice song edit. I love adding my own lyrics into songs 🙂
And I love adding buttercup into my vocab also.
That smoothie looks awesome…I think I’ll be making that up, buttercup!
That smoothie sounds amazing! Peanut Butter cups are my favorite! With chocolate and peanut butter how could you go wrong? I love your pink dress!! So pretty!
Speaking of Peanut Butter, thought you might like this: http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/03/nutropolitan-museum-of-art-peanut-butter-and-co-gallery-photos.html
It’s a whole museum dedicated to peanut butter!!
I just had a similar post-run smoothie. Can’t beat that combo! P.S. That dress is so pretty! Love the color.
that smoothie sound delicious!! I can’t wait until it stays warm enough here to wear dresses 🙂
aHAAH this post put that song strraight into my head!! LOVE THIS SMOOTHIE- this was made for ME- (and YOU!)
When I get protein shakes from my gym, I always order the peanut butter chocolate flavor!!! Now I have more motivation to go to the gym, just so I can have one of those 🙂
I adore the dress. And I have to say, I get so jealous every time I see you in warm weather clothes and drinking smoothies outside without freezing! Spring cannot come soon enough!
This smoothie looks yummy !!!!!!!!!! I’m trying this next week !!!
Nothing could beat chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast!
Must.try.this.smoothie. PB with chocolate (or vice versa) is a match made in food heaven! Whoever thought to put the two together was a genius!
That looks so good!! I’m going to try it for tomorrow morning’s smoothie!!
LOVE the dress too!!
I love casein protein powder! You’re right, it is definitely thicker and I find that it’s creamier as well. I also LOVE your dress! It’s putting me in a very springy mood and I wish we had weather like that so I could bust out the spring wardrobe too!
I LOVE choco pb smoothies!
That looks amazing. Makes me want a milkshake!
Your neighborhood is so pretty! Whenever you post pics from your walks the surroundings are so gorg!
thanks! we do most of our walks right outside downtown orlando and around lake eola in the center of the city.
Thought you would enjoy this…21 peanut butter cookie recipes!
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/peanut-butter-cookie-recipes
oooh yes i would! thanks! 🙂
the peanut butter crisps and pb chocolate oatmeal cookies are calling to me…
Yummy! That smoothie sounds off the hook! And you look so excited eating it! 🙂
I used ti make a great PB and chocolate smoothie but I’m going to have to try yours…it sounds like perfection!
I was just sitting here thinking what I wanted for breakfast and craving something cold when I went to your blog for my normal morning routine 😉 and saw your new creation. I got up, made it and am finishing reading the post drinking the peanut butter cup smoothie. AMAZING!!! Thanks Julie!
that’s awesome!!! so glad you liked it. we’re smoothie twins!
After reading this post I immediately went to Youtube and started listening to Build Me Up Buttercup! Gotta love the good oldies
Okay, my funny thought:
I literally heard Akon’s remix of peanut butter cup in my head..
Peanut butter cup p-p-p-peanut butter cup.
Yeah, uh-huh.
Peanut butter cup p-p-p-peanut butter cup.
Reeses, yeah!
Pieces, yeah!
In a smoothie, yeah!
No lie. I think I’m really so tired and need to rest because crazy things start to happen with my mind. Like this. Oh boy. I need to stop now.
I need to start experimenting with my smoothie recipes…. I always do the same mixed berry and banana (aka boringg!!!)
I had almost the exact smoothie for lunch yesterday minus the peanut butter, I might have to rerty today adding PB, don’t know how I didnt think to add that.
So jealous you can wear a dress to work, its 20 degrees where I am today :/
SO funny, I made this exact smoothie last night! Delicous!!!
That smoothie looks sooooooo good!!!!! I had a mocha one this morning! =D
I love your dress! That color is very flattering on you.
Any station that plays “A whole new world” is a win in my book! I don’t even like wicked( don’t judge it’s the truth) and I love this station!
It pretty much is the perfect Friday Pandora Station
I DEFINITELY sang and danced to “Build me up Buttercup” in my 5th grade talent show. It was an awesome dance. That smoothie looks fabulous! By the way, the NY Times travel section did 36 hours in Orlando! Here it is: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/travel/06hours-orlando.html?hpw. Any worthwhile spots?
I tried to mimic peanut butter cup flavour in my brekkie this morning too!
A package of organic instant oats, a teaspoon of hot chocolate milk, a tablespoon of nut butter and a bit of hot water.. YUMMY delish!
PS .. Umm can I just add how stunning you look today .. Friday’s must make you glow .. 🙂
Yum peanut butter cup smoothie!!!! I really need to get xanthan gum!!!
Great song. Love your dress. Happy Friday!
Hahaha I’d love to hear any rapper use the word buttercup in a song. It could be ground breaking though, I don’t know why they haven’t tried it yet!!
My sorority would sing a remix version of Build Me Up Buttercup everrrry fall recruitment!
“…You know we want you back (want you back)
At ADPi, baby, don’t you let us down..”
Oh it was a doosey 🙂
“Such a good song. I love oldies music! I would love to see Akon sing a song that referred to a girl as “Buttercup.” Just sayin’.” – LOVE that quote. Seriously… Lil Wayne get with the program!!
Great hot pink dress… ruelala purchase?
You have been my inspiration for my lunch. Hope you don’t mind I gave you props on my blog!
Those are definitely my favorite smoothies to make!! I use PB2 and I LOVE it!
can I just say you RADIATE gorgeousness in the Pink Color Dress! That color is made for YOU! beautiful!
Oh your smoothie sounds amazing! it could be a late night smoothie treat for me ; )
Ahh I love pb chocolate shakes, this is such a good and healthier idea!
This looks amazing!! You are right nothing beats chocolate with peanut butter!! 🙂
what a great smoothie idea! earlier, i had a peach-strawberry-pineapple-banana smoothie that was amazing!!
Now I totally have that song stuck in my head!
whats your thoughts on PB2?
Totally LOVE that song. The smoothie sounds great!
Yum! I love your dress by the way. I think I foresee a fashion post later today? I hope so! I am so jealous that you can take a walk outside with grass on the ground and wearing a fun bright dress. I can’t wait for it to be warm enough for spring/summer dresses up North!