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!)
This milkshake looks amazing, lady! I’m craving one so badly now!
Must. Find. Chocolate!
yummy!! Your pictures make everything look so good!!
It is funny how people think healthy food has to taste bad. Fruit is healthy but it tastes good. When I first started to bake vegan for my family, I could not tell them it was vegan until after it was all gone. They thought it was healthy and not worth indulging in. Now they do not care if it is vegan because it is good. I think I have to try this cake batter recipe. 🙂
Katie, I like the chocolatey-ness of this milkshake (duh! 🙂 ) especially because of the color. I have taken to adding spinach to ALL of my shakes and smoothies because I love your idea of getting a healthy dose of the greens without realizing it. The unfortunate part is that all of my milkshakes look kind of gross with the random assortment of ingredients. If I make this one, though, the green spinach probably won’t affect its delicious-looking appeal, right? 🙂 Thank you, again, for yet ANOTHER tasty treat that I cannot wait to try! 🙂
Haha yes! The chocolate will mask any green ;).
BUTTER extract is a thing? Wow, never knew that!
My sister hates healthy food, my stepdad hates healthy food <- he once refused to eat a meal (full of legumes) cos it was 'too vegan' and ate some All-Bran instead….
(ssshhhhh – don’t tell him that All-Bran is both healthy AND vegan!!)
Crazy, right?! And even crazier is that it’s vegan!
lol well, at least all-bran is full of fiber ;). He could’ve chosen cap’n crunch!
Favorite post ever! Making this today! Considering how much I love the plain Cake Batter milkshake of yours, I KNOW I’ll love this too!
I’m struggling with this issue with my husband right now! It is so hard to watch him eat unhealthy, knowing what it is doing to him. I’m about ready to break out the big guilt guns: if he doesn’t change the way that he eats, he’s not going to be around to walk our daughter down the aisle. Or sit in rocking chairs with me on the front porch complaining that the neighbor’s kids play their music too loud. Or remind me to put my teeth in before we leave the house. I’m thinking maybe I can guilt him in to at least trying to eat healthy….
This is what I tell my parents when they say I’m nagging them! I’m like, “You should feel loved; I’m only nagging because I want you to be around for a while!”
WAHOO! id be VERY upset if Erika didnt like it– she would then be what i like to call ‘CRAY CRAY!’ (crazy- but a cooler way of saying it)
my parents definitely dnt like all the food i make BUT the other night when i made that vegan meal for them- they RAVED about it!! it felt SO DANG GOOD
my brother on the other hand, will never be persuaded.. he doesnt even like FRUIT OR VEG!!!!!!
Oh you and your adorable made-up words! Love love love it!
The first thing I saw wasthe picture.YUUUMM! You take such beautiful pictures and looks amazing! My in laws side of the family don’t understand how I eat. They tend to make jokes about it and cringe when I offer them food. They don’t want to even try it 🙂 oh well…I’m happy with my food and that’s all that matters!
YOU take gorgeous photos too!! I saw your s’mores shake on foodgawker the other day!! 🙂
Ooooh, the cake batter milkshake looks so FUN!!
As for healthy is tasty, I simply ‘forget’ to tell them it’s healthy until they’ve finished their first serving and are asking for seconds. Haha. The trick works on my husband too. Mr. I don’t like things I haven’t tried before. Now he loves broccoli, black beans, all-fruit ice cream, and more. Once they realise just how irresistably yummy something is I don’t think they’ll care much about what it’s made of. 🙂