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Brownie Batter Green Smoothie

Cheryl Malik
Cheryl Malik Posted: 03/31/14 Updated: 12/08/20
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Brownie Batter Green Smoothie

Lately I’ve been neglecting my natural-light blogger duties–you know, whipping up dinner in the middle of the day and carefully staging a dinner scene against some gorgeous naturally light, placing tiny leaves of tarragon in threes with a pair of tweezers, angling handheld reflectors like I’m fanning myself on a sticky Southern summer day. I’ve been neglecting them because, uh, I’m about to get married?

OH MY GOD. I’m about to get married.

Brownie Batter Green Smoothie
That might not be a super huge deal to everyone, but we’re taking a long, luxurious, two-week honeymoon after the big day.. and you know what? My silly, silly clients still expect me to, you know, work for what they’ll pay me in April. To finish those projects that need to launch by that day in mid-April we were planning on eating dinner at a 3-Michelin-star restaurant in a cliffside castle. So I’m working doubletime to get it all done–and done well, of course–before I officially duck out for the biggest day of our lives. So what I’m saying is.. when I’m working like a madwoman through the night and during the weekends, I’m secretly thrilled, though sometimes that secret seems buried deep and to myself.. but I try to keep it in mind. I feel like I should use a #firstworldproblems hashtag here..

Brownie Batter Green SmoothieWhat I used 220 words to say is I’ve been making a lot of smoothies lately. And photographing them! Why? A) I GOT A FREAKING VITAMIX, you guys, and I’ve been known to wake up with it in bed, snuggling with the polycarbonate baby, unsure of how it got there, but not regretting a moment of it, B) Smoothies take like.. no time? Therefore I’ve been drinking my lunches for about two weeks now, and C) They’re damn good for you, if you don’t load them up with a bunch of crap, as smoothie joints are wont to do, so I feel not-as-bad about my greater than normal wine and junk-food consumption. Oh, and D) They take like.. seven minutes to photograph, and I revel in how calm my pictures look, when I’m sort of tapping my foot at myself and inching slowly away from camera with my finger still on the shutter button.

Green smoothies are, actually, always delicious, but green smoothies that taste like brownie batter are, um, way more delicious. The cocoa powder is a killer source of magnesium and copper, as well as our beloved antioxidants, and paired with naturally sweet bananas, you get the taste of a chocolate shake without all of the less-than-healthy extras in bar chocolate or chocolate ice cream or, uh, chocolate shakes. The vanilla extract really gives it the brownie batter taste, which I adore, and brings out the chocolatiness truly. There’s potassium in the banana, of course, and iron in the spinach, and.. are you convinced yet? Because I really need to get back to laying out the graphics for the rehearsal dinner……

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Brownie Batter Green Smoothie

Prep:2 minutes
Total:2 minutes
A healthy green smoothie that tastes like a chocolate shake! Secret spinach.. I'll never tell if you don't.
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1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 piec banana
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa (a little extra if you like)
  • 1 tablespoon almond butter
  • 1/2 cup frozen spinach , or a few handfuls fresh spinach
  • 3/4 cup water or non-dairy milk
  • 3 cubes ice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions 

  • Blend all ingredients until totally smooth! Taste and add more cocoa or vanilla if you like.

Notes

Add more cocoa or vanilla if you like.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1g, Calories: 340kcal, Carbohydrates: 46g, Protein: 15g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 151mg, Potassium: 1214mg, Fiber: 11g, Sugar: 21g, Vitamin A: 9917IU, Vitamin C: 27mg, Calcium: 417mg, Iron: 5mg, Net Carbs: 35g

Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.

 

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

 

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Cheryl Malik is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind the healthy, flavorful, family friendly recipes at 40 Aprons. She's been a blogger for 10+ years and is known for her delicious recipes and detailed recipe instructions. Cheryl is a mom of three who lives in Memphis, TN.

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  1. Charles says

    Posted on 7/8/22 at 9:06 am

    A make a version of this a couple times a week but I use kale instead of spinach and I use vital proteins chocolate collagen powder. I’m going to add some vanilla and see how that tastes. Love your recipes!5 stars

    Reply
    • Megan | 40 Aprons TeamMegan | 40 Aprons Team says

      Posted on 7/8/22 at 1:00 pm

      Using kale instead is a great idea, Charles! Love the health benefits of kale. Thank you so much for sharing your version with us – let us know how you like it with vanilla!

      Reply
  2. Kaity S says

    Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:21 am

    I’m not seeing the recipe for this one. Can you please post the recipe?! Would love to make!! 🙂

    Reply
    • Cheryl Malik says

      Posted on 9/25/14 at 9:01 am

      So sorry about that! When we merged blogs, some of the recipes stayed behind.. and I guess this was one of them 🙂 Try again now. Thanks for your patience!

      Reply
  3. Bianca- Vegan Crunk says

    Posted on 4/4/14 at 5:20 pm

    This looks awesome. I make smoothies (in my shitty cheap blender) a few days a week. I’ll have to try this one! And someday, I WILL get a Vitamix. I will. I will.

    Reply
    • Cheryl Hurley says

      Posted on 4/5/14 at 5:45 pm

      Thanks! It’s ridiculously good, except now I’m sort of spoiled and am going through cocoa way too quickly.. And praise weddings! I’ve put the most ridiculous gadgets on our registry that we’d never go out and buy ourselves. So now we have a Vitamix, dehydrator, and juicer all kind of sitting on our kitchen shelves looking at me.. I’m down. I LOVE your blog, by the way. Memphis vegan represent..ation.. Ugh I’m so white

      Reply
  4. Melissa Belanger says

    Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:11 pm

    I totally have all the ingredients to make this! Well, except for the almond butter, but I’m guessing that PB would be just fine, right? I love making smoothies, but I’ve never made chocolate one! It looks so, so good. Now I just need to go by a Vitamix. I think Marc would think this is a great excuse…

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    • thestylistquo says

      Posted on 4/1/14 at 1:48 pm

      PB would give it an AWESOME Reese’s cup flavor. Go for it!! 🙂 And yeah, you definitely need a Vitamix.. I’m sure if Marc were like “Uh honey, what is that..” and you shoved one of these in his face, he’d be like “Oh. I get it.” Ha!

      Reply

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