Healthy Chocolate Banana Smoothie

This stuff is delicious! I'm even taking a sip right now as I'm typing this. It is so sweet without even a pinch of sugar added in it, and so thick I can pretend I'm eating chocolate ice cream...minus the guilt.

This smoothie is good even without the chocolate flavor, but I'm a big chocolate fan so I made it into a banana chocolate smoothie with the addition of unsweetened cocoa. The amount of cocoa is just right to give the smoothie a chocolatey taste without overpowering that of the bananas. I also added oats, something I learned from Katie of This Chick Cooks blog, for more fiber. If you don't like the texture of oats in your food, trust me, you won't even notice it as long as you powder the oats in the blender.

RECIPE
Servings: 3-4 glasses

Ingredients:

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 8 frozen bananas, sliced*
• 3 cups Almond Breeze original unsweetened milk
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions:

• Blend oats first until powdery
• Add the frozen bananas and milk. Blend until smooth and all the banana chunks are gone.
• Lastly, add the cocoa and blend until all ingredients are mixed well.

*Tip: Peel and slice the bananas before freezing them.

As mentioned, this smoothie is very thick so you might wanna add milk if you don't like the consistency. Also, it tastes best if served immediately. I made a pitcherful and stored the leftover in the fridge, it didn't taste as good the next day.