Spoonful of Sugar Free

Registered Dietitian

Chocolate, Banana, and Peanut Butter.

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Enough said.

Those of you who read my blog regularly have probably noticed my obsession for the chocolate, banana, peanut butter combo.

For you new readers, welcome to the Chocolate, Banana, Peanut Butter Club!

 

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie with Chocolate Peanut Butter Crust

~This pie is very easy to make, and it has a great contrast between the chewy crust and creamy center. It can be made raw if you use raw cacao powder instead of cocoa powder, and substitute the peanuts for a different raw nut. Vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and, of course, sugar-free!

Serves 8

Crust Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanuts
  • 3 large dates
  • 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
  • pinch of salt (if peanuts aren’t already salted)

In a food processor or strong blender, blend all ingredients until thoroughly mixed. The mixture should stick together. If it doesn’t add a splash of water. Press the mix into a pie dish, and freeze while making the pie filling.

 

Filling Ingredients

  • 4 frozen bananas
  • 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder

Blend the bananas and cocoa powder in a food processor or strong blender until the bananas have a “custardy” texture like Magic Banana Ice Cream. Put the filling on top of the pie crust and freeze for at least 2 hours.

 

Thaw the pie for about 10 minutes before eating. The pie should be set but not rock-solid. Who likes rock-solid pie?

Decorate if you wish. I topped mine with sliced bananas, a blob of peanut butter whipped with almond milk, chopped peanuts, and unsweetened chocolate shavings.

 

My slice. Do you see the peanut butter bleeding into the chocolate? So delightful.

 

Health Benefits

  • Chocolate: Click HERE for a post I did about all the benefits of chocolate.
  • Peanuts: These legumes are full of protein with 7g per ounce. They also have a great monounsaturated fat content that helps your heart and brain. Peanut is a good source of Coenzyme Q10 which protects the heart during the period of lack of oxygen example high altitudes and clogged arteries. It also has a high antioxidant and high niacin content that helps in the recovery of cell damage and provides protection against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive problem.
  • Bananas: Rich in potassium, bananas help the body’s circulatory system deliver oxygen to the brain. This also helps maintain a regular heartbeat and a proper balance of water in the body. It also contains tryptophan to help relax you and lift your spirits!

 

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

If you were to make a club, what would it be called, and what would you do?

Like I said earlier, join the Chocolate, Banana, Peanut Butter Club! We create hundreds of great recipes with our favorite combo 😉

 

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Comments

  2. That sounds awesome. My husband and I make a lot of desserts with dates too. I did a post recently about a sugar free, dairy free, gluten free cake that you might like.

  10. Ahh – a recipe where I already have all of the indredients!!! I’m definitely making this in the near future (just have to wait for the bananas to ripen), so excited! How would you store any leftovers? I’m probably the only one in my family who would eat this (unfortunate for them, good for me!).

    And I love chocolate, bananas, and peanut butter too. Yum yum.

    I would make an oatmeal club. 😀

    Megan

  11. Lucky for me, I have all of the ingredients on hand and WILL be making this today or tomorrow. It’s so pretty and looks so tasty, it may get it’s very own blog entry (with major credit to you, of course). Thank you so much for sharing! Now i”m hungry

  12. This is pure genius!!!!! I seriously can’t wait to make this. It’s the kind of recipe I could take to a party and no one would know it was sugar free!!! 🙂

  15. Oh.my.gosh! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!! 😀 I am totally joining the Chocolate, Banana, and Peanut Butter Club! My Reese’s Pizzert will feel right at home. 😀

    xoxo
    Kathleen

  16. I would definitely join that club! Three best foods ever!! We could make this pie for initiation.
    If I could start any club… it would be a “Down with Veggies” club. And by down with veggies, I mean down into my stomach 🙂 We would come up with the best ways to “destroy” (consume) the “enemy” (that is really only our enemy because they taste waaaay too good).

  21. I’ll join the Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter club!! 😉

    This looks so yummy, I love how it freezes so well! Great recipe!!

    I would make a yoga club!! Get together and do yoga, that would be fun!

  24. I love the chocolate, peanut butter, and banana combination. It’s almost my breakfast every morning…and my dessert of choice. 😉
    I’d definitely join the Chocolate, Banana, and Peanut Butter club!

  27. Wow, I’m gonna have to try this!! No grains, No sugar? YES! Too bad I don’t have any peanuts in the house = ( We have had cut up bananas, blobbed on some PB, and drizzled a little honey, threw in some raisens and chocolate chips and sprinkled on some cinnamon. My kids love it! Works in a sandwich too.

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