This Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie is sweet, creamy & delicious. Packed with protein and flavored with pumpkin, cinnamon and maple syrup.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last few days indulging in Halloween candy – picking through your kids’ trick or treat goodies or raiding the extra candy that wasn’t given away (I might have hoarded the peanut M&M’s). But now I need to hit the reset button.
It’s time for a
Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie
Let’s take a break from candy bars and sip on a smoothie that tastes like pumpkin pie! I figure if we’re going to transition from candy to a smoothie, that smoothie should at least taste like pie. Here are the primary flavors in this smoothie:
- Pumpkin
- Maple syrup
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla
Although this smoothie tastes similar to pumpkin pie, it’s surprisingly healthy! It’s packed with protein (from protein powder or collagen peptides) and it’s made thick and creamy with a frozen banana and ice.
I topped my smoothie with a little dollop of whipped cream just to make it that much more pumpkin pie-like, but if you want to cut the calories down even more, feel free to leave it off.
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Recipe
Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, or another milk of your choice
- ½ cup pumpkin puree, not pie filling
- 1 small frozen banana
- 1-2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, more or less, to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 scoop protein powder or collagen peptides, unflavored or vanilla
- drop vanilla extract, optional
- Handful of ice
- Whipped cream, for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (except whipped cream) in a blender and process until smooth. Taste and adjust to suit your taste preferences. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon.
Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
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Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
This smoothie sounds delicious! and packed with nutrition.
Brandi says
The smoothie was creamy and sweet enough for my little daughter to enjoy it
Stef says
I want one now. Do I have to wait until fall? I love all things pumpkin!