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I had no idea what to call this. The name sounds so complicated, and sort of disgusting…and boy, does this stuff ever look disgusting after it’s all mixed together! But it’s one of my favorite snacks of all time. It’s made of 5 simple ingredients and can be quickly tossed together (or you can put it together ahead of time and enjoy it later on the go, so long as you have a way to keep it cold). Full of protein, flavored with peanut butter, chocolate, and strawberry…total win.
You can play around with this to make it suit your needs. Don’t like cottage cheese? Use Greek yogurt instead (which I’m not a fan of personally, but hey, go for it). And I’ll let you know, if you kind of mash the cottage cheese with a fork as you mix everything together, the texture might not be such a big deal for those of you who don’t like it. This can be made without any special ingredients, if you want. I don’t know if you call sweetener a special ingredient, but if you don’t mind dark chocolate, even that could be left out. Not a fan of chocolate, strawberry, and peanut butter? Leave the chocolate out and have straight PB&J, or leave the peanut butter out and have chocolate-covered strawberry. But you should totally give all three a try together. It’ll blow your mind.
This is an S snack or dessert for Trim Healthy Mamas (find out more about the plan here). If you omit the peanut butter (or use defatted peanut flour in its place) and use low-fat cottage cheese, this would be a Fuel Pull (which means no significant sources of carbs or fats).
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Question of the day (comment below): are you brave enough to try chocolate, strawberry, and peanut butter together?
You can find this recipe in my cookbook, Necessary Food.
- Cottage cheese (I probably used a rounded ½ cup)
- Handful of sliced strawberries, fresh or frozen
- 1-2 T natural peanut butter
- Cocoa powder (I probably used a slightly rounded tablespoon)
- Low-glycemic sweetener to taste (I used 2 doonks of THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder; a doonk is 1/32 tsp.)
- Stir all ingredients together and enjoy!
Suggested products:
- Hershey Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder can be purchased at the Trim Healthy Mama online store.
- Defatted Peanut Flour
This is so good! I needed a snack this evening and this was perfect. How do I order one of your cookbooks?
Hi Barb! I’m so glad you liked it! You can order my cookbooks right here >> https://www.briana-thomas.com/e-books-and-cookbooks/
So good!!!
I’ve seen this a few times on pinterest and I thought it sounded disgusting. But I tried it today. I was going to leave out the strawberries, but I figured if you thought it was good- I’d try it too. I’m sorry I ever thought anything negative! This is good! I already mixed some up for tomorrow to have as a snack!! And I’m not really a fan of cottage cheese. Thanks for another great recipe!
I’m so glad you liked it, Jamie!
I love the “normal” version, but tonight my cottage cheese had gone bad! :O So I used non-fat plain greek yogurt and raspberries, and it’s just as good as the regular! Thanks, Bri!!!
I’m so glad you liked it, Leah! The raspberries would be amazing!
Someone should have told me not to eat the whole bowl. 🙁 I couldn’t stop once I started!
But…you can have the whole bowl! =P
I bought your cookbook last year. Do you add your new recipes in as you go or do I need to order another of you wonderful recipe books?
Necessary Food contains the recipes published on my blog through July 2016, and recipes published after that will be in a future book. 🙂
I’m late to the party. I see others making this & saying how good it is. Today is my turn! Thanks!
Hello Briana:
I don’t see almond butter as a sub for peanut in any recipes. I really do prefer almond. Is there a reason that it is not included or offered as an option?
In my experience, almond butter is more expensive so I never have it on hand, but I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t substitute it!
Hi Brianna, I can’t wait to try this. Wondering how much defatted peanut flower to use…
I’d try 2 tablespoons.
Gracias! 🙂
yummmm! i just made this as a midnight snack (oops!) and its so delicious! It almost reminds me of cheesecake. It’s super rich and totally satisfying!
I tried this recipe today and loved it! I used your suggestion for low-fat cottage cheese and I used the THM recipe for Peanut Junkie Butter in place of the peanut butter or peanut powder. Those changes made it a FP which blew me away considering the deliciousness of this snack. You are a blessing Miss Brianna! Keep those recipes coming!
Awesome! I’m so glad you liked it!
I wonder what you could use instead of cottage cheese or yogurt to add protein. I can’t have dairy. But this sounds delicious. Would coconut cream have enough protein to make it a good snack?
From the nutritional info I pulled up online, a cup of coconut cream has 9 g protein. I would say that could probably work for a snack. 🙂
just made this, and it’s AMAZING!
I made it with plain yoghurt , so yummy!
You are a genius! I will admit I was a little nervous to try this, but it’s quite good. Reminds me of cheesecake! 🙂
I decided to try it as a cottage cheese-berry-peanut butter-chocolaty whip! Looks totally gross, but tastes so yummy! 😉 Thanx!
Yum!! Thanks for the snack idea.. super good!
Um..yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 🙂
Can’t wait to try this one! I like your PB&J milkshake, so this should be good. I tend to be a drive-thru Sue and find so many of the THM snacks cumbersome to mix up when I’m in a hurry, so I have a tendency to over-due some of the less-than-best-but-still-on-plan snacks. This one should be a great fill-in.