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Introducing: Mr. Peanut Butter Cake Batter, my favorite shake flavor of all time. I know he’s a little green, which seems a strange color for peanut butter and cake batter, but trust me on this one. I wanted some color, just for fun, and I also wanted some veggies, so fresh spinach seemed like the way to go. I’ve used blue food coloring before to turn him a more authentic “frosting” color, but my little sis throws a fit when I use food coloring (and I thought some of you might, too). Hence, the spinach. Katelyn (my sister) loves spinach. Like, a lot. Like, to the point that some good friends of ours gave her a bag for her birthday. She was tickled pink…er….green.
I think most of you have come to appreciate my peanut butter milkshake recipe. I’m sure that a lot of you have also had some sort of cake batter shake at some point. Combining the two was a natural step in my mind, especially since I often eat cake and ice cream with a dollop of peanut butter. Everything is better with peanut butter, especially if your last name is Thomas. We are known for our obsession with peanut butter (my dad has added it to meat and cheese sandwiches, hamburgers, sliced cheese, pancakes, oatmeal, ice cream, and quite a few other things ever since I can remember).
PS – I recently updated my peanut butter milkshake recipe to make it thicker, so if you haven’t printed the new version, I highly suggest that you do so!
PPS – if you want to see all my peanut butter recipes in one spot, click here!
I hope that you can look beyond the outward appearance of my milkshake and whip up one for yourself. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed! (Don’t worry – you can’t taste the spinach. Not if you just use a handful, that is.)
As always, feel free to check out the Notes section of the recipe for answers to FAQs. The “suggested products” section below the recipe has links for products that I use and recommend.
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You can find this recipe in my cookbook, Necessary Food.
- 1 cup crushed ice
- ⅓ cup cottage cheese
- ⅓ cup unsweetened almond milk (or more if needed to get it to blend)
- ½-1 scoop whey protein powder
- 2 T natural peanut butter*
- Scant ½ tsp. baking powder
- Rounded ¼ tsp. glucomannan
- 2-3 doonks THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder
- Dash of butter extract
- Dash of almond extract
- Handful of fresh spinach to add some color and veggies (you could also add 2-3 drops of blue food coloring, but you'll be missing out on some great greens)
- Blend all the ingredients together until smooth (our Ninja single-serve blender cup works great). Enjoy! Yields one serving.
Suggested products:
- Whey Protein Powder
- THM Pristine Whey Protein Powder
- Defatted Peanut Flour
- THM Defatted Peanut Flour
- Glucomannan
- THM Organic Glucomannan
- THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder
- Ninja blender
Am I reading this correctly- no stevia or salt to balance flavors?
The ingredients list includes stevia, and I find that the peanut butter contains enough salt. Sweeten to taste – especially if you don’t have the type of sweetener I used. 🙂
I love adding peanut butter to a burger! I’m curious when your dad adds it to a meat and cheese sandwich, does he include mayo? Or is it just meat, cheese, peanut butter, and bread? I want to try it, but I want to get it right!
He’s not a big mayo fan, so I doubt he’d include that. But he used to often include chips, lettuce, and some kind of jam too. 😛
This shake is fantastic! I’m in the dead of winter and am drinking it anyway. ? If I make it with low fat cottage cheese and peanut flour is it an E? Thanks for the recipe!
It would be a Fuel Pull because there are no significant sources of carbs or fats. 🙂 To make it an E, you would need a carb source.
How important is the gluccomannan? I’m trying to THM on a budget and haven’t bought any specialty items.
Important for thickness and texture, but not important enough that you couldn’t leave it out. 😉
This is so good! I wish I could take it to work and eat it for lunch. Have you tried making it ahead of time and eating it later?
No, I don’t generally do that with shakes. Glad you enjoyed it!
can u sub in frozen spinach??
Sure! And it’s really not a necessary ingredient – just there for color and extra veggies.
thank you, was pretty sure i could but just wanted to double check… i actually did not have spinach but had kale and it was still good!!!
anxiously awaiting your book!!!!
have a great week, and Happy Fourth !!!1
This was really good! I made it without the spinach because I didn’t have any on hand. Trying this next time with peanut flour, since I have some Jif I need to use up. The PB milkshake is next on my list! Mental note: need more cottage cheese!
Just following up. I went shopping yesterday so I picked up more cottage cheese and a bag of spinach. Made this again this morning with the spinach and oh my heavens it is delicious!
Awesome! Isn’t it a cool color? 😉
This is by far my new favorite! It’s great!!!
why the baking powder?
It was delicious!
For cake batter flavor. 🙂 Glad you liked it!