Vegan Chocolate Hemp Power Smoothie with avocado and banana. Thick, creamy, delicious, and a great source of plant-based protein and nutrients!
This creamy chocolate hemp smoothie is so rich, nourishing, and delicious.
It is simple to make and wonderfully thick and dense.
It also seems to leave me with a great boost of energy afterwards thanks to the abundant plant-based protein and nutrients.
Ingredients for Chocolate Hemp Smoothie
For this recipe you will need:
- Almond milk: Or simply substitute your favorite plant-based milk.
- Avocado
- Banana: Be sure to use a ripe banana (with lots of brown spots) because those are much more sweet and flavorful.
- Hemp hearts
- Cacao or cocoa powder: Most often I use Navitas brand organic cacao powder.
- Pure maple syrup: Or other sweetener of choice.
- Ice cubes
A tiny splash of vanilla extract or almond extract adds great flavor as well. (Just be sure to only add a few drops of almond extract because it is strong!)
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Chocolate Hemp Power Smoothie
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup almond milk (or other plant-based milk)
- 1 small avocado
- 1 ripe banana (frozen, if desired)
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 3 Tbsp. cacao powder (or cocoa)
- 1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup (or other sweetener)
- 3-5 ice cubes
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until relatively smooth, adding more milk if desired.
- Taste and adjust if necessary. (More syrup for sweetness, more milk for thinner consistency, etc.)
Notes
Nutrition Per Serving (Estimate)
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Chris S
Great! I came up with this recipe myself -- I was googling it to see if anyone else came up with it. But of course! 🙂 My recipe looks like this:
- 1 Avocado
- 1 Banana
- 1/4 cup hemp seeds
- 2 Tablespoons raw cacao powder **
- about 12 to 16oz Coconut milk
- about 8-10oz coconut water
The first time I made it, I used 365 brand (whole foods) Cacao protein powder (about 1/2 a scoop) instead of raw cacao powder, and it was quite good tasting.
I often make Lou Corona's Coconut Almond Yogurt (cultured) and I'll use that in the smoothie if I have it on hand. It adds a good amount of probiotics and "predigested" fats, proteins and carbs.
Thanks 🙂
CHRIS
Kaitlin
That's awesome, Chris - I'll have to give your version a try. Love the coconut milk & water combo for the base. Thanks so much for sharing!
LMarie
I was having an awful time getting it to the thickness I wanted (not watery, but still pourable) so I just turned it into pudding. I also used hemp powder instead of hemp seeds.
Kaitlin | The Garden Grazer
Using the powder instead may have thickened it a little more, but this is definitely a dense smoothie! Grabbing a spoon and eating it as pudding is a great idea!
Ruveen Stogryn
This smoothie is soooo incredibly delicious. It is so creamy!! Instead of using 1/2 cup almond milk, I used 1/4 cup lite canned coconut milk & 1/4 cup almond milk. I had it for breakfast with an Oh She Glows banana bread muffin top and I was full for a few hours. So happy I came across this! Thank you so much for sharing!! I'll be making it all the time!
Sue/the view from great island
This smoothie has such a fabulous, rich look to it...great photos, too! I have yet to experiment with hemp, thanks for the inspiration!