This chocolate raspberry smoothie is a healthy high-protein breakfast with all the trappings of a decadent dessert–sweet chocolate and tart raspberry flavors enveloped in a rich and creamy texture. You’ll love that this smoothie is loaded with fruits, veggies, oats, milk, and protein powder, making it a nutrient-dense breakfast, snack, or guilt-free dessert option!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Dessert-like flavor combination of tart raspberry and sweet milk chocolate.
- Rich, creamy texture.
- Protein and fiber packed breakfast/snack option.
- Ready in 5 minutes or less!
Ingredients
- Raspberries and banana – for optimum freshness and richer flavor, flash freeze fresh raspberries and sliced banana 1-2 hours before making your smoothie (we prefer overnight).
- Cauliflower – results in extra creamy texture. Also a high fiber add-in that doesn’t affect the taste!
- Rolled oats
- Optional mix-ins – cacao nibs are our favorite because they add a little extra chocolatey flavor and crunch plus antioxidants and healthy plant-based fats. We also like pumpkin seeds for a dose of antioxidants, magnesium, and zinc.
- Chocolate protein powder – we prefer whey isolate protein powders because they make super creamy, milkshake-like smoothies. Our favorite brands are optimum nutrition chocolate whey and transparent labs chocolate whey isolate.
- Milk – cow’s milk or plant milk work equally well in this recipe.
- Ice
Tips for Making Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie
- Flash freeze fresh raspberries and sliced bananas 1-2 hours before making your smoothie (or overnight) for a fresher, more flavor-packed smoothie. We like to stock up on berries during the summer months when they’ll be at their peak ripeness and freeze them for later use.
- Speed up smoothie prep time by storing pre-measured raspberries, banana, cauliflower, cacao nibs, and pumpkin seeds in a storage bag in the freezer for easy “grab-and-go” smoothie bases. Then just add the oats, protein powder, milk and ice, blend, and enjoy! We like to make a week’s worth of different pre-measured smoothie bases on Sundays for a breakfast “meal prep” for the week. We label them and keep them in the freezer for an easy smoothie jump-start.
- Use a quality high-powered blender for the smoothest results with no icy chunks of unblended fruit or veg. We use our Ninja almost every day and love the single serve option for our smoothie recipes.
How to Make Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie
Add the smoothie ingredients to a high-powered blender. Blend on high for 1-2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy. Top with extra cacao nibs and raspberries, if desired.
This recipe yields 1 large smoothie or 2 small smoothies.
Recipe Variations
- Berries – we use this same recipe all the time and swap out raspberries with blackberries, cherries, and/or strawberries to switch things up.
- Veggies – swap out cauliflower with zucchini for equally creamy results. Or try spinach or kale for a boost of leafy, iron-rich greens.
- Protein powder – chocolate is our standard for this recipe, but vanilla is another go-to. We prefer whey, but you can try other vegan/plant-based varieties (like pea protein) if you want.
- Mix-ins – our favorite swaps include hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seed, almonds, and cashews.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frozen fruit is preferred for smoothies because it helps create a thick texture and also keeps the smoothie cold. If you do use fresh (not frozen) fruit, adding ice can help thicken and chill the smoothie.
Frozen fruit, protein powder, nut butters, yogurt, avocado, and chia seeds are all great thickeners in a smoothie.
For this recipe, if you plan to use protein powder we recommend using milk since protein powder will thicken the smoothie. However, if you do not plan to add protein powder, you may want to use yogurt instead of milk to create a thicker texture.
Check out our other yummy smoothie recipes
- Chocolate cherry smoothie
- Cold brew coffee smoothie
- Peach smoothie
- Peanut butter banana smoothie
- Mint chocolate chip smoothie
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Chocolate Raspberry Protein Smoothie
Equipment
- 1 high powered single or multi serve blender (like Ninja or Nutribullet)
Ingredients
- ยฝ frozen banana
- โ c frozen cauliflower (about 2 large florets or 6 small florets)
- ยฝ c frozen raspberries
- ยผ c rolled oats
- 1 Tbsp cacao nibs (optional)
- 1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds or hemp seeds (optional)
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (we like optimum nutrition or transparent labs chocolate whey)
- ยพ c plant or cow's milk
- ice (optional)
Instructions
- Add the smoothie ingredients to a high-powered blender. Blend on high for 1-2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy. Top with extra cacao nibs and raspberries, if desired.This recipe yields 1 large or 2 small smoothies.
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