This healthy chocolate bean shake gives you your chocolate fix while being nutritious, filling and delicious. It is so healthy you can eat it for breakfast yet so delicious you have it as a dessert!
Have you ever thought of blending beans in a smoothie?! As someone on a plant based diet adding beans to your smoothie adds lots of protein, fiber and minerals and you can barely taste them! They add a texture to the drink similar to protein powder.
To make this healthy chocolate shake even sweeter you can add more frozen bananas or dates. Cut back on the amount of beans to just 1/2 cup or less if you don’t want to taste the beany texture. You can use any type of plant milk you prefer. I like unsweetened soy because it adds additional protein to the drink. Or just use water.
Healthy chocolate shake ingredients:
- 2 frozen bananas
- 3/4 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 4 pitted dates (I use small ones) or 2 medjool
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
- one cup soy milk or oat, almond, coconut
- handful of ice cubes about 5-6 cubes
Blend up all the ingredients in a high power blender until smooth!
For another healthy treat try out these chocolate chip protein cookies!
Chocolate Black Bean shake
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 2 frozen bananas
- 3/4 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 4 pitted dates (I use small ones) or 2 medjool
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 1 cup soy milk or oat, almond, coconut
- handful of ice cubes about 5-6 cubes
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend on high until completely smooth.
