Happy Monday! I have the most yummy cold brew coffee smoothie to share with you today. Not only is it delicious, but healthy with only five ingredients. If you have been craving a creamy milkshake, you will love this.
The only downside of this recipe is that it does take a little advance prep with cold brew and coconut milk ice cubes. If you don’t have any cold brew already made or purchased and want to try this today, iced coffee is great too. It will be more acidic if your stomach is sensitive to that. Regular ice cubes can be substituted for the coconut milk ice cubes. The smoothie will still be so good, just not as creamy.
Fill up your ice cube tray with full fat canned coconut milk. The low fat version won’t be as creamy.
The recipe calls for cacao powder, but I had a little of the bag of cacao nibs I had purchased from Parliament Chocolate so I used those. I’m so sad that the bag is empty now. Parliament Chocolate is a small gourmet chocolatier in Redlands, California. I always stop there when visiting family in Cali.
I love the organic pure maple syrup from Costco – such a great value. I also love that you only need a one teaspoon of maple syrup but you can still taste the rich maple.
Place ice cubes, cold brew, one frozen banana, cacao and maple syrup in the blender.
Blend until smooth and creamy. I used my Nutribullet, but I think I may try my Vitamix next time as the ice cubes took a bit to blend up.
You can top it with some homemade whipped cream. I just add a little vanilla, you can add some sweetener if you like.
I also added a little heavy cream after pouring in the mug – so rich and creamy!
I hope you have a wonderful week – thanks for stopping by for coffee!
cold brew coffee smoothie
Equipment
- cold brew maker
- blender
Ingredients
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 cup cold brew
- 1 frozen banana
- 4-5 cubes coconut milk ice cubes
- 1 1/2 tsp cacao powder I used cacao nibs
- 1 tsp pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Day prior – make the coconut milk ice cubes and cold brew
- Day of – add all ingredients to your blender
- Blend until smooth and creamy. Add additional coffee if too thick.
- Pour into a cold mug.
- Add heavy cream directly in your mug for extra richness along with some homemade whipped cream. I add some vanilla extract to my whipped cream, but you can also add sweetner.
