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!)
Ahhh chocolate yum ! Your hair is gorgeous btw I need to try that product, I use their face wash and love it and I LOVE coconut!
I agree with you that it’s especially boys that are hard to convince that healthy can taste good. Just today, I tried overnight oats for the first time, had my boyfriend taste them, and his response was that he’d rather just have cooked oats. But they taste the same to me!! And the raw soaked oats are (probably) healthier! haha
You should make your own macadamia nut butter! I love it. I usually do a half macadamia, half cashew blend. It’s definitely one of my favorite nut butters ever. Though, that probably would change if I ever got to try coconut butter, but I’m waiting to try a sample or something before I hand over $15 at whole foods.
Lovin’ these healthy frozen desserts!! Your recipes rock.
My father-in-law supposedly doesn’t like healthy foods, but I’ve gotten him to eat a lot of my healthy meals without complaints. 😉
I’m always surprising my co-workers with special healthy “treats” that I bring to work…like the chocolate banana avocado muffins that everyone inhaled! And I recently tricked my picky-eating little sis into trying tempeh for the first time…hidden inside the taco salad she couldn’t quit raving about! She was so surprised when I told her what was in it after our meal!
I just found your blog and I’m excited to see so many yummy looking recipes! I totally NEED that milkshake!
I’m so glad you found me, Lauren! Cute blog title hehe :).
well this look amazing! I cannot wait to try it!
You’ve done it again! Is there anything you can’t make into a delicious treat?!
I’ve been wondering how to do oreos… or m&ms. No far, no ideas. But I haven’t really thought about it too hard yet!
It’s definitely the best of both worlds– a dessert that really is healthy for you, but still tastes like a treat! Even better, I know friends with diet restrictions (vegan, sugar-free), and this smoothie seems like the perfect thing! When I was reading this, I was struck that there was no cooking necessary, which means I can make it in a dorm room. Now that’s my kind of food 🙂