Magic Protein Peanut Butter Frosting (Sugar-free & No Cream Cheese!)

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!

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:

1. 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!

• Protein Pumpkin Cake
• Best Darn (Healthy) Carrot Cake
• Spiced Zucchini Cake

Magic Protein Peanut Butter Frosting (Sugar-free and No Cream Cheese!)

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Prep Time5 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Servings: 16 Tbsp

Calories: 80kcal

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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!

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.

Product Recommendations:

• PbFit Original Powdered Peanut Butter
• Quest Nutrition Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder

Nutrition:

• Servings: 16 Tbsp | 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