I am a big fan of fruit and chocolate together. Like, a giant fan of it. If fruit and chocolate had a mom, I would be a bigger fan of them than their mom. However, I’ve changed my diet over the last year to avoid as much refined sugar and dairy as possible, so I’ve had to get a little creative when picking out my late-night sweet treats. At the moment, I am obsessed with this dairy-free and no-added-sugar banana chocolate shake. I’ve had it at least five times a week for the past month, and it doesn’t look like I’ll let up any time soon. Curious how to make one? 
Healthy Chocolate Banana Shake, serves one
1 frozen, ripe banana
1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cacao powder
1 tablespoon almond butter (crunchy or smooth, with no added sugar)
1/3 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 
The sweetness in this shake is coming from the banana, so the riper your banana is, the sweeter your shake will be. To freeze your banana, peel the banana and cut it into inch-wide slices and put into a plastic freezer bag. (Cutting it into slices first will help the frozen banana blend easier.) Place the bag into the freezer for several hours until the banana slices are fully frozen. Add the frozen banana to the rest of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. If your blender needs more liquid to handle the frozen banana, you can add more of the almond milk or a dash of water. 
This is seriously the kind of chocolate shake that would shock someone who doesn’t know that it’s healthy. I like to keep the same freezer bag for my frozen bananas and keep adding new slices when it gets low. Which is all the time. Because it’s so good. Think you’ll give it a try? xo. Laura
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Ingredients
- 1 frozen (ripe banana)
- 1 ½ tablespoons unsweetened cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon almond butter (crunchy or smooth with no added sugar)
- ⅓ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
Instructions
- The sweetness in this shake is coming from the banana, so the riper your banana is, the sweeter your shake will be. To freeze your banana, peel the banana and cut it into inch-wide slices and put into a plastic freezer bag. (Cutting it into slices first will help the frozen banana blend easier.) Place the bag into the freezer for several hours until the banana slices are fully frozen. Add the frozen banana to the rest of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. If your blender needs more liquid to handle the frozen banana, you can add more of the almond milk or a dash of water.
Credits// Author: Laura Gummerman, Photography: Laura Gummerman and Sarah Rhodes
Just made this on low carb and no sugar diet it’s great! added 20g of summer fruit in place of peanut butter due to only having sugarly peanut butter avaiable and its quenched all my cravings, thank you! 🙂
I’m trying to stay away from chocolate, but this looks to good!
One of my faves, but this Almond Milk isn’t ideal… still full of funny ingredients that don’t need to be there, plus it’s pretty expensive! It’s easy to make your own, or maybe there are other brands out there.
Oh you KNOW I’m going to try this + sneak some spinach in there 🙂 Thanks for the recipe! Xo.
This looks so tasty! I must try it!! 😀
I am drinking this right now as a before yoga snack and it is awesome. And I remembered how to make it without looking at the post.
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i was already vegan and then came across some health issues where i can’t eat sugar, soy, or gluten and this blog has saved my sweet tooth. i even eat the cakes for breakfast sometimes!!! it rules.
Oh, this looks like something I would like to do…
I wonder if I could substitute the almond butter with something else, since I am not a fan of it!?
Made this last night it and it was fantastic! I just substituted almond butter with 1 tbsp peanut butter because I couldn’t find any. Still delicious! Thanks Laura x
I’m going to go ahead and say it, I’m a chocoholic. Yet I avoid it like the plague as much as I can resist temptation, but no longer! This look absolutely delicious. I must try this! I would not have thought to put almond butter in it though. Very interesting!
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Try it with raw cacao – has the added benefits of antioxidants to make your shake reeeeaaaallly good for you 🙂
This is incredibly delicious! Thanks for sharing!
I did as well. I ended up using about 1 cup total (which is what I typically use for smoothies anyway). 1/3 cup is not enough…
Made this for breakfast today and added a scoop of vanilla protein powder for some staying power. So delicious! And unlike one commenter said above, the calories are actually not bad at all (~350) if you drink it as a meal replacement.
I hate bananas, but I always have a hard time finding something to make up for the consistency. Tofu is a great idea!
xoxo
Taylor
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This looks delicious, but I can’t stand the taste of bananas! yuck!
xoxo
Taylor
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Looks good!
Will try for sure! also, where did you get those glasses? love them!
Did you actually mean to write only 1/3 cup almond milk? I definitely had to at least double it.
This looks and sounds delish! AND the glass and blender – love the yellow & geometric lines. A great combination of healthy and yummy!
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