A delicious keto milkshake with the decadent combination of peanut butter and chocolate. It's a creamy beverage that's dairy free and low carb.
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This chocolate peanut butter milkshake is easily whipped up in less than a minute, so it can be ready any time you want a little sweet treat. Plus, it’s sugar free and gluten free, which means it can be enjoyed guilt free!
There are lots of great low carb recipes for smoothies and protein powder drinks out there, but sometimes you don’t want a smoothie or healthy tasting shake - you want the tempting flavors of chocolate syrup and ice cream.
But you also want your keto chocolate shake to be sugar free, nourishing to your body, and totally satisfying which means no icky bloating or carb hangover later.
And that’s what is so awesome about the keto diet; you can have your cake and eat it, too! Or in this case, have your milkshake and drink it, too.
Ingredients In The Chocolate Peanut Butter Keto Shake
So what all do you need to make this delightful shake?
Unsweetened Coconut Milk
You might be wondering why coconut milk? After all, isn’t almond milk keto? Well, you can use either. If you don’t have coconut milk, go right ahead and swap it out for almond milk or even hemp milk.
However, coconut milk is just a little creamier so it’s got more of that classic milkshake texture you’re looking for. You don’t need to use coconut cream here...although you certainly could, if you were aiming for an even thicker shake.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Not all cocoa powder is sugar free, so just check your labels. You can use regular or dark cocoa powder here, depending on your flavor preferences.
Unsweetened peanut butter powder (or unsweetened peanut butter)
There are all kinds of nut butters, powders, and low carb protein powders you can use when making a keto smoothie recipe.
But this is not merely a smoothie; it’s a decadent, creamy, chocolate and peanut butter treat...that’s healthy enough for your low carb breakfast and yummy enough for dessert.
I first tried making this peanut butter chocolate milkshake with both peanut butter powder and regular peanut butter. However, the powder is much easier to blend in, so that’s what I like to use.
Be cautious of the PB2 powdered peanut butter because it contains sugar.
Instead, use pure peanut butter powder that contains only peanuts without any added sweeteners or fillers. Peanut flour would work, too, as it’s just powdered peanuts with some fat removed.
Sticking with the real deal here is part of what makes this keto sugar free milkshake so intensely flavorful. But you could swap it out for other nut butters if you have a peanut allergy and still like that chocolate nutty flavor mix!
Never be afraid to make a recipe work for you.
SweetLeaf stevia drops
You can use whichever low carb sweetener you prefer, but in this recipe I personally prefer the flavor of SweetLeaf stevia drops.
Sea Salt
A lot of people glance right over salt, or skip it on purpose because they think that little pinch of it is unnecessary.
However, it really makes a difference...especially in recipes with low carb sweeteners and/or chocolate.
That little pinch of salt diminishes any aftertaste you might notice from stevia and sugar alcohols. It also gives the chocolate more depth of flavor. So don’t skip out on the pinch of sea salt in this keto shake!
Tips For The Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake
This is one of those really easy recipes. I wasn’t kidding when I promised you could enjoy it in about one minute.
All you do is put the ingredients into your blender, add ice, and blend until smooth. That’s it! The ingredients do all the work for you of making things thick and creamy and delicious.
Want a thicker shake? Learn how to make a thick milkshake that’s low carb.
Serve & Enjoy Your Keto Shake
Once you whip it up, you’re ready to enjoy it! You can serve it up in a chilled mason jar with a dollop of whipped cream or pour it into your favorite on the go cup with a straw.
You can double the batch and share with a friend easily enough, too. It’s a simple recipe that you can enjoy any time you please. Plus, you can use it in my Atkins shake recipe to make muffins!
This keto milkshake has less than 3 net grams of carbs, protein, and lots of healthy fat, making it hearty enough to drink as a breakfast smoothie or snack to tide you over until your next meal. And it hits all the happy places your taste buds have!
Other Low Carb Peanut Butter Chocolate Recipes
If you want to try some other keto chocolate peanut butter treats, you’re in luck. These fat bombs are downright dreamy and these chocolate peanut butter keto ice cream bars taste almost sinful.
You might also enjoy trying this dairy-free fudge. It’s so yummy and makes a great grab-and-go snack or an impressive holiday treat for company.
One of my personal favorites is this easy no bake chocolate peanut butter pie, but be warned that everyone is going to want you to share. They won’t even realize it’s low carb! This peanut butter chocolate cake is also really good, but you will have to turn on your oven to make it.
Printable Keto Milkshake Recipe
Chocolate and peanut butter are a pairing made in heaven, and it’s so awesome to be able to eat well and follow a “diet” that not only allows but also seems to celebrate these types of indulgences. You never have to feel deprived; isn’t it great?
