Hi Everyone!
Yah, it’s Friday!! Woohoo!!! This weekend is my Pretty Muddy Run. I’m excited and a little afraid. How am I going to do on a 5k obstacle course in the mud and the sun? My run is at 9:15am, but it’s suppose to hit in the 100’s in Sacramento, so it is going to be hot. I have been good, hitting the gym four days in a row, which is like a record for me. I have been on the treadmill, elliptical, bike and the horrible stair climber, plus I have been practicing on the rope machine. My arms are sore, so today I am going to take it easy and I am just going to do some yoga and stretching. I’m trying to get all geared up to do my run without practically killing myself. I am sure I will fill you in on the run next week. Since I have been so busy between work, the gym, making dinners and blogging, I am going to make it short today. Today I have for you another smoothie recipe, I know, I know, but it’s hot out and I have been on a sweet kick all week, plus a smoothie kick so I am bringing you another smoothie recipe. I hope you don’t mind.
This isn’t the healthiest smoothie in the world, but it’s also not bad. I believe in moderation of sweet treats and I did try to make it as healthy as I could since I used pudding mix in the recipe. But believe me, it’s well worth the calories. It practically tastes like a milkshake. It’s so good, so sweet, thick, cold and has the most wonderful cookies and cream taste. I haven’t had a OREO cookie in years and this smoothie totally gave me the OREO cookie taste that I have been missing without actually adding OREO’s!
When I was in the baking isle of the grocery store the blue box with the word OREO was calling me! I looked at it and thought, I don’t know? The all of a sudden my hand put it in the cart. I thought ok, why not? Such a great idea!!! Thanks to JELL-O I got to have my OREO cookie, without adding an actual OREO. That’s a calorie savor since OREO’s are 53 calories a cookie and my guess I would need at least 3 cookies in this recipe, ok, maybe two, but either way, my smoothie has only 132 calories and it contains Chobani Greek Yogurt and milk! I used plain Chobani, but I could only imagine how much better it would taste with Chobani Vanilla Greek Yogurt. Oh my!!
- 1 cup non-fat milk
- ½ cup plain greek yogurt or vanilla greek yogurt (I used Chobani)
- 6 tsp. (30 grams) JELLO OREO Cookies and Cream Instant Pudding
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract (omit if using vanilla greek yogurt)
- ½ tsp stevia, to taste
- 1 cup ice
- In a blender at all the ingredients and process until smooth.
I hope you can forgive me for sharing two drink recipes this week, and making this a sweet one! I thought it would be perfect for a weekend treat, plus I couldn’t resist sharing it with you before Smoothie Monday!! he he I know no one in my family argues with me, when I hand them a glass of liquid cookies. lol
Well my Friends, as I said, I am making this short! Have a super fab weekend! Get out there enjoy the sunshine!!! I know I”ll be in it first thing tomorrow morning!!
Toodles,
Jennifer
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Good luck on the run chica! Just remember to take it slow if it really is that hot! Better to finish than to collapse from heatstroke halfway through!
This smoothie sounds awesome. perfect friday treat!
Oh Joanne, it is so unbearable right now with the weather. 104 out! Ugh! The run is going to be crazy and Sacramento is hotter than where I live! I hope they have lots and lots of water!
Great, simple idea – thanks for sharing!
Your welcome! 🙂
Ok, YUM! Looks absolutely delicious!! Good luck on your run!
Thank you you Marie! Have a great weekend!
I loooooove cookies and cream and this smoothie looks SOOO yummy!
Thank you! 🙂
You have the best ideas. I would never have though to put pudding in a smoothie. Love the way you pulled this off with only 132 calories!
Thank you so much Chris!!
I love your smoothies. I live in Southern California and the last two jell-o mixes you have suggested, I have not been able to find. My usual places to shop are Target, Trader Joe’s and Smart&Final. I went into Ralph’s and could not find it as well. Anybody have suggestions! We used the pudding that were in the refrigerated section. From what the woman at Ralph’s said, each store stocks differently and they are stocking less powdered Jell-O.
Hmm, that’s weird! I bought my JELLO at Raley’s / Nob Hill, which I think is also known as Ralph’s. My Target has a ton of flavors too. I’m so sorry, I hate when that happens. I’m running into the same issue with McCormick spices. They have two spice flavors I want to try and none of my stores carry them. Maybe next time your near a Safeway, see if they have them. So crazy!!
