It's clear to everyone who knows me I'm addicted to chocolate and peanut butter together. They're perfect for each other, and anyone who has ever eaten a Reese's can tell you that.
I tend to put the two together extremely often, and only a handful of my chocolate and peanut butter recipes have even made it onto the site. I've made tons of recipes combining these ingredients, and there are plenty more C&PB recipes that lurk bookmarked in my cookbooks, pinned onto my Pinterest board, and stuffed into my recipe folders.
However, recently my main issue with chocolate and peanut butter is the unhealthy factor. Yeah, peanut butter is healthy, but it's still super high in calories and fat and should be eaten in limited doses. My peanut butter recipes don't tend to limit it at all – in fact, I usually put in more peanut butter than recipes call for. Oops.
Chocolate, well, we can pretend until we
9;re blue in the face that chocolate is healthy, but we all know the truth. Chocolate has a few benefits when you have one piece, but when you're eating like, 10 ounces? Yeah, benefits long gone.
So I wanted to make these ingredients sing in deliciousness, and healthfulness! Oatmeal has been one of my go-to breakfasts recently, sweetened with only banana and made with almond milk. It's so creamy, sweet, and delicious, and so good for you. So one day while I was grabbing the almond butter I swirl on top, I spotted the cocoa powder. Perfect. My other hand reached for the peanut butter, and I knew it was going good places.
A scoop of cocoa into the oats turned them perfectly chocolatey for less than 10 calories, and by using Trader Joe's Better Than Peanut Butter, I cut out some of the fat there too. For kicks and giggles, I threw on unsalted raw peanuts for some crunch and a few sugar-free chocolate chips. It tasted sinful, delicious, and absolutely not like a healthy breakfast. New favorite breakfast! Since I first made it, I've made it at least four times a week for breakfast. It's that good, and you will have zero guilt after eating it! I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
Ingredients Instructions
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it’s hard to go wrong with this combination
You have all my favourite ingredients in one bowl… love it :D
I’m making this. You are a genius.
Haha! Let me know how you like it :) I’m sure you’ll love it if you’re as much of a chocolate-PB-aholic as I am!
mmm pb and chocolate :)
Where do you get your sugar-free choc. chips?
I found mine at Ralph’s but most major grocery stores should carry them! When I don’t have them though, I just use a few less of regular. And if you use dark, it’s antioxidants! Practically healthy ;)
can this be made without the bananas?
You definitely could, you’d just have to add a different sweetener. I’ve done it with white sugar, brown sugar, and Truvia, all added in with the cocoa powder. Still tastes delicious, just without the nutrition of the banana. I typically do about a tablespoon, but adjust to your tastes!