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🎅🏻 This Creamy Chocolate Candy Cane Smoothie is the perfect festive treat for the holiday season! Its rich and creamy blend of peppermint and chocolate gives your regular smoothie or protein shake routine a fun holiday twist. Made without processed sugar, corn syrup, or artificial dyes, this smoothie is wholesome, delicious, and satisfying—featuring frozen bananas, unsweetened cocoa, date paste, coconut yogurt, and a hint of peppermint. It’s not just tasty; it’s filling enough to keep Santa’s belly happy and full for hours! Stick to your healthy habits while embracing the magic of the season—be a healthy elf and whip up this guilt-free indulgence for Santa! It just might become his new favorite!
Ingredients
1 cup Almond Milk, unsweetened & organic
1 scoop (about 2 TB) Vanilla Protein Powder (or unflavored), no sugar added (I use Perfect Aminos brand) *See Cooks Note #1
3 TB Cocoa Powder, organic & unsweetened (I use Natural Grocers brand)
3 TB Date Paste, organic & frozen *see Cooks Note #2
2 Ripe Bananas, organic & frozen
2/3 Cups unsweetened plain coconut yogurt (I use Harmless Harvest brand)
1/8 tsp peppermint oil
Procedure
Load high speed blender in the order ingredients are presented above and blend till smooth.
Pour and enjoy!
This smoothie recipe is so filling and satisfying, it truly is a meal.
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Cooks Note #1: I like to buy vanilla or unflavored protein powder because of it’s versatility as it pairs with just about anything (chocolate, fruit, veggies, or whatever else you choose). And I always choose unsweetened (or lightly sweetened with monk fruit or other natural sugars over sugar additives, or sugar substitutes, including stevia). That said, you could use chocolate protein power in this recipe. If you do, you’d probably want to reduce the amount of cocoa powder you add (or eliminate the cocoa powder completely) based on your taste.
Cooks Note #2: Here’s the “how to” make date paste
Date Paste Ingredients:
1 pound of pitted dates (I use the Desert Valley Organic Dates pictured. I buy them at Costco).
1.5 cups of liquid (I use water to keep the calories lower, but you could also use coconut water, unsweetened non-dairy milk or unsweetened juice)
Date Paste Procedure: Let the dates sit overnight to absorb most of the water. Then dump them into the food processor (with the S blade), and process dates and liquid until it’s smooth (about a minute or two). I store my paste in the fridge where it’ll keep for about a month so it’s ready to go when I need to whip up a healthy no added sugar dish. If you need to keep it longer than a month, freeze it! This particular smoothie recipe is best with frozen date paste.
Use this delicious paste in various recipes instead of added sugar.