Chocolate-Covered Cherry-Almond Smoothie

If you love cherries and chocolate, you have to try this Chocolate-Covered Cherry-Almond Smoothie! It’s healthy, vegan, sugar free and gluten free! It’s one of my favorite breakfasts or afternoon snacks.

I can’t believe I didn’t share this recipe sooner. I’ve been enjoying this to-die-for, chocolate-covered cherry-almond smoothie for weeks.

You know, like a normal person. One who doesn’t whip out a bulky camera and tripod at breakfast.

Each morning, I’d gleefully scoop frozen dark cherries into my blender, while belting out — in my best Frankie Valli voice  — “Cherrryyy, Cherry Baby…” Then I’d swoon when I tasted that deliciously intense cherry flavor accented with almond extract and cocoa. Yum!

Then I remembered I have a food blog. And chocolate and cherries would have been great for Valentine’s Day…or Presidents Day! You know…the whole cherry-tree legend with George Washington. (Supposedly, as a six-year-old boy, he used his hatchet to cut his father’s beloved cherry tree, and then confessed when his dad was angry. George couldn’t tell a lie.)

I’m a stunad for not sharing this chocolate-covered cherry smoothie earlier. But, it’s still February, right?

And wait until you taste this. If you love cherry-flavored anything, it’ll knock your socks off.

Of course, there’s a banana in there too, plus walnuts and oats. (You know me and my healthy, vegan smoothies. They’re gluten free, if you use gluten-free oats. And sugar free, if you use unsweetened almond milk.) But that all-natural, cherry flavor really shines here.

As a kid, I always loved cherry candy and cherry popsicles best. I secretly enjoyed getting a cold so Dad would give me Luden’s cough drops to take to school. Does anyone else remember that slim, white cardboard box and those oh-so-delicious wild cherry cough drops??!

Wait, I found them online! This is unsponsored, but here’s my Amazon link for Luden’s Wild Cherry Cough Drops in the box, in case you want to buy a pack of 20.  Maybe I should request them for my birthday present…

OK, enough with the cough drops. Let’s get back to this chocolate-covered cherry-almond smoothie. If you love cherries, if you love chocolate, if you love chocolate-covered cherries, if you love almond flavor, you must try this!

Just make sure to sing at the top of your lungs when blending it.

“Cherrryyy, Cherry Baby!”

Enjoy! And, if cherries aren’t your jam (what?!!), you might enjoy my Chocolate-Covered Pecan Banana Smoothie or this Pomegranate Smoothie with Banana and Walnuts. And, if you don’t eat bananas, definitely try my Strawberry-Grape Breakfast Smoothie.

(Recipe Source: Cooking with Mamma C)

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Chocolate-Covered Cherry-Almond Smoothie

Prep Time

4 mins

Total Time

4 mins

 

One of my favorite smoothies ever! It's healthy, vegan & gluten free.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: almond, breakfast smoothie, chocolate cherry smoothie, gluten free, vegan

Servings: 1

Calories: 482 kcal

Author: Cooking with Mamma C

Ingredients

• 1 ripe banana (peeled & broken in half)
• heaping 1/2 cup frozen dark, pitted cherries
• 1/3 cup oats (use gluten free if needed)
• 1/4 cup shelled walnut halves
• 1 cup almond milk (I use unsweetened)
• 1 teaspoon cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 4-5 ice cubes (add more if using cherries that aren't frozen)

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Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients to your blender. Blend until smooth, stopping once to scrape down the cocoa from the sides of your blender container.

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate-Covered Cherry-Almond Smoothie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 482 Calories from Fat 216

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 24g 37%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Sodium 331mg 14%

Potassium 802mg 23%

Total Carbohydrates 62g 21%

Dietary Fiber 10g 40%

Sugars 24g

Protein 11g 22%

Vitamin A 1.5%

Vitamin C 18.3%

Calcium 34.3%

Iron 14.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.