Peanut Butter gets most Americans all kinds of excited. We eat Peanut Butter in England, but it’s not considered its own food group like it is over here – west of the Atlantic and east of the Pacific; and we generally don’t have a Peanut Butter flavored version of every recipe ever written. In England we put it on bread or toast and call it good. If we’re feeling really decadent, we’ll cram some into the hollow of celery sticks and munch on them; but that’s only on special days. I remember the first time I spied a jar of peanut butter and jelly and thought it was the weirdest thing ever. Pretty, but definitely not something to consume even in an emergency.
Having now lived on this large and glorious hunk of land for a while though, it makes total sense that America once voted a Peanut Farmer into the White House. Luckily for everyone with a penchant for peanuts – they’re *SANE. If JB told America it had to give up peanuts, I am as certain as I can be that he’d have a nationwide revolt on his hands.
Talking of that Bailor bloke – he started me down this peanut butter mousse road, since being British I wouldn’t intrinsically think about using peanut butter to make anything dessert. His version was so rich and peanut-buttery - beyond even peanut butter itself – I could only manage a spoonful before I had to lie down and nap. I can imagine if you served that to dinner guests you’d be breaking out the air mattresses and tucking everyone up in no time.
So I fiddled with this and that, made it *SANEr – which is highly amusing to me – and whipped up a dinner-party-worthy mousse for you. But lest you think you have to wait for a dinner party and invite guests before you can make this peanut-lover’s dream – if I were you I’d make a big old bowl and keep it in the ‘fridge, and then anytime you need a little something, shove your spoon right on into this fluffy sea of peanutty glory.
Peanuts for President!
- 2 cups non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 3 scoops vanilla whey powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda – DO NOT USE TOO MUCH! It will taste like soap.
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- ⅓ cup xylitol or equivalent granular sweetener
- In a large bowl beat together the yogurt and peanut butter until completely blended.
- Mix in the whey powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff.
- Add ½ the xylitol and whisk well. Add the remaining xylitol and whisk until the egg whites are stiff and glossy.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the peanut butter mixture until completely blended.
- Spoon into dishes and chill in the ‘fridge.
*SANE™, inSANE, SANEity – terms used in Jonathan Bailor’s book, The Smarter Science of Slim.
by carrie
Laura - How much cream of tartar? I don’t see it in ingredient list :). Thank you for ALL you do!!!
carrie - THANKS, Laura! Bad Carrie – that’s what comes of writing recipes at 11:45 pm. I fixed it now :-)
Cowgirl Rae - What is the purpose of the baking soda?
carrie - Ah ha, Rae! Great question :-) It tones down the tang of the yogurt.
Colleen - Hey Carrie, this looks soooo yummy. But how long would it last if I was making it for one, as an occasional after dinner treat?
carrie - Colleen – I have successfully kept it in an airtight glass container in the ‘fridge for a week. Hope that helps!
Kati Cole - Hi Carrie! It’s your egg girl again. This looks AMAZING. Any suggestions on something I can sub for them? It looks like they are for structure, so I’m pretty sure my fake powder stuff won’t cut it. Thank you! You’re awesome!
PS – I’m in Kirkland so feel free to point me to a specialty market if necessary!
carrie - Hello, Egg Girl! This is not so easy to solve. I’ll work on it :-) For now you could leave out the egg whites altogether and just add the sweetener straight into the peanut butter mixture, but this is SO rich if you can manage more than one spoonful I’d be surprised!
Seth Resler - Maybe it’s just ‘cuz I’m American, but that looks insanely good!
carrie - Ha, Seth! Make it and tell me what you think :-)
Tara - I just made this yesterday and it is FANTASTIC YUMMINESS! I can’t believe I waited so long to make it. Thank you, thank you!
carrie - Most welcome, Tara!
gabi - I finally made this today and I LOVED it – Looking for some other info on this blog I came back to this recipe and re-reading it I realized, in my hurry to make it alongside 6th grade homework assignments and making dinner before it was too late, I left out the whey protein, the baking soda and the salt (what????? silly me!!!!!) – I still think it tastes AMAZING – So in the next few days, all I have left to do is eat the remaining 7 bowls and make a new batch the right way :) Thanks a lot Carrie for all your recipes!!!! I LOVE THEM and look forward to more …… on your own schedule of course :)
carrie - You made me smile, Gabi! THANK YOU for your support!
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Suzie Price - Carrie, I made the Creamy Peanut Butter Mouse – AMAZING. SOOOOO good. Simple too. Have to say I’ve been trying many of your recipes and they are ALL good. If you decide to develop a cookbook, I will definitely buy. Also, I appreciate your participation in all of the podcasts, perfect, too! Thanks for sharing, creating and being!! Suzie
carrie - Awwww, Suzie – thank you so much for your kind words. So happy that you love the recipes!
Kati the No-Egg Girl - Hi Carrie! I tried making this today with whipped coconut milk, but the milk didn’t separate in the fridge, and it didn’t whip much. So I did what any self respecting woman would do with a huge bowl of milk-based PB goodness – I poured it into my ice cream maker! AMAZING! Next time I am going to make it with chocolate protein powder for a candy-like treat. You can bet I’ll keep you posted!
carrie - Love it, Kati-No-Egg!!! :-)
Weds - I love this recipe. I am not a big peanut butter fan, but this stuff is phenomenol. The other day I needed a snack to take to work. I usually eat the mousse as a dessert, so I thought I had better have something to go with it to fill me up…. Instead of eating it with a spoon, I scooped it up with celery sticks. Omg! Waaaay better than ants on a log, plus a big dose of protein!!
carrie - Love this, Wednesday!! Ain’t it great to eat dessert all day long?!!