Today I’m sharing Banana & Cacao Milkshake.
Having felt completely run down with chronic hay fever lately (I think this is the worst year I can remember) my get up and go has been somewhat flagging. So yesterday I looked around the kitchen for something to pick me up and spotted a bag of organic Cacao Powder I’d been sent. I have never used cacao powder before but in a nutshell it’s a less processed form of cocoa powder and is great source of antioxidants and minerals, notably magnesium.
After a rake around my cupboards I decided to keep things dead simple and start my foray into the world of cacao powder with Banana & Cacao Milkshake. We seem to have gone milkshake mad lately in our house since my Strawberry & Coconut Milkshake which we’ll often have as a dessert. I whizzed up the ingredients and I have to say I loved the cacao flavour which was intensely chocolatey but somehow fresher tasting and the bitterness was offset by the sweetness of the banana and the vanilla ice cream.
After sharing this milkshake with hubby I had the energy to pick up my daughter from school, do a quick shop, put a quick tea on the table and go back out to daughter’s school fair! So as a pick me up I think my Banana & Cacoa Milkshake ticked all the boxes and I’ll definitely be making this again!
For more ideas of how to use Cacao you might like to check out these recipes:
- Vegan Chocolate Silken Tofu Pudding
- Raw Chocolate Cashew Spread
- Spirulina Energy Ball
- Cacoa Nib Cookies
- Roasted Beetroot & Raw Cacao Nib Cupcakes
- The Ultimate Chocolate Green Smoothie
Banana & Cacao Milkshake
Ingredients
- 1 Banana
- 130 mls Semi-skimmed milk
- 2 tbsp Organic cacao powder
- 90 g Premium quality vanilla ice cream
- Cacao nibs for decoration optional
Instructions
- Break up the banana and put all the ingredients into a blender (or use a stick blender and beaker) and whiz up until smooth. If you prefer a thinner shake just add a little more milk.
- Pour into 1 large or 2 small glasses and decorate with cacao nibs if desired.
Lisa Williams
such a perfect pick me up 🙂 you should try adding dates too they have such a great toffee taste 🙂
Camilla
Funnily enough I was just reading a similar recipe this morning that had banana, dates and espresso coffee in!
Martina Evans
Could do with one of these right now, looks so good!
Camilla
It really is Martina, thanks:-)
Paul Wilson
That looks great.
Maya Russell
Looks fantastic. Cacao and cocoa come from the same cacao plant but apparently cocoa is roasted which is why raw cacao may be much better for you. I have never tried cacao.
Camilla
Yes but my Cacoa wasn’t raw and was roasted see link to picture so I got very confused as to why this would be any better for you!
William Gould
This sounds fantastic! I presume a good way to use over-ripe bananas as well?
Camilla
Haven’t tried it with those!
Kathryn Bewick - Yost
This looks so goooooood!
Camilla
Thanks, daughter has this all the time now:-)
Alexandra Dixon-Mersh
This looks gorgeous! Could do with one of these right now!
Camilla
Thanks Alexandra, it is really good:-)
Ursula Hunt
You have inspired me to try a number of different flavour combinations, I like Raspberry and cacao
Camilla
Ooh that sounds lush:-)
iain mclay
I love this! So tasty
Anthony Harrington
this looks very yummy indeed!