Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie
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Published Oct 14, 2020, Updated Dec 15, 2023
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This pumpkin gingerbread smoothie tastes like your favorite holiday dessert, but is loaded with health-boosting ingredients like fresh ginger, blackstrap molasses and chia seeds. Vegan and gluten-free.
Oh man, I think I may have found my new favorite cold weather smoothie. It combines the flavors of two holiday desserts – pumpkin pie and gingerbread. Honestly, I think it might be one of my favorite smoothie recipes! Did I mention, it’s vegan, gluten free and packed with a ton of healthy ingredients?
Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie Ingredients:
- banana
- pumpkin puree
- unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- blackstrap molasses
- apple cider vinegar
- chia seeds
- fresh ginger (ground ginger will work too)
- vanilla extract
- ground cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves
- pecans pieces (optional)
Ginger 101
Let’s talk about ginger for a minute because it’s pretty awesome! Not only is it an immune booster (much needed in the winter months when colds and other viruses are rampant), but it’s also known for providing relief for an upset stomach, helping with digestion and providing anti-inflammatory compounds called gingerols to the body. Ginger is also great to help with morning sickness during pregnancy. I lived for anything ginger while I was pregnant with Liv.
I’m also a big fan of the heat/spice it adds to things. A little goes a long way and it definitely gives this smoothie a kick.
Quick tip: I peel fresh ginger, put it in a freezer ziplock and freeze it. It lasts so much longer than in the fridge and it’s easy to grate with the microplane when frozen as well.
A Naturally Sweetened Smoothie
In addition to the ginger, I added blackstrap molasses to this smoothie. I don’t usually add additional sweeteners to my smoothies unless it’s stevia (fruit tends to make it sweet enough) but molasses is usually found in gingerbread and ginger cookies so it made sense to add it to this smoothie. Plus, blackstrap molasses, is one of the most nutritious types of molasses and it’s rich in iron, calcium and magnesium. You can find more about the benefits of blackstrap molasses here.
Of course, this smoothie has other health boosting ingredients too–from the pumpkin to the almond milk, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon and chia seeds. There’s just so much goodness in this smoothie! But enough about the nutritional benefits, the fact of the matter is that it’s absolutely delicious. If you like ginger and pumpkin, it’s a must-make this winter. Trust me on this one.
More Pumpkin Recipes
More Gingerbread Recipes
- Healthy Gingerbread Loaf
- Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal
- Gingerbread Energy Balls
- Gingerbread Overnight Oats
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Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin or homemade pumpkin puree
- 11/4 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1 Tablespoon blackstrap molasses
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, ground ginger will work too
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
- pinch of ground cloves
- 3-4 cubes of ice
- roasted and unsalted pecans pieces, for topping (optional)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender, blend until smooth. Pour into a glass, sprinkle with pecan pieces and enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thanks! This recipe was exactly what I was looking for. I googled pumpkin smoothies, and after going through several other recipes, I think yours was the all over best. I didn’t have molasses so I substituted dates.
Yay! I’m so glad you found my recipe and enjoyed it, Anna! I’m sure it was delicious with the added dates instead of the molasses. Thank you for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. It means the world to me. <3
Looks delish and I love all those flavors! But I really want to know where you got that fancy straw!!!
Thank you! I found them on Amazon. http://amzn.to/1BJBDvP
There I go again, this looks and sounds yummy and I am going to try it. I’m wondering what the nutritional values are like fats, carbs, proteins, etc.
How much almond milk?
1 1/4 cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
This sounds fabulous and I can’t wait to make it for my family! Thank you for sharing it! I noticed there was an ingredient missing in the list above:
•1 Tablespoon blackstrap molasses
•1 teaspoon
•1 teaspoon chia seeds
Is the “1 teaspoon” supposed to be the Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar, by chance?
Ooh, I could have this for breakfast every morning this fall! I love pumpkin and I loooove gingerbread!
I really need to use more ginger – there’s so many health benefits! This smoothie would be a good start.
At first I thought that this is just another pumpkin recipe, but I was so wrong! SERIOUSLY…you did it!!! All my favorite things into one dish!!! These photos looked so good I wanted to lick the computer screen!!
Can’t wait to try this when I’m off the candida cleanse! This smoothie looks so decadent. I love that in a smoothie this time of year 🙂
Yum, this smoothie looks so good, I pinned it right away!