This is what our backyard looked liked yesterday morning when I woke up:
Another day, another snow storm.
Isaac was loving it because he had a snow day from school and Olive had blast playing in it. Me? I think I’m ready for spring now — hence the reason I’m sharing a smoothie recipe today.
Picture me singing Heat Wave like the guy from Grumpy Old Men while making this smoothie.
The cherry and chocolate smoothie combo isn’t something new for me. I’ve been in love with it ever since trying Kristen’s Cherry Chocolate Bomb Shake a few years ago. For some reason back then it seemed like frozen cherries were hard to find, but lately I’ve been seeing them every time I go to the store so I decided to buy a bag and experiment with an updated chocolate cherry smoothie.
This time I jazzed things up a bit by adding a cup of baby greens and almond butter for some healthy fat. I personally really like the bittersweet flavor that the cacao powder adds and the tartness from the cherries, but if you like things a little on the sweeter side I’d recommend adding in frozen banana chunks or a few dates. Either will sweeten it right up!
Using frozen cherries gives the smoothie a thick consistency and makes it really cold, which I prefer. Room temp smoothies aren’t my thing!
The smoothie is meant to serve one, but it can also be halved and used as a snack. I portioned mine into two small mason jars to store in the fridge for later — or you know this morning, after I already had breakfast. 😉
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PinIngredients
- 2 cups frozen cherries
- 1 Tablespoon almond butter
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons raw cocoa powder
- 1 cup baby greens
- 1/2 frozen banana or 2 pitted Medjool dates (optional)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 smoothie
- Calories: 304
- Sugar: 30g
- Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 49g
- Fiber: 10g
- Protein: 8g
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Hi Brittany,
Happy Friday:)
Looks yummy! Can you please tell me what blender you use? Thanks!
Hi Swarna! I have a Vitamix and love it. 🙂
Yum! Chocolate + Cherry = a match made in heaven!
This looks yummy and I have that exact cacao powder. I need to make!
Yum! I have been drinking green smoothies with almond butter + half a frozen banana + cashew milk lately. I used to love chocolate cherry protein shakes, so I will have to combine the two! 🙂
I tried a similar one with strawberries the other day. Frozen cherries sounds even more delicious. Thanks!
I love that I can sneak the greens into the smoothie without charging the color
sugar seems high—where does it all come from?
The cherries.
I recently started adding mangoes to smoothies, but have never used cherries. Sounds delish! Stay warm! 🙂
Brittany, thanks a lot for the coupon code! I am planning to purchase one in the next couple of days. I have a Ninja now but not too happy with it.
Hi Brittany, thank you so much for this recipe! I made it this morning and it is now my new favorite smoothie! The only change I made was to use unsweetened almond milk in place of the water. I also added the optional dates. It honestly tasted like a rich chocolate dessert.
Thanks again and happy weekend!
I love cherries but have never had them in a smoothie – such a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Wow!!! I made this for breakfast! It’s so chocolatey and decadent. Thanks, Brittany 🙂
Yay! So glad you liked it.
This was amazing!! I have a small “personal” sized smoothie blender so I cut the cherries down to one cup in order to fit everything in and it was still delicious. It felt decadent to have for breakfast!
Oh man! This smoothie looks crazy delicious. I am always hunting for fresh new recipes to add to the rotation.
I really miss the snow, and thunk my kids would love waking up to a snowy yard and no school, but snow or no snow I just love this smoothie idea, I never use cherries and we all love them
I love chocolate and cherries together!! I love that you added greens to it. Smoothies are the best. Even in the winter!:)
ugh snow.
But this smoothie looks so good and refreshing
★★★★★
I love how easy it is to get frozen cherries now too. And I love the chocolate cherry combo. So good!
Agreed! They were hard to find for a while. And chocolate cherry is so good! I can’t get over it.
This cherry and chocolate smoothie sounds wonderful and I love how much goodness you packed into it!
wishing I had some cherries right now, we LOVE that cacao powder
Cherry and chocolate is the best flavor combination ever! This sounds great!