This thick, rich and creamy chocolate smoothie recipe is the best chocolate smoothie you will ever taste. You will feel like you are drinking a delicious chocolate milkshake!
Easy chocolate smoothie
If you’re looking for a healthy breakfast or snack that’s easy to make and will keep you full for hours, be sure to try this Easy Chocolate Smoothie.
It’s quick to prepare and packed with nutritious ingredients. And unlike many other healthy smoothie recipes, There is NO banana necessary!
Just throw it all in a blender, blend until smooth, and enjoy the absolutely most delicious homemade chocolate smoothie of your life.
Also try this popular chocolate mug cake
Chocolate Smoothie Recipes
Chocolate Coffee Smoothie: Add 1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee before blending.
Black Forest: Substitute six ounces of frozen cherries in place of yogurt. If you don’t buy the fruit already pitted, be sure to remove the pits before blending.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie: Mix together 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, powdered peanut butter, or almond butter for a rich and decadent chocolate shake.
Nutella smoothie: Follow the steps above for the Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake, substituting store-bought or homemade Nutella for the nut butter.
Chocolate Strawberry: Instead of vanilla yogurt, use strawberry yogurt and add a frozen chopped strawberry or two. Or make a blueberry version with blueberry yogurt and a small handful of frozen blueberries.
Chocolate Banana Smoothie: For a sugar-free smoothie, use a ripe frozen banana as your sweetener of choice. This will also result in a thicker smoothie.
Tropical Smoothie: Use canned coconut milk for your milk of choice and 6 ounces frozen mango or banana in place of the yogurt.
Chocolate Green Smoothie: Add a handful of fresh spinach or kale. Or mix in up to 1/4 cup of your choice of frozen spinach or veggies.
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Watch the chocolate smoothie recipe video above
Chocolate protein smoothie recipe
Even made without protein powder, this healthy chocolate shake contains up to twelve grams of protein.
To make an even higher-protein morning meal or healthy snack, feel free to add a scoop of your favorite chocolate, vanilla, birthday cake, or other protein powder.
Depending on the brand and type of protein powder used, the protein smoothie can contain over 25 grams of protein!
Adding a spoonful of peanut butter or a sprinkling of nutritious chia seeds or flaxseeds will also increase the fiber and protein in the recipe.
Use leftover protein powder for protein brownies
Healthy chocolate smoothie ingredients
You will need unsweetened cocoa powder or chocolate protein powder, your choice of milk, vanilla yogurt, your favorite sweetener, a pinch of salt, and optional peanut butter, cashew butter, tahini, or almond butter.
The recipe does not call for the addition of ice cubes, and I recommend not using any. Ice dilutes the richness of the chocolate flavor.
The sweetener dosage depends on whether you use sweetened or unsweetened yogurt and milk, as well as your personal taste and the type of sweetener you choose.
For a recipe that uses unsweetened milk and yogurt, I like to add about 2 or 3 teaspoons of plain maple syrup or unrefined sugar. You can use pretty much any all-purpose sweetener here, so go with your favorite.
Chocolate Breakfast Shake
Turn the recipe into a filling breakfast option by adding 1-2 tablespoons of quick or old-fashioned oatmeal.
Blend the oatmeal until its texture resembles that of flour. Then add all the remaining ingredients and mix again. Aside from the added fiber and protein, adding oatmeal is also a great way to make the smoothie even thicker.
How to make a chocolate smoothie
Combine yogurt, milk, cocoa powder or protein powder, salt, optional nut butters, and sweetener in a blender. Blend until thick and smooth.
Pour the drink into a tall glass. Or use a mason jar if you want to be fancy.
You can also turn it into a chocolate smoothie bowl. Fill the bowl with granola, mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut, raspberries, two-ingredient chocolate truffles or sliced bananas, and homemade coconut whipped cream.
Chocolate Milkshake Trick: If you have a high-speed blender like a Vitamix and want to make an even thicker smoothie, pour the milk into an ice cube tray and freeze beforehand. Once frozen, remove the frozen milk ice cubes and blend together with the other ingredients to make a super thick chocolate smoothie.
Vegan and ketogenic options
To make a vegan chocolate smoothie, use non-dairy yogurt and plant-based milk. I like canned almond milk, oat milk, soy milk, or coconut milk.
For a no-sugar keto chocolate smoothie, use either sugar-free vanilla yogurt or plain Greek yogurt. If using an unsweetened yogurt, add 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and adjust the sweetener to suit your taste. Keto sugar substitutes contain allulose, xylitol, or stevia.
Not only is the healthy recipe vegan and low-carb, but it can also be soy-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, low-fat, and low-calorie.
Chocolate milkshake or smoothie?
The difference between a milkshake and a smoothie is that ice cream is the main ingredient in milkshakes while smoothies mix ingredients like fruit, yogurt, milk and sometimes veggies, avocado and veg or fruit juice.
Smoothies are typically much healthier than milkshakes due to their traditionally lower sugar and fat content and the addition of more nutritious ingredients.
A milkshake is more commonly served as a dessert, while a fruit smoothie with yogurt can also make a great healthy breakfast or snack.
- 6 oz vanilla yogurt (dairy-free or sugar-free on request)
- 1/2 Cup milk of your choice
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder or chocolate protein powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter (Optional)
- sweetener of your choice taste good
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Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve and enjoy. If you have a high-speed blender (like a Vitamix) and want to make an even thicker smoothie, freeze the milk in an ice cube tray beforehand. Once frozen, blend with the other ingredients to make a super thick chocolate smoothie.View nutritional information
Easy smoothie ideas
Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
This breakfast smoothie is a great way to use up ripe bananas. And you can change up the flavor by substituting cashew butter or almond butter for the peanut butter.
Avocado smoothie
Adding avocado to a smoothie might sound strange. Just give it a try and you’ll be amazed at how much it resembles the taste and texture of a vanilla milkshake.
Strawberry smoothie
These healthy plant-based strawberry smoothies can be made with just 3 ingredients and no banana. Throw in a handful of boba (tapioca pearls) if you want to turn them into fun bubble smoothies.
green smoothie
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Healthy shamrock shake
Top the healthy shakes with whipped cream or garnish with chocolate chips. They’re cold, refreshing, and a wonderful pick-me-up in the morning or afternoon.