Chocolate Avocado Shake
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From EatingWell: March/April 2013This rich, healthy chocolate shake recipe is dairy-free and gets its creaminess from avocado instead of ice cream. If you aren’t avoiding dairy, you can use regular low-fat milk and any type of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips in place of the nondairy chocolate chips.
2 servings, about 1 3/4 cups each | Active Time: 10 minutes | Total Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocado, halved and pitted
- 1 1/2 cups vanilla almond milk or other nondairy vanilla milk
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar or maple syrup, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons nondairy semisweet chocolate chips, melted (see Tip)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, or to taste
- 12 ice cubes
Preparation
- Scoop avocado into a blender; add milk, cocoa, brown sugar (or maple syrup), melted chocolate and vanilla. Pulse and puree until smooth. Add ice and puree until thick and frosty.
Nutrition
Per serving : 381 Calories; 23 g Fat; 6 g Sat; 10 g Mono; 0 mg Cholesterol; 45 g Carbohydrates; 5 g Protein; 11 g Fiber; 154 mg Sodium; 491 mg Potassium
2 Carbohydrate Serving
Exchanges: 2 other carbohydrate, 4 fat
Tips & Notes
- To melt chocolate, microwave in a bowl on Medium (50%) for 1 minute. Stir, then continue microwaving on Medium, stirring every 20 seconds, until melted.