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Vegan Chocolate Milkshake

Name: Vegan Chocolate Milkshake
Yield: Makes 4 small or 2 large servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 ripe medium or large bananas, peeled, chopped into pieces, and frozen; 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 pitted medjool dates; 1/4 cup almond butter; 1 1/2 cups almond milk (soy or hemp milk will work well, too)

by: Gena Hamshaw

July 29, 2014

4.6

5 Ratings

Photo by James Ransom

Makes 4 small or 2 large servings

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Author Notes

You'll never believe that this shake is made with as few ingredients as it is, or that they're all so ridiculously wholesome. Feel free to experiment a little with the non-dairy milk base you use, as well as the nut butter (cashew, coconut, and sunflower seed butter will all work; so will peanut butter, though the taste will be strong). This is a good recipe to treat more as a template than a prescription. —Gena Hamshaw

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What You'll Need

Ingredients

2 ripe medium or large bananas, peeled, chopped into pieces, and frozen
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 pitted medjool dates
¹/₄ cup almond butter
1 ¹/₂ cups almond milk (soy or hemp milk will work well, too)

Directions

Blend all ingredients till smooth, adding a little more almond milk as needed. Serve.

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13 Reviews

jacqueline December 14, 2022

Oh my gosh! This is the BEST SMOOTHIE EVER!
it tastes like I’m in an ice cream parlor and it’s all healthy and incredibly delicious!AMAZING

cory February 2, 2020

I've been making these almond-milk-shakes for over 3 years now (once every week or two as an after dinner snack) and my 3 yr old and wife absolutely love them! Thank you!!

Reed K. January 9, 2018

I make mine with peanut butter and no dates.

DSait August 1, 2017

First vegan milkshake I've tried and it's better than any cow's milk shake I've had (and I'm not vegan!). 100% recommend you try this, thanks for the recipe!

For us English folk, 1 cup = 236ml :)

Chef D. November 14, 2015

Chocolate and bananas, yes please!

scott W. June 20, 2015

Awesome - smooth and creamy just like a milkshake made with ice cream!

Sylvia R. June 14, 2015

it look very good i would like to tast sometine !

Indigomoon September 10, 2014

This was awesome! Super rich and super sweet. Next time one or maybe no dates.

HMB G. August 19, 2014

Do you know the calorie count per serving?

paiger August 11, 2014

how do you make your own nut butter?

suziqcu August 8, 2014

Love this recipe for a quick shake that's at least somewhat healthy! I don't like almond butter, but I've been adding grass fed whey protein. May try w/ PB. I love to add a little expresso powder as well!

Kayla August 8, 2014

Oh my... that espresso powder suggestion just put this recipe into the MUST-do pile instead of the WANT-to-do one! Delightful.