Recently, I met a new friend, named Erika. This girl did not believe healthy food can taste delicious.
She hadn’t yet heard of the CC Diet philosophy.
Naturally, I felt it was my duty to introduce her. But for Erika’s grave situation, a plain cake-batter shake just wouldn’t suffice. I needed to bring out the chocolate.
Chocolate Cake-Batter Shake
(It’s healthy and sugar-free!)
- 1 frozen, large banana, as ripe as possible
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp coconut butter
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup milk of choice (I used 200g almond milk) (For an extremely rich, “ice cream”-like shake, try coconut milk. Also, use more or less, depending on desired thickness.)
- 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder (or protein powder)
- For a more cake-like flavor, you can add a very scant 1/8 tsp butter extract. But I opted to leave this out of the recipe, as butter extract isn’t exactly raw! (It is, however, vegan. I emailed Wilton.) Or maybe even use a little melted vegan butter?
- Optional: handfuls of sprinkles
Blend everything together in your Vita-Mix or blender. Add some sprinkles, pre-blending, and throw some more on top! If, like me, you prefer smoothies in a bowl, just reduce the milk.
Or add a little xantham/guar gum, like with the Mint-Chocolate Milkshake.
If you want to un-rawify it, throw in some of the mix for Healthy Chocolate Cake.
(Well, technically you’ve already un-rawified it with the sprinkles. But you can easily choose to leave them out if you want a 100%-raw shake.)
Erika loved the milkshake!
So of course, I invited her over tomorrow, for…
Just kidding! I won’t push my luck. She might not be ready for that yet.
Know someone who hates healthy food?
Have you ever tried to prove to him/her that it can taste good?
How did it go? I’ve had a lot of success getting people on board with the whole “healthy is naughty” thing. Fudge Baby recipes work especially well, like the Raw Thin Mint Brownies.
But sometimes (especially with guys) a person is subconsciously biased against the food before even tasting it. (This is why I often won’t tell someone a food is healthy until after he/she admits to liking it!)
<3 It's the second time I make this and this time I decided I decided to up the protein profile a little: subbed the milk for 150 g "fresh cheese"/quark(sorry, not vegan) and used a whole scoop (30 g) of my ON rocky road flavored whey. I also added about a tbsp of speculaas spice, pretty similar to your pumpkin spice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_spice). Hmm, so thick and creamy!
Just made this, yummy!! My 3 year old was requesting it because of the sprinkles 🙂 I don’t think she took a breath as she drank it down! May seem like a silly question but is there a trick to peeling frozen bananas or should I have peeled them before I froze them?
Hey Jen,
Yes definitely peel them before freezing. It makes everything so much easier when it comes time to use them :).
Ironically, my name is also Erika and I am new to this whole thing as well 🙂 I just tried this shake though and it was divine!
This was so amazing! I added a little bit of peanut butter because I needed a pb chocolate mix, and it was incredible. Thanks!!!
Really addictive too :O Just finished it and need more lol! Guess I have something to look forward to in the morning 😉
Hi Katie,
I love your blog! Just tried this recipe tonight. LOVE! Instead of the coconut butter I used 1/4 of an avocado and I topped it with coconut shreds and cacao nibs. So yummy! Thank you for the inspiration. It was fantastic since I was craving something chocolatey but it’s just me, so I wanted something fast and small. This was perfect! Chocolatey goodness without the guilt. 🙂
Why, yes I know someone who hates healthy food: Me! Or rather, “former me”? I used to shoo away everything that was proclaimed as healthy and preferred to eat whatever I labeled as”tasty”, it wasn’t necessarily the unhealthiest choice, but not really healthy either. When I graduated from school, I changed my lifestyle and eating habits and now I feel 100% heathier, happier and I noticed I have much more energy as well. No need to say, I’m all after healthy foods now =)
So I have discovered that you can use this recipe to maje fudgesicles!!!! My life is complete! I have used this recipe exclusively to make my chocolate milkshakes at home, but didn’t have any frozen bananas on hand last time. Instead, I used an overripe room temperature banana and then poured the mixture into a popsicle mold and popped ’em in the freezer. Voila!! Fudgesicles….only better! And I don’t need to feel guilty about giving them to my toddler, either! 🙂
Katie!
I added baking powder, omg it tasted even more cakey!
Yummmmmm
Hi!!! Just was wondering, instead of the coconut butter, can I use coconut oil instead?
You can try it but it might get hard.