This is the kind of recipe that will make you want to leave your boyfriend if you have one.
Or at least lock him outside for an hour. A girl needs her space when chocolate and peanut butter are involved.
No boys allowed.
Above, topped with Healthy Coffee Fudge Frosting.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake
(single-serving)
Adapted from One-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake.
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 tsp cocoa powder (8g)
- 3 tablespoons powdered peanut butter (PB2 or Betty Lou’s) (For substitutions, see “nutrition facts” link below) (18g)
- scant 1/16 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar or xylitol (omit if you like bitter chocolate cake) (4g)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch stevia OR 1 additional tablespoon sugar
- 2 tsp coconut or veg oil, or mashed banana or applesauce (I personally don’t like the fat-free option and recommend the oil, but I’m adding the option because I know many of you don’t mind the taste/texture of the lower-fat version.) (8g)
- 3 tablespoons milk of choice (45g)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Mug Cake Recipe: Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. Add liquid, stir, then transfer to a little dish, 1-cup ramekin, or even a coffee mug. If using the microwave: cook 1 minute 25 seconds (time may vary, depending on your microwave’s wattage). If you don’t want to eat it straight out of the dish, be sure to spray your dish first (and then wait for the cake to cool before trying to remove it). You can cook this in an oven if you prefer, but you’ll have to experiment to find the correct amount of time.
Were you friends with boys growing up? Or did you think boys had cooties?
When I was really little, I was friends with all the boys. They had better toys! Swords and transformers and legos beat playing House any day. I never even heard the idea boys had cooties until third grade, and by then I already knew that wasn’t true.
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I was definitely more friends with boys than girls (even now)… guys are so much more laid-back, and there’s no judging or mind-games, which I appreciate. I love my girl friends, too, but I make friends with guys more easily than women.
I may have to get some PB2 or try this with regular PB instead of the oil… sounds delicious! And I love the new header / banner pic, although I second Heather that your eyes really stand out with darker hair. Gorgeous both ways, though! 🙂
do you have recipe for a chocolate syrup/powder for chocolate milk?
Sorry, only hot chocolate.
iherb.com have big bags of high protein peanut flour 🙂
Is this supposed to be flourless?
yes PB2 is basically peanut flour with a touch of salt and sweetener so it should work fine.
Yum! I think it’ll be hard to kick the husband out of the house if he knows that I’m making one of these sweet treats- both of our hearts flutter for chocolate + peanut butter 😛
Thank you so much for this recipe! 🙂 I hope I can make it replace my old chocolate brownie cake recipe (which is good, but too hefty calorie-wise in my opinion, being around 600kcal) which was simply 4 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, dash of salt, 4 tbsp sugar, and 2 tbsp oil. Cutting it in half might help maybe… hm. 🙂 and it puts my PB2 to use!
It’s like you know all of my weaknesses! SOOOO good!
Love the new heading (is that what it’s called?) on ur website!! 🙂 it’s simple and sweet.
I was wondering what was up earlier… I saw both headers and once. Then it hit me that you were probably changing them. Love how it flows seamlessly with the white background! 🙂
Love your new title thing-y.
You mean to say that shampoo turned your hair from dark brown to light blonde?
Haha – you just have to leave it on your hair for about 30-60 mins (and use old towels so the concentrated bleach in it doesn’t ruin your good ones), but it will totally cause the sun to make your hair blonde…amazing!
It looks so good… I want it.
It was fun to PRETEND cooties were real sometimes. XD That way we didn’t have to share treats!!
The new header is so cute, Katie! Your hair kind of matches the white, ’cause of the brightness. ^^’ I. Love. The pink.
Love the new header. The other one was kinda forgettable in that I already don’t remember what it looked like, lol.
Oh boys. I love boys, I wanted to be one when I was a kid and considering most of my friends were male, I kinda thought I was one. I love my female friends but there are things that you can do with dudes that most females are too sensible to agree to. Plus, guy friends don’t care what you look like as long as you can run like hell wearing those shoes, lol.
Love the new blog look Katie! And this recipe looks fantastic!
Haha I think I was both–sometimes they had cooties and sometimes I couldn’t have enough guy friends!
I’ve had a container of PB2 in my pantry for a while now, but straight up peanut butter always tempts me more. Thanks for the delish recipe that makes PB2 kinda sexy! What a perfect sweet ending to my day. I topped it with a bit of buttercream frosting I had left over from “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World,” and it rocked. Thank you, Katie!
When I was a kid, I played with boys and girls. When I got a little older, I went through a phase where I thought boys were so much cooler, but I’m glad that’s over. Ladies are the best! Just glancing through the comments, there are some harsh judgements (uptight, manipulative, gossip obsessed) about women that make me sad. Also, some seem to think they can only be themselves around boys, and that breaks my heart! Here’s a BIG supportive, non-judgmental virtual hug from one awesome lady to another. You’ll have to excuse my feminist perspective, but I really believe that the “boys club” will only dissolve when we stop striving to be apart of it, and instead support each other.
I LOVE, Love, love that you have single serve recipes!!! I am trying to lose weight and have NO willpower when it comes to baked goods so if I make a whole cake I will eat the whole thing within a couple days!!
Thank you Katie!!!!