Our Target has a minimal amount of flavors. I will keep looking in other stores. Thank you for responding.
Jell-O website states I can buy this at WalMart. Not my favorite place, but I am going to go anyway!
I’m not a Walmart person either, but sometimes you just need to go there! 🙂 Happy 4th of July!
I am crazy for all things cookies and cream! This looks so yummy!
I just tried this and it had kind of a sour taste to it, especially the after taste.
Huh, that’s weird, I am so sorry about that!
the sour taste could be from your yogurt- try a different brand. Some yogurts, especially greek can yield different flavors.
I just made this for my kids and it is a WINNER!!! I love to give my kids healthy treats.
YAH! I am so happy your kids like it! Thank you so much for letting me know! 🙂
I just made this today, only change was I used Almond milk instead. It was ssoooo Goood! I gave ice cream And Oreos a year ago when I started my weight loss journey and was so scare to having a relapse. This way I can still have my fix without breaking my healthier eating habits!! Thank you so much for this!!
Yah! I am so glad you liked it! Congratulations on your weight loss journey! I’m right there with you! That’s why I like recipes like this, that don’t hurt the waistline! 🙂
Hi there,
I just wanted to double check that I’m going to make it correctly…do I prepare the pudding and add 6 tsp of pudding or just 6 tsp of the powder pudding mix? Thank you so much for this healthy treat…I’ve been looking for a smoothie that will satisfy my sweet tooth but won’t completely ruin my diet!
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I am having server issues. Anyway, you use 6 tsp of the powder pudding mix. Basically it is half a package. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!!
I’ve been crazy for OREO Cookies lately — love it in a smoothie!
Oh my gosh, I go through Oreo cookie cravings myself, so dangerous, but so good!!
I am new to using Greek yogurt, and I’m curious what it did to “make” the smoothie… Could you substitute it out for plain yogurt or even ice cream (granted, probably losing out on a lot of “healthiness”)?
Your funny Sarah! Plain yogurt will work great, and I even think vanilla yogurt would work nicely, just omit the vanilla extract if using vanilla yogurt. As for ice cream, it would great! Then you have a nice milkshake!!! Just go for a natural vanilla ice cream and stick to one serving which is normally a half cup. That way you don’t go crazy on calories! Give it a whirl and let me know how it turns out.
This was so good!! We used your recipe as the base and kind of changed it to fit what we had on hand. We used 1% milk, low fat strawberry yogurt, and sugar free cheesecake instant pudding. It was delicious! It tasted just as good (if not better) than a regular milkshake. With our substitutions it came out to about 200 calories for the whole recipe! It filled all three of our glasses up too! I cannot wait ti experiment with other puddings too…Thank you so much for a wonderful recipe!
Oh my gosh that sounds amazing!! It’s crazy how pudding works so well in a smoothie!! I have to try it again with another pudding! Your giving me lots of great ideas!
Kids liked this. Would not taste as pudding like if you added some extra oreos!!!
Is there anything that I can substitute for Stevia? If I leave it out will it taste bad? Where do you find Stevia if you cant leave it out?
Stevia is a natural sugar substitute. You can use regular sugar in the smoothie. You may just need to add a little more of it. Just an FYI – You can find stevia at the grocery store in the baking isle. Enjoy the smoothie.
I’m trying this tonight!
You’ll have to let me know how it turns out! 🙂
Just made this tonight! OH MY GOODNESS!! It was delicious. I omitted the yogurt since I don’t like the taste in my smoothies, and substituted unsweetened Almond Milk for the milk. My family sucked this down in seconds
I am so glad you like it!!! Using Unsweetened Almond Milk is such a great idea!!
OMG it is super good thanks for sharing this!!!
Your welcome! 🙂
Reading the # of carbs you might actually be better off with full fat ice cream, skim milk and ice. You are missing protein and healthy milk fats from this that would balance the blood sugar impact.
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nd cream smmothie
Delicious
I wonder how other pudding flavors would work? Vanilla with coffee extract, chocolate with mint extract, Pistachio, maybe other variations?
Hi Janine, You should try a few different flavors and let us know your combos and how they turned out.