We’ve been making a whole lot of smoothies lately. My youngest son mastered the blender over the holidays and it’s been working overtime these last two weeks. Since he’s been hanging around the kitchen with me, he’s been the chosen guinea pig for my smoothie testing recipes. Which is great because he’s the only one of my children who eats anything.
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Once it’s passed his not too selective taste test, I cautiously serve it up to my two fussy kids. That’s the real {will this make the blog} test.
If they wolf it down without a fuss, then I know I’m on to a winner.
But let’s be honest, chocolate recipes normally pass the fussy kid test without a hitch. This Chocolate Smoothie Recipe is no exception.
It’s actually so good I served it up as dessert and the family loved it.
–>> Free Printable: Smoothie Cheat Sheet {5 Easy Kid Friendly Smoothie}
Chocolate Smoothie – 5 Whole Food Ingredients
Chances are you probably have these ingredients in your kitchen right now, so give this recipe a whirl right now.
- Cocoa
- Almond Milk (or milk of your Choice)
- Peanut Butter (or Almond Butter)
- Ripe Banana
- Ice
Smoothies are a brilliant way to get the kids to eat fruits and veggies they would normally kick up a fuss about. Once it’s all blended together it loses it’s scare factor and looks all kinds of delicious.
Fast Breakfast Option
It doesn’t matter how late you are for the bus, you always have time for a smoothie. It takes 20 – 30 seconds to whip one of these babies together and pop it in a cup to go.
Keep it Simple by having a few easy to make smoothie recipes on hand. Here are 4 or our go to smoothie recipes we make regularly.
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Freeze your Ripe Bananas
Most of the smoothies I make for the kids breakfast contain bananas as a base. The more ripe they are, the sweeter your smoothie will be. So taste it before adding extra honey or sweetener.
I buy bananas in huge amounts. When they are on special, it’s like Christmas round here. I peel, chop and freeze them so that I always have them on hand for morning smoothies.
The 4 Basic Kid Friendly Smoothies Every Mom Should Know how to Make
New to the Smoothie making game? Keep these 4 easy to make, foolproof, kid friendly smoothie recipes up your sleeve or stuck to the fridge (print out the one page printable here).
Clean Eating Chocolate Shake
- Prep Time: 1 min
- Cook Time: 1 min
- Total Time: 2 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Print Recipe
Pin RecipeDescription
Lightening Fast Clean Eating Chocolate Nut Smoothie (so good you can have it as a dessert)
Ingredients
1 large Ripe Banana (the riper the better)
1 Cup Almond milk (or milk or your choice)
2 Tablespoons Cocoa
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter (or Almond Butter)
1/2 Cup ice
Instructions
Add all ingredients to the blender.
Blend together until smooth.
- Category: Smoothie
- Cuisine: Clean Eating
Keywords: Clean Eating Chocolate Smoothie
