Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie
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Smooth, creamy, velvety Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie. Loaded with superfoods rich in essential nutrients. Made with juicy and sweet cherries, banana, cacao powder, hemp hearts, chia seeds, collagen peptides, and milk of choice. Makes for a refreshing, nutrient-dense, and rich smoothie.
Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie
This Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie is everything you want from any smoothie. It’s smooth, creamy, tasty, filling and packed with nutritious ingredients. With summer right around the corner and cherries in season, this will quickly become your new go-to smoothie. Make it as a delicious and refreshing breakfast or snack. Great for those hot and humid summer days quickly approaching us. Filled with fruit, some of the best superfoods; cacao, chia, hemp, and collagen peptides, and milk of choice. You will love this velvety and chocolaty smoothie.
Ingredients needed to make Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie:
- Frozen Cherries– You can also use fresh. Just make sure they are pitted and to add ice to the smoothie.
- Frozen Banana– Adds creaminess.
- Cacao Powder– Cacao powder has antioxidants. You can also use unsweetened cocoa powder but it won’t have the same superfood nutrients as cacao does.
- Seeds– Chia Seeds and Hemp Hearts
- Collagen Peptides– Adds protein and makes smoothie creamy.
- Unsweetened Almond Milk– Or milk of choice like oat milk.
Equipment needed to make Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie
- Blender– Preferably a high speed blender. A regular blender will work too you may just have to blend your smoothie a little longer.
How to make Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie:
- Step 1– Place all ingredients in a high speed blender. Blend for 60 seconds or until smooth and rich consistency is reached. Use a spoon to check smoothie and make sure there are’t any chunks of fruit left. If there is, place cover back on blender and continue to blend for another few seconds until smoothie is completely smooth.
- Step 2– Pour smoothie into glass or mason jar and enjoy. Keep refrigerated for up to 8 hours if not consuming right away.
Tips and Substitutions:
- Use fresh cherries if that’s what you have– Just make sure to remove the pits and add some ice to your smoothie.
- Not a fan of banana?– You can use frozen cauliflower rice to reach the same level of creaminess. Plus the cauliflower will add even more nutrients to the smoothie.
- Substitute for collagen peptides– You can use protein powder.
- Substitute for almond milk– You can use any milk you prefer. Oat milk is great too as it’s creamy and will keep the smoothie plant-based.
Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie FAQ’s:
What Superfoods is this smoothie loaded with?
This smoothie is super healthy as it is packed with fruit and superfoods. Cacao powder, chia, hemp hearts, and collagen peptides are all healthy and nutrient-dense superfoods. Making this smooth, creamy, velvety smoothie loaded with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties, protein, fiber, and more.
- Cacao Powder: rich in antioxidants and magnesium, great source of vitamins and minerals, reduces stress and regulates blood sugar.
- Chia Seeds: Highly nutrient-dense, excellent source of fiber, rich in antioxidants and protein, high in omega-3 fatty acids.
- Hemp Hearts: Excellent source of protein and fiber, anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, reduces inflammation, high in omega-3.
- Collagen Peptides: Great for skin, promotes bone health, muscle mass, and relieves joint pain, healthy gut health, great for hair and nail growth.
Not a fan of bananas in your smoothies?
If you don’t like bananas in your smoothies, you can use frozen cauliflower rice as a substitute. Frozen cauliflower rice makes smoothies creamy like frozen bananas do. Don’t worry, your smoothie won’t taste like cauliflower. Trust me! Plus it will get the added nutrition cauliflower has to offer.
How do you put cherries in a smoothie?
The easiest way to add cherries to your smoothie is by adding frozen cherries. These come pitted and the fact that they are frozen will make your smoothie cold and thicker without having to add ice. If you have fresh cherries you can certainly add those too. Just remove the pits first. You can easily do this with a stainless steel straw to push the pit out of the cherry. Add ice to make smoothie cold and thick.
Is this Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie vegan?
Technically, it is not since it calls for collagen peptides. However, you can easily make it vegan simply by using a vegan protein powder instead of collagen peptides.
Meal Prepping it:
Smoothies are always great for adding to your weekly meal planning. This smoothie recipe only calls for a few ingredients which makes it super quick and easy to make. Add it to your weekly meal plan for those days you know you won’t have much time to make an elaborate breakfast. For those days that you know you will need to take breakfast on-the-go!
Storing Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie:
Pour any leftover Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie into a mason jar tightly sealed. Keep it refrigerated for up to 24-48 hours. The smoothie may start to separate as it sits in the fridge. Just give it a shake or blend it again to get smooth texture.
Did you like this Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie recipe? You may also like these other Smoothie recipes:
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- Blueberry-Vanilla Protein Smoothie
Chocolate Cherry Superfood Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen cherries
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts
- 1 scoop collagen peptides
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk or oat milk
Instructions
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender. Blend for 60 seconds or until smooth and rich consistency is reached. Use a spoon to check smoothie and make sure there are't any chunks of fruit left. If there is, place cover back on blender and continue to blend for another few seconds until smoothie is completely smooth.
Pour smoothie into glass or mason jar and enjoy. Keep refrigerated for up to 8 hours if not consuming right away.
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
- Use fresh cherries if that’s what you have– Just make sure to remove the pits and add some ice to your smoothie.
- Not a fan of banana?– You can use frozen cauliflower rice to reach the same level of creaminess. Plus the cauliflower will add even more nutrients to the smoothie.
- Substitute for collagen peptides– You can use protein powder.
- Substitute for almond milk– You can use any milk you prefer. Oat milk is great too as it’s creamy and will keep the smoothie plant-based.
*Number of total servings in estimated. Actual number of servings may vary depending on your own personal preference in portion sizes.
**Nutritional values shown are general guidelines for 1 serving using the ingredients listed above. These numbers do not reflect and may vary depending on substitutions, additions and/or different brands and/or other ingredients that may be used.
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