My number 1 craving while I wasn’t eating sugar was chocolate. I made an awesome chocolate chickpea cake and cupcakes, but those were gone pretty quickly. I came up with an even healthier substitute: a chocolate raspberry smoothie with no added sugar.
It’s a simple combo of yogurt, milk, frozen raspberries and cocoa powder. The result is a decadent, thick, chocolaty and just barely sweet smoothie. In fact, you may find you need to add a sweetener or a sweeter fruit, especially if your raspberries aren’t particularly sweet.
This makes me want more smoothies. What’s your favorite smoothie recipe?
Recipe:
Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie
- 1/2 C plain yogurt (I used Greek)
- 1/4-1/2 C milk
- 1/2 C frozen raspberries
- 1 T cocoa powder
- Optional: banana or honey or agave to sweeten it up
Place all ingredients in blender or food processor, starting with 1/4 cup of milk. Blend until smooth and add more milk if too thick. Add optional ingredients if it’s not sweet enough.
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Monet
February 4, 2011 at 11:57 am (14 years ago)I can’t do smoothies unless it is really warm outside, but I’m saving this recipe for the summer! I love the combination of chocolate and raspberries 🙂 Thank you for sharing such a great concoction. My favorite smoothie is peanut butter banana!
Dani
February 4, 2011 at 1:48 pm (14 years ago)LOL on the “barely sweet”. Maybe in summer it’ll be sweeter. Have you tried two-ingredient frozen banana ice cream with unsweetened cocoa added?
Amy
February 4, 2011 at 2:52 pm (14 years ago)I will have to try this smoothie! The combination of flavors sounds wonderful, and refreshing as well as satisfying to a sweet craving!
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Stephanie
February 4, 2011 at 3:07 pm (14 years ago)Monet – it’s been unseasonably warm here, so a smoothie totally worked. Usually in February I wouldn’t think about making a smoothie either! PB & choc sounds delicious.
Dani – yeah, fresh raspberries in season would probably be sweeter. Yes, I’ve tried that but totally forgot about it! Thanks for reminding me.
Amy – definitely refreshing and satisfying. It was super thick and decadent made with Greek yogurt.
torviewtoronto
February 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm (14 years ago)beautiful and delicious I like the addition of cocoa
Wheels
February 4, 2011 at 3:33 pm (14 years ago)Jamba Juice had a Peanut Butter Moo’d that had chocolate base, froyo, sorbet and peanut butter and was amaaaazing. Can you come up with one that’s healthier? 🙂 Oh the Jamba version had bananas but I always subbed them out.
Stephanie
February 4, 2011 at 3:35 pm (14 years ago)Wheels – oooh I like a good challenge! I’m on it, will let you know what I come up with…
Magic of Spice
February 4, 2011 at 5:26 pm (14 years ago)I just love this and so easy 🙂 Great combo of flavors…have a great weekend
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Leanne
February 4, 2011 at 8:10 pm (14 years ago)love this idea! i think i’ll try it out tonight. thanks for sharing 🙂
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Cakewhiz
February 4, 2011 at 8:52 pm (14 years ago)That looks so refreshing and healthy too. Lovely presentation with those three berries in the centre!
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Katrina
February 5, 2011 at 5:42 am (14 years ago)Oh i will be making this today! YUM! Sending some buzz your way!! 🙂
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Paula
February 5, 2011 at 9:19 am (14 years ago)I can`t stop looking at this! It`s absolutely divine and I want to try this…
Have a great time,
Paula
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Lauren
February 5, 2011 at 11:37 am (14 years ago)I am attempting to eat less sugar as well, and my inner sugaraholic is definitely drawn to this delicious-looking smoothie! Chocolate and raspberry is such a classic flavor combination, and I can’t believe I’ve never had a smoothie that features it. I must make this soon!
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Baking Serendipity
February 5, 2011 at 7:36 pm (14 years ago)This looks so, so good! I love the balance of healthy and indulgent and smoothies are one of my favorite ways to start the day 🙂
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Christine @ Nourish the Budding Lotus
February 6, 2011 at 11:19 am (14 years ago)This looks delicious! I love desserts that satisfy my sweet tooth without the unnecessary added sugars. Yum!
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Kristen
February 6, 2011 at 5:51 pm (14 years ago)Putting cocoa in a smoothie is brilliant. I can just imagine how great it tastes.
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Sommer@ASPicyPerspective
February 7, 2011 at 6:03 am (14 years ago)What a great idea! I find that sometimes you get the most creative when on restriction.
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Kristi Rimkus
February 9, 2011 at 7:07 pm (14 years ago)I have a Magic Bullet that I use every day. I love these sweet and healthy smoothie. Who wouldn’t think they were eating a treat!
Kristi
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Paula S
April 30, 2013 at 9:49 pm (12 years ago)Where do you recommend purchasing cocoa powder from (preferably online)? I live in Canada and the only place I’ve found it is whole foods which is very expensive.
Thanks!
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Stephanie Nuccitelli
May 4, 2013 at 5:36 pm (12 years ago)Hi Paula, I’m not familiar with which websites will ship to Canada, but I’ve had luck finding baking ingredients on Amazon. I love Scharffen Berger cocoa, so I would try Googling that with “ship to Canada” or something similar. Good luck!
Andrew
November 29, 2013 at 1:24 pm (11 years ago)Add sugar and less cocoa powder
Serena
April 1, 2014 at 2:44 pm (11 years ago)I love making healthy smoothies and I am always looking for ones that have ingredients that I have on hand, this is deff one!