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I’m a green smoothie novice. I love salads and prefer to dine on my greens tossed in a tangy yogurt dressing. After playing around with different green smoothie recipes, I can definitely see the appeal. Smoothies are quick and easy to make and super portable.
They’re also fun to make. My kids and I played around with the ingredients until we came up with this dark chocolate & cherry green smoothie. Yes, chocolate can be healthy. This creamy, sweet and tangy smoothie is packed with protein thanks to Stonyfield Greek Yogurt. The yogurt is a staple in our fridge, so I can see myself making a quick smoothie for breakfast before my day gets busy.
I gave up our big blender a few years back because it took up too much space in our small apartment kitchen and I hated cleaning it. This Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender is more my style. It small enough to leave on my counter and the blender cup turns into a travel mug! My kids fought over who got to push the button when we made these dark chocolate & cherry green smoothies. Make sure to enter the giveaway below for one of these Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blenders.
It’s not quite cherry season around here so I used frozen ones. To be honest, I hate pitting cherries for recipes. Since they’re frozen, they’ll help make the smoothie a little colder and thicker. I used some dark chocolate chips we had on hand, but I recommend buying smaller ones so they blend better. We had small chunks of chocolate chips in our smoothies, which the kids loved.
For the “green” part of our smoothies we used watercress because I remember how much I love to eat it. So why not start eating it again? If you can’t find watercress, spinach will work just as well. We made some with and without mint and both were good. So I’ll leave it up to you if you want fresh mint in yours.
Dark Chocolate & Cherry Green Smoothie Recipe
Not only is it good for you, this smoothie is also delicious. You can't go wrong with dark chocolate and cherries.
Dark Chocolate & Cherry Green Smoothie
Ingredients
Instructions
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like yogurt, avocados, apples
My favorite smoothies have strawberries and bananas (but I love the idea of yours with cherries and dark chocolate)!
I like strawberries, bananas and mangoes.
I love banana, blueberries, strawberries, greek yogurt and apple.
I like banana and yogurt
Cranberries and oranges with Greek yogurt drizzle of honey
I like mangoes, bananas, cocoa powder, and frozen kale in my smoothies.
I like bananas, yogurt, mango and pineapple
Tequila.
I love making mine with spinach or kale, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup of ice, 1Tbs peanut butter, and 1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (sometimes I use chocolate protein powder). It’s peanut butter cup delicious!!
That sounds really good!
It really is! I sometimes switch out Greek yogurt for the almond milk as well. You can switch it up as you like. You really can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter.
I like yogurt, strawberries, bananas, and a little orange juice, but almost anything is tasty!
I like pineapple, strawberries, coconut milk, and spinach!
I like raspberries and bananas
I love mangoes and kale
prasert
I love eating spinach, carrots and oranges
I like chocolate and strawberries
Strawberries and Bananas are my favorite.
I like blueberries and bananas the most in my smoothies.
I love mango pineapple smoothies.
I always like to add bananas because of the texture it gives.
I love adding chocolate almond milk.
I like bananas, milk and yogurt in my smoothies.
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I like using strawberries and bananas.
I'm a full out berry gal. I've got raspberries and strawberries in my freezer. They're just waiting for a blender. lol
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I like strawberries and bananas
carrots and spinach
Nothing green. We stick with yogurt, bananas and berries here. That said I had an amazing smoothie at a cafe a few years ago with banana chocolate and coffee. It was the best! I think my older teen would love this blender for his smoothies.
I love chocolate and cherries so this is a winning combination for me! I will definitely give this recipe a try.
I like peaches and banana's
Spinach and frozen berries
I don't have much experience with smoothies, but I like bananas. 🙂
Greek yogurt, strawberries and quia.
I like peaches or mangoes with raspberries. My 5yo likes bananas and peanut butter, or anything with blueberries (bonus that it's easier to hide green leafy veggies in blueberries).
I like strawberries, yogurt, & chia seeds.
peanut butter banana chocolate is my favorite!
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I love cherries and strawberries in mine
I LOVE any organic fruit in my smoothie, but especially blueberries. Mmmmm.
i like strawberries and bannas and kiwi
I love greek yogurt, boysenberry, kiwi and banana smoothies. Thanks for the chance!
I like mango smoothies.
I like orange, banana and mango in my smoothies.
I like strawberries and banana