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Chocolate Cherry Almond Smoothie with Chia

A thick, frosty chocolate smoothie with sweet dark cherries and raspberries, a nutty almond-butter richness and a hint of cinnamon.

Chocolate Cherry Almond Smoothie with Chia

Ingredients

  • 1⅓ cups (320 ml)360 gAlmond milk, unsweetenedcold
  • 1 cup pitted150 gSweet cherriesfrozen until firm
  • ⅔ cup80 gRaspberries
  • ⅔ cup sliced100 gBananasliced and frozen
  • ½ cup120 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 1½ tbsp24 gAlmond butter, no salt added
  • 3 tbsp15 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ oz12 gChia seeds
  • 2¼ tsp15 gMaple syrup
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon

Steps

  1. Ahead of time, freeze the pitted cherries and the sliced banana on a tray until firm, about 2 hours, or use ready-frozen fruit.
  2. Pour the almond milk into the blender, then sprinkle in the chia seeds and let them sit for 2 minutes so they start to soften.
  3. Add the cottage cheese, almond butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, maple syrup and cinnamon to the blender and blend until smooth with no streaks of cocoa powder left.
  4. Add the frozen cherries, frozen banana and raspberries and blend on high until thick and creamy, about 1 minute, scraping down the sides once.
  5. Pour into two cold glasses, over ice if you like, and serve right away.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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