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This chocolate strawberry smoothie tastes like a treat, but it’s made with healthy ingredients! Blend up this tasty puree in 5 minutes.
Here’s a smoothie for when you’ve got a chocolate craving: the Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie! Because what’s more fun than chocolate covered strawberries, in drinkable form? This tasty recipe features strawberries, banana, almond butter and cocoa powder, blended up into a lusciously creamy puree. Its rich, fruity flavor made it an instant hit over here, and we gobbled it up like it was a milkshake. The ideal healthy treat!
Ingredients in this chocolate strawberry smoothie
This chocolate strawberry smoothie is made with just a few natural ingredients that you may already have on hand. It’s dairy-free when you use non-dairy milk; we recommend oat milk for smoothies because of its creamy texture and neutral flavor. Here’s what you’ll need for this smoothie (or jump to the recipe below for quantities):
- Frozen strawberries
- Banana
- Old Fashioned oats: optional, but adds a hearty dose of whole grains
- Cocoa powder
- Almond butter
- Milk of choice: dairy, oat milk or almond milk
- Pure maple syrup or honey or agave syrup
- Ice
Blend it up and give it a taste: you can add a splash more milk to get it to blend. The fruity rich chocolate flavor was a big hit over here.
Step it up with a garnish
This chocolate strawberry smoothie tastes incredible as is: but here’s a little trick for stepping it up if you’re making it as a treat. Top it with a sprinkle of dark chocolate! You only need about 1 tablespoon, and when you stir it in it makes for tasty occasional chocolate chunks. It’s optional, but a fun way to take it up a notch!
Ways to add protein
Almond butter brings protein to this chocolate strawberry smoothie without overwhelming the flavor! But you can add more protein especially if you’re using this as a meal replacement. Here are a few options:
- Chia seeds. You can add plant-based protein and fiber with chia seeds: 2 tablespoons chia seeds adds 4 grams protein and 11 grams fiber.
- More almond butter. Add another 1 tablespoon nut butter to add an additional 4 grams protein.
- Vanilla or chocolate protein powder: Protein powder works well here: we use this protein powder that has natural ingredients and a flavor that’s not too artificial.
Variations on a chocolate strawberry smoothie
Once you’ve made the chocolate strawberry smoothie recipe below, try it with a few variations! Here are some ideas:
- Substitute frozen raspberries for strawberries. Instant chocolate raspberry smoothie!
- Use dark chocolate cocoa powder. Substitute Dutch process cocoa powder for the regular cocoa powder for a dark chocolate flavor! You should be able to find it at your local grocery. If you can’t find it, you can buy it online: try Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder or Ghiradelli Dutch Process Cocoa Powder.
More healthy chocolate recipes
Craving chocolate but want to satisfy it with something healthy? Try these tasty recipes:
- Go for a Chocolate Banana Smoothie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie or Chocolate Blueberry Smoothie
- Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries instead (they’re healthy too!)
- Try Chocolate Covered Bananas
- Make fan-favorite Healthy Chocolate Pudding Snack
This chocolate strawberry smoothie recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.
Chocolate Strawberry Smoothie
This chocolate strawberry smoothie tastes like a treat, but it’s made with healthy ingredients! Blend up this tasty puree in 5 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 small smoothies 1x
- Category: Drink
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Smoothie
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 banana (room temperature)
- ½ cup Old Fashioned oats (optional)
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- ¾ cup milk of choice (dairy, oat milk or almond milk)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1 cup ice
- For the garnish: 1 sprinkle chopped dark chocolate (optional)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender, breaking the banana into pieces. Blend until creamy and frothy, stopping and scraping down the sides as necessary and adding a splash more milk if necessary.
- If desired, top with 1 tablespoon chopped dark chocolate (it makes for a nice mix in but it’s totally optional). Serve immediately or store in a covered jar in the refrigerator for 2 days.
Your recipes are great. I am just starting. Is it okay to use fat-free Lacktaid milk?
I have gastrities and have to watch my fat intake. I am also lacktaid intolerent.
I am trying to lose the 20 lbs. I gained in one year – from the time my husband passed away suddenly in May to the present. I was depressed and ate a lot of junk food.
Love this chocolate strawberry smoothie! I’ve been using it for almost a year now. Never fails!
Question…due to health issues I can’t have bananas so what could I substitute in place of the banana?
Good question! Here the banana makes a nice creamy texture. In place of the banana, I would add 1/2 cup yogurt and another 1/2 cup or so frozen strawberries. Go down to 1/2 cup milk and increase the liquid as necessary until it blends together. You may need to adjust sweetness with more maple syrup too. Let us know how it goes!