The Healthiest Chocolate Milkshake
In the mood for a rich, chocolatey treat? Toss four simple ingredients into your blender and enjoy this splurge-worthy sip in minutes. It has no added sugar and an impressive 7 grams of fiber. Now that’s sweet!
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The Healthiest Chocolate Milkshake
Toss four simple ingredients into your blender and enjoy this splurge-worthy sip in minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk, or any milk of choice
- 1 large ripe banana, peeled and frozen
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup ice, ~5 ice cubes
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Instructions
- Toss all ingredients into a blender and puree until thick, smooth and frothy. (Do not over-mix or it will become too thin). For a darker chocolatey taste, add an additional tablespoon of cocoa powder.
Notes
To increase the protein in your milkshake:
• You can replace the cocoa powder with 2 to 4 tablespoons of chocolate-flavored protein powder, depending on how much protein you’d like to add. • You can also create a vanilla-banana milkshake by swapping the cocoa powder for 2 to 4 tablespoons of vanilla-flavored protein powder. Dietary considerations:
• If you’re following a gluten-free diet, be sure to carefully read the packaging for each ingredient. While these foods are inherently gluten-free, gluten can sometimes be added during processing for a variety of reasons, including for flavor and consistency. • Similarly, if you’re dairy-free, check the ingredient list carefully for any hidden milk products.
• You can replace the cocoa powder with 2 to 4 tablespoons of chocolate-flavored protein powder, depending on how much protein you’d like to add. • You can also create a vanilla-banana milkshake by swapping the cocoa powder for 2 to 4 tablespoons of vanilla-flavored protein powder. Dietary considerations:
• If you’re following a gluten-free diet, be sure to carefully read the packaging for each ingredient. While these foods are inherently gluten-free, gluten can sometimes be added during processing for a variety of reasons, including for flavor and consistency. • Similarly, if you’re dairy-free, check the ingredient list carefully for any hidden milk products.
Watch how to make it!
Nutrition Information per serving
Calories: 180Carbohydrates: 38gProtein: 5gTotal Fat: 4.5g— Unsaturated Fat: 3.5g— Saturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 175mgPotassium: 813mgFiber: 8gTotal Sugar: 17g— Natural Sugar: 17g— Added Sugar: 0gVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 465mgIron: 2.5mg
Nutrition information is calculated using a leading industry software. That being said, brands can vary, and there may be slight fluctuations in the numbers.
I’m hoping you loved this recipe!
If you made it and want to share feedback, I’d be so grateful to hear from you. Please leave a review below or tag @joybauer on Instagram!
We loved it. We wanted ours a little sweeter so we added about three tablespoons of sugar. It was thick and delicious.
Hi Allie. So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
—Team Joy
Yum! This was great!
Hi Kristina. We’re so glad you loved it! Thanks for the comments and review 🙂
—Team Joy
I am so making this! If I wanted to add vanilla protein powder to it would I change anything re ingredients? Thanks for sharing this 🙂
Hi Karen! A few things you can do with protein powder:
1. If you want a vanilla-banana milkshake, you can omit the cocoa powder and use 2 to 4 tablespoons of vanilla-flavored protein powder, depending on how much protein you’d like to add.
2. If you want to still keep a subtle chocolatey flavor while increasing your protein intake, you can keep the cocoa powder the same and add 2 tablespoons of your vanilla-flavored protein powder.
3. You can keep a full chocolatey flavor by swapping the cocoa powder for 2 to 4 Tbsp of a chocolate-flavored protein powder.
Hope this helps and let me know what you think! Hoping you love it
Thank you for the recipe!
You’re very welcome, Jeri!
I made this today and it was delicious! Thanks, Joy!
Hi Jeri! We’re so happy you decided to give Joy’s recipe a try – and that it turned out delicious!
-Alison