Hi Everyone!
Happy Monday Smoothie to you!! Since it’s the holiday time I thought I would share with you a holiday smoothie that will for sure put you in the holiday mood! Today’s smoothie is sweet, with a little hint of spice and is simply perfect for all those Gingerbread lovers out there!!
This is my Gingerbread Smoothie! This smoothie is creamy, smooth, gluten-free, vegan and just plain fun!! It’s made with coconut milk, banana, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, vanilla, and ice. The combination of flavors is perfect. You get a little hint of banana, a little pop of vanilla and of course a wonderful ginger flavor. The molasses in this drink is what really make this drink taste like gingerbread!! Plus I feel that the flavors are not overwhelming, but has a perfect balance of spices. I am not the biggest gingerbread person, but I do love it once in a while, especially at Christmas time. After all who can resist a gingerbread man? I’ll take any man who is sweet as a cookie. lol
Do you like my little Gingerbread men? I made them myself! No, I’m just kidding! I bought them at Trader Joe’s! They were so cute I couldn’t resist. Plus they are only 120 calories for 3 and they have a nice fudge frosting. I thought they were the perfect companion to my smoothie!!!
- 1½ cups coconut milk from carton or milk of choice
- 1 small banana, frozen
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ginger, ground
- ⅛ tsp. cloves, ground
- 1tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. molasses
- ¼ tsp. stevia or sugar to taste
- 1 cup ice
- Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.
I thought I would share with you some of my Gingerbread recipes from the past couple of years. I only have a few, but they are good especially my Gingerbread Pancakes! Oh yah!!!!
This next recipe is my Gingerbread Loaves. I made this recipe two years ago, when I started blogging, so they are not the best pictures, but it is good bread. I really need to update my pictures. I love that I made them in three mini loaf pans, that way I can add different toppings to it, like crystallized ginger.
This is my last gingerbread recipe. This is my Gingerbread Frappe. Today’s recipe is based on of this frappe. I love it so much and I have already made this a couple of times this season. I love my holiday coffee drinks!
I just love the holiday time!! I just don’t like how fast it is coming up. How are you doing on your Christmas shopping? I have done a little, but I still have lots to go. It’s crazy how fast time is going. I need to make an extra effort this week to get out there and finish my shopping. Normally I’m dine by now.
Well my Friends! I guess I should go wrap some of the presents that I do have.
Have a great day!
Toodles,
Jennifer
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Ohhhhhh my this looks amazing and it is a guilt free way to enjoy your gingerbread!!
Ahhhhh, thank you Sophia! 🙂
Hi Jennifer,
I came across your site on Joanne’s page. Gingerbread Smoothie sounds so delicious. I pinned it so I can always find it, and I can’t wait to try it!
Thank you so Mireya! If you try it, let me know what you think! It’s the perfect smoothie for this time of year! 🙂
Oh my gosh Jennifer this is absolutely adorable! And looks delicious too!! Yummy :)!
Thank yo Kristi! 🙂
Found your gingerbread smoothie on Pinterest and had to come by to tell you how cute it looks . Can’t wait to taste it. Pinning it now
This looks so delicious! I like the healthy twist on gingerbread.
Made this today and it’s amazing! My kids love it. Thank you for the recipe..
Hi, sorryI tried it and it was so not nice. I ended up putting 4 bananas in to dilute the cloves taste but my tongue is still burning 🙁 i looove gingerbread but havent found any recipe which actually tastes like gingerbread and not of cloves and molasses 🙁
Hi Mina, I am so sorry that you didn’t like my recipe! Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate your honesty.
The molasses was a bit overwhelming for me as well. I tweaked the recipe some by adding vanilla protein powder and that helped. 👍🏼
This smoothie sounds amazing! Love a healthy way to enjoy gingerbread! 🙂
I loved this smoothie!!! I skipped the molasses and stevia and replaced it with a little bit of lite corn syrup. Also, instead of measuring the spices, I used a little bit at a time and added as I went until I had the desired amount of spice. Overall, I loved this fast, easy–and not to mention delicious–smoothie. I think that you should definitely try this smoothie.
This sounds delicious except for the banana. 🙁 I really don’t like banana. What role does the banana play in the recipe and is there something I could substitute for the banana? I’d really like to try this. Thank you!
thanks for sharig this recipe … my son and wife liked so much..