Enjoy coffee AND a smoothie in one drink with this healthy, vegan Almond Coconut Mocha Smoothie.
In our household, every day is a coffee day. But if I had to choose the one day when coffee is most needed, it would be Monday’s. And though I love my coffee, I also love my smoothies. Unfortunately, I don’t always enjoy having BOTH in the morning because that’s a lotta liquid. What if I told you that you could combine your coffee into a smoothie? Coffee in a smoothie so then you can actually eat your breakfast too! Yeah, I’m serious.
Before we chat about coffee and smoothies, let’s talk about the weekend. My weekends typically consist of work, blogging, recipe creating, and more work. This weekend, though, I decided to take it easy. Sometimes, I just need a break. I still made a recipe for one of my freelance projects and wrote two blog posts, but I took my time. I also cleaned my apartment which I’d been putting off for an embarrassingly long time. I feel like I’m constantly in ‘go go go’ mode, and my body and mind were both getting a bit exhausted. So, I had a slower, still productive weekend, and it was fabulous.
But, since I am typically in “go” mode, I absolutely need my coffee. I actually didn’t become a coffee drinker until college and I didn’t become a regular coffee drinker until last year. Growing up, neither of my parents drank coffee, so I definitely wasn’t exposed to it until later. Well, unless you count Starbucks frappuccinos, but let’s not count those.
Typically, I try to keep my coffee consumption to one cup per day, but sometimes it turns into two. No biggie, right? Well..sort of. Two cups of coffee+one green smoothie+juice on days when I’m working at PJC and I find myself drinking all of my meals! What fun is that? That’s why coffee IN a smoothie is a great idea.
This particular coffee uses Almond Breeze Almondmilk Coconutmilk Original, which makes it even more delicious. Almondmilk and Coconutmilk in one? YES PLEASE. For the longest time, my favorite coffee drink was a mocha. Anytime I would go somewhere and buy coffee, I would order a mocha. The problem is that mocha’s at coffee shops tend to contain a LOT of sugar, so after awhile I slowly stopped ordering them. Talk about sad days.
This smoothie is HEALTHY, as in dairy free and vegan, and it only requires FIVE ingredients. Perfect for Monday mornings when you inevitably sleep in a bit longer and therefore have less time to prepare breakfast 🙂 You’re welcome.
This post is sponsored by Almond Breeze Almondmilk. As always, all opinions are my own. Thank you for your support!
Almond Coconut Mocha Smoothie
Ingredients
- 12 pitted dates
- 1/3 cup raw almonds
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tsp instant coffee
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Breeze Almondmilk Coconutmilk
- 6 ice cubes
- Optional: cacao nibs for topping
Instructions
- Place ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
- Enjoy!
Q: When did you start drinking coffee? If you aren’t a coffee drinker, what do you drink instead?
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I love “Healthy” recipes! I just don’t see the nutritional breakdown.
Instant coffee is the key here! I need to pick some up 🙂
Can one substitute dates with honey?
You could try–honey has a stronger flavor than dates do, so you may be able to taste some of the honey in the smoothie. If you DO try it, let me know how it turns out!
Great-looking smoothie. Just a stickler grammar tip… “Mondays” and “mochas” and anything else PLURAL doesn’t get an apostrophe. 🙂 Apostrophes are for possessives. As in “the mocha’s consistency was a little thin.” But if you have three mochas, no apostrophe. 🙂 We don’t drink mocha’s. Some readers find such things painful. 😉 Thanks!
Ha thank you–a much appreciated grammar tip. I’ll remember this for future posts.
Almond coconut milk??? I need to look for this the next time I food shop. I just tried the cashew milk and I’m addicted to that…so creamy and good!
hmmmm dates, I have never had them but looks like I need to try them! Thanks for this!
Have a great day!
I am AAAAALL about the coffees! And the easy breakfasts! This smoothie looks so rich and creamy! I must drink one each and every day!
YES. I got belitted for putting coffee in my smoothie.
Then I realised it was because it was decaf coffee. Totally warranted. Pinned.
Decaf coffee=useless. I guess you know that though 😀
Your weekends sound a lot like mine, girly! Too much work and too little play. 🙂
I’ve actually never been a coffee drinker because I chipped my tooth as a kid and was afraid it would stain my bond, lol. So this looks like a delicious alternative for me! And it’s actually much different than what I was expecting considering you said it was a lot like the smoothie I posted.
Busy weekends forever ha! I think I meant to say that we used some similar ingredients and both made smoothies 🙂
Almond and coconut, can’t wait to try this lovely smoothie! 🙂
Thank you! Let me know if you do 🙂
Chocolate, coconut, and coffee and some of my three favorite flavors. I’m inspired by this!!
Dates, coffee, and chocolate in smoothie form? LOVE IT! I’m a one cup a day kind of girl too, and I’m pretty sure I picked the habit up around the start of university. Before that I hated it, but my dad was huge on coffee and I always loved the smell.
You sold me as soon as I read that this smoothie has coffee in it…. <3. And the fact that it has the extra goodies of almond and coconut probably take it to the next level! NOMS.
YUM! I almost used my Almond Breeze to make a coffee smoothie!! I think I’ll use the left over almond coconut milk to recreate this!! Coffee is a MUST for me every morning! I used to work at a coffee shop in college and became an addict…oops! I suppose there are worse things to be addicted to! 😉
Hahah right? I always think that too 🙂
This is definitely my kind of smoothie. I didn’t drink coffee until college, either, but now I love it! I usually have one or two cups a day.
Oh my golly, I made this exact same flavour of smoothie yesterday! Sooooo delicious:)
Yay for coffee smoothies!
Yum, yum, yum! All of my favorite things all rolled into one!
Thanks Holly!
I made it yesterday it was delicious