This warm weather drink is an “outtake” recipe from my upcoming cookbook, Crave Eat Heal; just couldn’t squeeze it in, so I thought I’d share it here. This rich drink is not quite thick enough to be a full-on shake (unless you use frozen bananas), but is rather a “shookie” – a cross between a shake and a smoothie.
You’ll need ground cacao, hazelnut meal, and quite possibly chocolate tea like this one.
Chocolate Hazelnut Shookie
- Prep Time: 10
- Total Time: 10
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
Smooth + Creamy + Chocolate + Hazelnut. Adds up to one delicious and refreshing smoothie, er, shake, er shookie!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup hazelnut meal
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 ripe bananas (frozen, if desired – you will need more liquid, however)
- 1 cup chocolate ice cubes* (5–6 cubes)
- 3 Tbsp. cocoa or cacao powder
- 6 dates (less if using Medjools)
- Pure maple syrup, to taste
Instructions
- Put the hazelnut meal and about 1/2 cup of the non-dairy milk in a high-speed blender and process to further break down the meal. It doesn’t need to be super smooth yet. Add the remaining ingredients and continue to process until silky smooth. Taste and adjust for sweetness. Serve.
Notes
- *To make chocolate ice cubes, brew up some ground cacao. I put 5 Tbsp. ground cacao in a French press and pour 1 1/2-2 cups very hot water on top; brew for 5 minutes, then press and pour the liquid into a measuring cup. Let the liquid cool and then pour into ice cube molds. Freeze for several hours. You could also brew some chocolate tea, such as this, this or this.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 665
- Sugar: 76
- Sodium: 107
- Fat: 27
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 19
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 112
- Protein: 11
- Cholesterol: 0
I’m a chocolate lover in the middle of a summer long smoothie kick! I think this is next on my list to try out – love the hazelnut 🙂
Hope you like it!
Do you have a “go to” smoothie that you love? I have a smoothie every morning and when I’m brain dead I always make a pineapple/banana/ginger/greens smoothie.
This recipe sounds like sippable Nutella, and I am into it!
Yeah, kinda like that! Maybe I should’ve called it that – darn it ;-)!
Sippable Nutella or Hazelnut Shookie- either way I am down! Looks AWESOME! Can’t wait to make it 🙂
Chocolate ice? Who could skip that. Definitely frozen bananas I think!
Yeah, frozen bananas take it over the top!
OHHH MEEE OH MYYYOO! This looks divine!! Topped with some coconut and shaved chocolate and you’ve got yourself a perfect dessert!
Mmm-mmm, good!
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This drink looks awesome, perfect for a light and healthy dessert 🙂
Thank you! And thanks for stopping by :-).
wow chocolate and hazelnut teaming sounds fantabulous and looks sooooo heavenly Annie….
🙂 Thanks, Chitra! I’m a sucker for anything chocolate!
Sorry I’m so behind on blog reading! This shookie looks so good Annie, I absolutely love chocolate and hazelnut together…I can only imagine how delicious both the smell and taste is. Love the addition of hazelnut meal!
Oh my goodness! This looks SO delicious. Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” Hope you can join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2014/09/try-new-recipe-tuesday-92.html
Since I don’t have chocolate ice cubes yet, I am going to toss in a tablespoon of chia seed in with the nut meal and use plain old crushed ice. The ground chia will hold it together and I can have one right now!