Vampire Blood Berry Milkshake
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This Vampire Blood Berry Milkshake is creepy fun yet secretly healthy!
It’s full of antioxidants, hidden veggies, and a protein boost, too!
It’s made with no refined sugars, it’s gluten free, dairy free, and can be made completely vegan, too!
Why You’ll Love This Vampire Blood Berry Milkshake
- It’s so fun and festive to make, and the kids will light up like a Christmas tree when they see it!
- It’s made with just nourishing ingredients, including hidden veggies, and a protein boost
- There are no artificial colors or flavors needed
- It’s packed with antioxidants
- It’s gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free, and can be made vegan, too!
Key Ingredients
- Cherries – along with the raspberries, provide the main flavor and the bright red color. You can use strawberries & raspberries instead. Just keep the fruits red if you want the “bloody” look!
- Hemp Hearts– they are no essential to the recipe, but they do provide a pretty tastless boost of healthy fat, iron, and omegas
- Avocado – frozen avocado helps add thickness to the smoothie, without adding more fruit. With the avocado & hemp seeds you get a healthy fat to balance out the carbs, making this a blood sugar friendly treat
- Almond extract – really brings out the cherry flavor here. If you can’t have nuts you can absolutely leave it out
- Collagen – adds a boost of protein without taking away from the berry flavor. You could use a vanilla protein if you’re ok with a berries & cream flavor, but I found the collagen or an unflavored protein powder works best here!
- Arrowroot– acts as a thickener, and is essential for the homemade strawberry syrup
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cherries, Frozen
- 1/2 cup Raspberries, Frozen
- 1/4 cup Avocado, Frozen, or 1/2 frozen banana
- 2 Tbsp Hemp Hearts
- 3 Tbsp Cherry Juice, Organic
- 1/3 cup Collagen, Or unflavored protein
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
- 1/4 cup Cherry Juice, Organic
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Arrowroot Flour
- 2 Tbsp Water
Process
- Make syrup by warming juice on stove. Mix arrowroot and water together until dissolved, then add to warm juice. Stir and it will thicken. Set aside
- Blend all shake ingredients together until smooth
- Line rim with syrup, pour shake, top with coconut whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and enjoy!
Variations for Dietary Preferences
- Cherries – can sub any red fruit – strawberries, or more raspberries
- Hemp hearts – can sub for another seed like chia seeds or flax seeds, all of which add a nutritional boost, but can also be left out if you choose, without affecting the taste or texture
- Almond extract– can be left out if you have a nut allergy.
- Collagen – optional, as it adds a boost of protein, without taking away from the berry taste. You can leave it out, use an unflavored protein powder, or even a vanilla protein powder, if you’re ok with more of a berries & cream taste
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Cherries Frozen
- 1/2 cup Raspberries Frozen
- 1/4 cup Avocado Frozen, or 1/2 frozen banana
- 2 Tbsp Hemp Hearts
- 3 Tbsp Cherry Juice Organic
- 1/3 cup Collagen Or unflavored protein
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
Cherry syrup
- 1/4 cup Cherry Juice Organic
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Arrowroot Flour
- 2 Tbsp Water
Instructions
- Make syrup by warming juice on stove. Mix arrowroot and water together until dissolved, then add to warm juice. Stir and it will thicken. Set aside
- Blend all shake ingredients together until smooth
- Line rim with syrup, pour shake, top with coconut whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and enjoy!