A creamy Protein Peanut Butter Frosting made with greek yogurt and vanilla protein powder. This sugar free and healthy frosting has no cream cheese but is still perfect for piping!
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Now that all the holiday baking is on, I think we could all use a healthy frosting recipe right?
I already made a protein cream cheese frosting a while ago, so here’s a peanut butter flavored one instead!
Why is it perfect?
- All that smooth creamy sweetness
- But, Sugar free and high protein
- No fancy equipment needed
- And can easily be Vegan and dairy free too!
Oh and of course super delicious!
Ingredients for Protein Peanut Butter Frosting
This peanut butter frosting is made with simple and ingredients – no sugar, no butter, no buttercream, no cream cheese needed!
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Peanut Butter Powder (Like PbFit or Pb2) – this might also be called powdered peanut butter – to have slightly low fat and low calorie frosting recipe, but you can replace this with more peanut butter.
Drop the almond milk in this case - Almond Milk if using the powder peanut butter
- Non Fat Greek Yogurt for an extra high protein frosting recipe, but any other yogurt will also work
- Vanilla Protein Powder – this is what replaces the sugar here. I used Quest vanilla protein powder in this recipe.
How to make easy homemade healthy frosting with no cream cheese
This truly is the most easiest recipe you can get – no hand mixer, stand mixer or electric mixer needed.
All you need to do is:
- Whisk together all the ingredients in a bowl, or just stir them together:
Peanut butter (creamy and powder), protein powder, yogurt and milk
Now feel free to use it as you would a regular frosting!
Can you store this protein powder Greek Yogurt frosting?
You can store protein powder frosting used or unused, in the fridge or freezer!
Fridge: In an airtight container for 4-5 days.
Freezer: Airtight container again 3-4 weeks.
If you’ve used on for a baked good, it will keep at room temperature for 2 hours, after which you need to refrigerate.
For Dairy Free and Vegan Protein Powder frosting:
Peanut butter frosting recipe can easily be made dairy free and Vegan by using coconut or almond yogurt instead of the greek yogurt.
Be sure to also use a Vegan protein powder in this case.
Some ideas to use this peanut butter protein frosting:
You can use peanut butter frosting just like you would use a cream cheese or buttercream frosting – on a cake or cupcakes, or even cookies!
Magic Protein Peanut Butter Frosting (Sugar-free and No Cream Cheese!)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Creamy Peanut Butter, 64g
- ¼ cup Peanut Butter Powder, see notes for sub
- ¼ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, 22g, about ⅓ scoop
- ¼ cup Greek Yogurt, 56g
- ⅓ cup Almond Milk, or other
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients – creamy peanut butter, peanut butter powder, vanilla protein powder, greek yogurt and milk.Whisk or stir with a spoon until uniform.
- Use as you would for a normal frosting.
Notes
- To replace peanut butter powder, use ¼ cup creamy peanut butter and don’t use almond milk.
- For dairy free, use coconut yogurt or almond/soy milk based yogurt.
- Nutrition information is calculated using peanut butter powder.
- PbFit Original Powdered Peanut Butter
- Quest Nutrition Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder
- Servings: 16 tablespoon | Serving size: 2 Tbsp
- Calories: 80kcal
- Fat: 4.9g | Saturated fat: 0.8g
- Carbohydrates: 3.5g | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar:0.8 g
- Protein: 6.7g
Gina B. says
I also had a dry cookie that needed saving, and this recipe was perfect! I didn’t have enough Greek yogurt, so I just added a splash more milk until I got the consistency I wanted. This recipe is great!
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
So glad the extra milk worked for you! Can’t wait to see what you try next 🙂
Gina B. says
I made a dry cookie that needed saving, and this frosting was perfect. Since I used PBfit pure, I added a dash of monkfruit to sweeten the frosting. I think with regular PB2 it would’ve been perfect, but with the unsweetened pb powders you may need to sweeten to taste. Thanks!
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
YAYYY I’m so this frosting came to the rescue 🙂
Karine says
Simple et Délicieux!!!
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
C’est vraiment incroyable ! Je suis si heureux que tu l’aies aimé !
J’espère que vous trouverez d’autres recettes à essayer ici 🙂
Christine says
I made this to put on some banana muffins and it is so good!! Thanks for the recipe!
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
Oh wow! Protein peanut butter frosting on banana muffins sounds amazing Christine!
I’m so happy it worked out, and now you make me want to try this myself!
Robin Noegel says
Absolutely delicious! The perfect peanut butter taste and texture. This is on repeat at my house!♥️
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
Yasss! So excited to know you all love this one. One of my favorite frosting recipes too!
Alyssa says
Can I use chocolate protein powder instead of vanilla?
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
You can definitely use a chocolate protein powder here Alyssa; You would get more of a chocolate peanut butter flavored frosting in that case (can’t say no to that combination though!)
I’d love to know how it turns out!
Nonie says
Is there something I can use instead of protein powder?
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
Oh gosh! That really does defeat the “high protein” part haha.
I would recommend a sugar-free 1:1 monk fruit sweetener from Lakanto: https://amzn.to/2IiYndg
Yuhan says
The peanut butter frosting is so delicious and creamy.
Haylee Jane Monteiro says
Using Peanut Butter really is such a game changer isn’t it? I’m so happy you enjoyed it too!