Chocolate Tahini Smoothie

A vegan chocolate smoothie in a tall glass, topped with cacao nibs, on a white platter with bananas, cocoa powder and a jar of tahini

5 from 11 votes

This Chocolate Tahini Smoothie is rich, creamy and sweetened only with bananas or dates, making it a healthful and fun treat.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: serving

Calories: 332kcal

Author: Don Baiocchi

Ingredients

Chocolate Tahini Smoothie

¾ cup unsweetened almond milk, plus more as necessary
2 tablespoons tahini (or nut butter of your choice)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder or raw cacao
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt

with banana:

1 large banana, peeled, chopped and frozen

with dates:

4 large pitted dates, such as Deglet Noor or Medjool
4-6 large ice cubes

Instructions

Chocolate Tahini Smoothie with banana:

Add the milk, banana, cocoa powder, tahini and salt to a blender. Blitz until smooth. Depending on your blender, you may first have to use the ice crush function to blend the banana. Add more milk if it's too thick.

Chocolate Tahini Smoothie with dates:

Add your pitted dates to a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for 10 minutes to soften the dates. Drain. (If you have a really powerful blender, you can probably skip this step. For the rest of us, it's necessary for a smooth consistency.) Rinse briefly in cold water and drain again.
Blend the dates, almond milk, tahini, cocoa powder and salt until smooth. Depending on your blender, you may first have to use the ice crush function to really break down and blend the dates.
Add the ice cubes and blend again, using the ice crush function if necessary. Add more milk if it's too thick.

Notes

Nutrition note: The nutrition info includes 1 banana and no dates.

You can swap out the tahini for almond, cashew or peanut butter.

It's hard to say exactly how much ice to use since everyone's ice cube trays are different sizes. I like the date smoothie with 4 ice cubes. It's cold and thick enough for me, but you might want more. If so, add more ice, then taste the smoothie. You may need to add more tahini and/or cocoa powder if the ice has watered down the flavor.

You can also leave the ice out of the date version to make a really good Tahini Chocolate Milk.

These keep really well in the fridge for up to 3 days. It can actually get even thicker after a day or so.

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