While all of these other chocolate peanut butter treats are great, this simple keto shake is the quickest, easiest one to whip up. What’s your favorite shake flavor?
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Recipe
Peanut Butter Chocolate Keto Milkshake
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 5 drops SweetLeaf stevia drops or other sweetener to taste
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened peanut butter powder or unsweetened peanut butter
- dash sea salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in blender.
- Blend until well combined and frothy.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Low Carb Sweeteners | Keto Sweetener Conversion Chart
Nutrition
Additional Info
Notes on Nutritional Information
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vinaigrettchen
Yum!! I used 1/2 cup of fresh brewed coffee + 1/2 cup almond milk since I didn’t have coconut. Added ice and it really does taste like a frappe!! I agree the salt makes a big difference - I initially forgot it, tasted it, then remembered to add it & blend it in and it was soooooo good (I used pink Himalayan salt)! It’ is a little thinner than I’d like with the almond milk; I’ll have to get a carton of coconut next time and try that. It is very tasty and a great Saturday morning treat. Thanks for the recipe!!
Steve Boyer
I haven't made this yet but going to with Ice cubes but thought instead of ice cubes, make ice cubes using the coconut milk. That will not water it down but should give you a cold smoothie
Lisa MarcAurele
Hope that works out! It should make it a richer shake.
Shaye
I know this is an old post but I was wondering what I could add to make it thick like an actual milkshake (like from a fast food place)? I'd prefer it thick like that if possible.
Lisa MarcAurele
You could add ice cubes or low carb ice cream. A little xanthan gum or glucomannan works too.
Kim
I was thinking of substituting some heavy whipping cream for part of the coconut milk.
Lisa MarcAurele
That should work fine.
Robin
I was wondering if it was ok to add 1/2 cup of brewed black coffee to the recipe? I need my coffee fix in the morning!!
Lisa
I don't see why not.
Jacolyn
I can't wait ti try this! Just started KETO today along with Intermittant Fasting. (been doing that for a few months) This can be used as a snack or meal replacement? Just sounds delicious!
Lisa
It is a great for a quick refuel!
Lisa
I'm new to the keto diet. Would adding a cup or 2 of spinach be wrong? I'm always looking for additional ways to get my greens in. I love green smoothies.
Lisa
Spinach is very low carb so it would be fine.
Jamie
I made this with a cup canned coconut milk and a tablespoon peanut butter and cacao powder and your macros are WAY out for this (unless there is a low cal coconut milk I haven’t seen!) It was almost 600 calories!!! Kind of threw my day out. I wondered if you meant almond milk instead? A tablespoon of peanut butter alone is almost 200 cal according to my tracker.
Lisa
Yes. I made it with the lower calorie coconut milk beverage in a carton.
Jacqualine Marie
I use Califia coconut/almond milk for this. Lower cal/carb. Full fat coconut milk, canned, is great for ice cream and other applications but you might consider trying something else for this. It's rich enough without the canned product. Also, I add crushed ice to this and mix 1/2 coconut/almond milk and 1/2 decaf coffee and it has been superb! Great basic recipe!
Mickie
Jamie, also the recipe called for Powdered Peanut butter which is only about 60 calories for two tblsps.
Tiffany
Do you add ice or..? Seems to me like these ingredients would just make a chocolate/ pb milk...
Lisa
Here in New England, this is the way a milkshake is made. If you want the thick kind, it's called a frappe.
Kellie
I started keto 2 weeks ago and surprisingly while I've been eating low carb (less than 25g) and not feeling hungry, I've been very low on calorie intake. I decided to make this to get some more calories without having too much carbs. It is DELICIOUS and just what I was looking for! Thank you for the recipe!
Missy
I used coconut milk from a can (it's all I had) and added a wee wee bit of milk to thin the coconut milk down. I added ice also. I can't wait to try it with the carton coconut milk! Unfortunately, I only had liquid stevia in the peppermint flavor, so had to use powdered stevia type sweetener. Peppermint might have actually been good, but wasn't sure how much it would clash with the coconut flavor of the canned milk. 🙂
This was very good. I may try adding flax and/or chia seed next time. This is an excellent recipe and can be adapted easily, thanks!
MJ
Lisa, could I add MCT oil and a few ice cubes?
Lisa
MCT is a good add for more filling fat and ice cubes are fine to add.
Mary Edwards
Do you think unsweetened almond milk would work?
Thanks!
Lisa
Yes. It should work fine.
Julie
Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. Used unsweetened almond milk cuz that's what I had. Everything else the same. Thank you!!
