Yep, you read that correctly. We’re talking about a Chocolate Mint Protein Smoothie. It’s the {healhiest} treat of all treats! And it’s so good for you, you can have it for breakfast. Or dessert, really. Either way, you’ll love it.
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Chocolate for Breakfast
I had this for breakfast. Twice. Just last week. And man oh man, it’s a good one.
I feel like we’re friends here and I want to tell you a secret. I really wanted to post a healthy Shamrock Shake recipe in time for St. Patrick’s Day but I wanted my shake to be #Fab4Approved and I didn’t have any vanilla protein powder on hand. Ha, how’s that for blogger laziness?
So I made you this Chocolate Mint Protein Smoothie instead and I hope you’ll forgive me.
(But in case a healthy take on a Shamrock Shake is what you really want, I do have this recipe I posted on Instagram last year.)
Secret Ingredient
The secret ingredient here is avocado. Yep, I put avocado in my smoothie and you can’t even taste it.
If you’ve never added avocado to your smoothie, please try it. It makes it so creamy. Like soft serve ice cream. Ok, maybe not just like soft serve…
I like adding avocado to my smoothies to balance out the texture of frozen veggies like I used here. The creaminess of the avocado wins out in the end making the whole concoction taste really decadent, even if it’s totally good for you!
Chocolate Mint Protein Smoothie
This smoothie is all the good things: dairy-free, gluten-free (not many smoothies have gluten anyway), CHOCOLATE, and you could definitely make this nut-free if you’d like.
Enjoy!!
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 handful frozen greens
- 1 serving/scoop chocolate protein powder
- 2-3 T cacao powder
- 2 T flax seed meal
- 1/4 avocado
- 1/4 frozen banana
- 1/4 frozen zucchini, sliced before it's frozen
- 1 T mixed nut butter
- 2 teeny drops peppermint essential oil
- cacao nibs if you'd like!
- Add almond milk and frozen greens to your blender and blend until smooth.
- Add all the protein powder, cacao powder, and flax seed meal to your blender and blend until mixed and smooth.
- Add avocado, frozen banana, frozen zucchini, mixed nut butter, and peppermint essential oil to blender and blend until mixed and smooth. You might have to pulse it a few times to get the frozen foods chopped up before you can blend.
- You can sub coconut milk for the almond milk if you're nut-free.
- I used Tone It Up Plant Protein in this recipe.
- You can leave out the nut butter if you're nut-free.
- You can sub in almond butter or cashew butter for the mixed nut butter.
- I got my mixed nut butter from Trader Joe's.
- You can sub in frozen cauliflower for the zucchini. Aim for a 1/4 cup.
- Be careful when adding the essential oil! A little goes a long way.
- You can add more banana or a date or two for extra sweetness.
- Top with the cacao nibs for an extra crunch!