Thick, creamy vanilla chai breakfast shakes…
Have you ever tried chai tea?
My college roommate got me hooked on chai sophomore year, and the spicy beverage helped me through many a winter’s bike ride to class. I invested in a stainless-steel travel mug, which I’d fill with hot tea and stuff into the side pocket of my backpack. Today’s recipe is a milkshake version of that comforting chai.
(P.S. To anyone who currently attends SMU: buy a cheap bike. In the years I was there, two of my bicycles were stolen—locks and all!)
A thick, creamy, and secretly healthy milkshake with sweet chai spices.
Perfect for a post-workout drink or a late-night snack…
Or even for breakfast!
Vanilla Chai Breakfast Shakes
Vanilla Chai Breakfast Shakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk of choice, or less for a thicker shake
- 1 very ripe frozen banana (Banana-Free Version Here)
- 1/2 tsp each cinnamon and powdered ginger
- Tiny dash each: pepper, cardamom, ground cloves, and nutmeg (You can omit any or all if desired. Or omit all the spices and simply brew your milk with a chai tea bag, then chill before blending)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional sweetener if desired
Instructions
Crazy-simple directions: Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve cold, or gently heat if a hot drink is desired instead. (Side note: I bet if you make a bigger serving and tweak the recipe a bit, it could make a good ice cream. I might have to work on that!)
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Warm chai tea helps me make it though the winter too! This sounds like a perfect summer mix up! Good one, Katie!
Chia shake!? Yes, please.
Woops, chai! 🙂 Chia couldn’t hurt either.
Yum, this looks delicious. Never thought of adding chai spices to my shakes; what a wonderful idea.
As for the bake sale, I like buying things that are easy to eat out-of-hand and don’t crumble too much. So, brownies, cookies, or bars of some sort. My personal favorites are brownies or spice cookies since I’m always looking for new and interesting variations on both of those. I’m sure whatever you decide to bring will be awesome. 🙂
I’m pretty sure YOU can’t go wrong — anything you bring will be sold in a flash!!! Brownies, chocolate chip cookies, those go first I think, or cupcakes with cool decorations 🙂
This shake looks super-yummy! Can’t wait to try!!!
Thanks so much!!
Oh wow! Katie, this looks soooo good!
My fave bake sale options include chocolate. But I figure we’re on the same wavelength there, so I probably wasn’t much help 😉
Mm chai is my face, I used to get “Dirty chai latte” all the time [chai latte with espresso]
What about cookies? Maybe peanut butter?
At our local coffee shop, they call that (the chai latte w/ espresso) a “Wookiee”… LOL.
(My daughters told me if I drank a Wookiee, they were pretty sure Chewbacca would come after me…)
Haha I work at a coffee & ice cream shop in my hometown and we call it a Dirty Hippie. We also can put espresso in our Mexican hot chocolate (aka a Dirty Sanchez). No idea who came up with these.
In Fort Collins, CO they call it a Red Eye Cat but I think it’d make sense because the cafe that named it is called the Alley Cat.
It is soooo yummy!
Heya! Im in Fort Collins too! You should try Tasty Harmony in Old Town, and Native Foods in Boulder! Email me at kissthevegan@gmail.com for instructions!
I love chai! I just found some instant oatmeal from Whole Foods that has chai spices in it, and it’s SO yummy! 🙂
I did this recently at home with rolled oats! As I boiled the water for my oatmeal I left a chai tea bag in there. then I cooked the oatmeal as normal with some raisins and nuts and a little milk or creamer it was great. And I got my caffeine kick right along with my breakfast 🙂 I’m trying to think of what other tea flavos might be god like this…
I’m craving this right now and I haven’t even tried it. I LOVE Chai.
Holy yum! This looks fantastic! I want one of these right now. Great recipe Katie!!!
something not too messy and easy to individually package… no frosting probably. Cookies or fudge babies would be great!