Robin Taylor
Can you use almond butter? If so, any alterations to the ingredients?
Lisa
Almond butter can be used one-for-one in place of peanut butter.
Soumik
I just made this. This is the best smoothie I've tasted since I started my Keto diet. Thank you so much for this easy and quick recipe.
Lance
Sound like an awesome recipe thank you.. I personally love the coconut/almond milk in smoothies takes pretty great. Put putting the unsweetened peanut butter is a great way to spruce up the smoothie great blog. I will definitely try it because I want a low carb treat to reward myself.
Have a great week everyone.
Andrea
Oh, YUM! I'm on Day 3 of a ketogenic plan. Went to a church party and didn't touch a thing (I had the sense to eat dinner before going!), but there was ice cream and all kinds of goodies. I just kept telling myself that when I got home I'd Google a little something sweet... This was perfect. I added an ounce of heavy cream for extra thickness. I did only have PB2 on hand, so I'll have to suck up the extra carb or two. And I used 2 of the tiny spoons (1/32 tsp) of powdered stevia extract to sweeten it.
Lisa
Great job staying away from the goodies at the party. I know that's really tough to do when first starting out.
GERI
This sounds great.I would like to know what I could add to this to make it higher fat since I am following a Ketogenic diet. Also, my husband leaves at 4:30 in the morning for work and would like to make it the night before. Do you think it would hold its consistency? Thank you!
Lisa
I'd make it in a shaker bottle so you just need to shake to enjoy.
Jamie
I made this with canned full fat coconut milk and that is 42 grams of fat for one cup for a good fat bomb for keto diets. It was creamy and delicious.
Lisa
I do like the flavor of canned coconut milk better than the stuff in the carton. Good healthy fats that really fill you up!
Tanya
OMG! This is my new fave! Thanks so much for this great recipe - I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk, Hershey's special dark cocoa powder, pb2 and one packet of sweetener and this was PERFECT.
Lisa
The special dark cocoa is my favorite!
Marsha
I have to say that I didn't enjoy this shake. Most likely it is because I am fairly new to low carb eating and am used to a 'sugar' taste in sweet things. I've recently tried using stevia and, well, am disappointed. Again, probably because of my taste for sugar in things. My reaction to first tasting it was like child eating a lemon for the first time. I kept at it hoping that I would get used to the taste. I must say that it tasted better after trying to keep drinking it. Everyone else posting here seems to really like it so maybe it's just me. Thanks for the post though and the efforts at making and sharing new low carb recipes!
Lisa
You would probably like it better with some monk fruit drops added. I find that mixing stevia with monk fruit (lo han guo) makes it taste a lot more like sugar.
Andrea
Do you use the peanut butter powder in any other recipes? The recipe only called for one tbsp but the link is to order a pound.
Lisa
I use it in other recipes like my peanut butter chips at https://lowcarbyum.com/homemade-sugar-free-peanut-butter-chips/ You can also use it as a replacement for peanut butter in recipes by adding water and/or oil.
Donna
Your calorie count is to low.
One Tbs of peanut butter is 105 calories.
One cup of coconut milk is 400 calories. One Tbs. of cocoa powder is 20 calories.
Calories would be 525.
Lisa
The count is for peanut butter powder (defatted) and coconut milk in a carton (30 calories per cup)!
Betsy
I make this but with almond milk and a scoop of lite vanilla protein powder. I add ice cubes and blend in the nutrabullet for a quick cool breakfast on busy mornings!
Lisa
I haven't had good luck with ice in the NutriBullet. I'm hoping to buy a more powerful blender, like a Vitamix, soon.
Scatroll
tried Swerve? If not, please do. It is great, i have liked it since I started keto almost 3 months ago. Also, i have found drops on Amazon as wel. The brand is Sucra Drops (sucralose). Mixing rwo sweetners helps with taste.
Lisa
I'm not a fan of Swerve. The fiber sweetener in it gives me issues.
Mickie Gibbs
This is great! Easy and tasty. A great after-dinner "sweet" when I don't want to use up a lot of calories or macro numbers.
Lisa
It is a nice way to give yourself a little treat without too many calories.
Kim Davis
Oh my gosh!!!!!! This was so delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Stephanie
Can I omit the protein powder? I also don't like anything to sweet, so should I use less Stevia?
Lisa
It isn't very sweet so you can start with less and adjust up if needed. Also, I used cocoa and peanut butter powder, not protein powder. If you want, you can use peanut butter instead of peanut powder.
Bethany from Athletic Avocado
Only 79 calories for a creamy dreamy chocolate and pb shake? Count me in!
Lisa
It can vary by ingredients used, but it's a pretty decent snack that's low in carb and calories.