Kick those sweet cravings to the curb with this Chocolate Matcha Green Tea Smoothie just bursting with natural goodness. Loaded with good fats from avocado, peanut butter and chia seeds, this super creamy glass of deliciousness will keep you fuller for longer.
Energizing Chocolate Matcha Green Tea Smoothie
I have another delicious smoothie to add to your repertoire with this Chocolate Matcha Green Tea Smoothie.
I for one am excited!
I love my smoothies and we tend to have one every morning with breakfast.
They are such a great vehicle for transporting lots of nutrients in one handy hit, and easy to sip on over the course of an hour or so, which let's face it, is how long it's going to take to guzzle something down when you have little ones at home.
And cold coffee....not so great.
You are going to need:
- Dairy-Free Milk
- Avocado
- Banana
- Dates
- Peanut Butter
- Matcha Powder
- Cacao
- Chia Seeds
What Potential Health Benefits can there be in a Chocolate Matcha Smoothie?
There are lots of potential health benefits associated with consuming matcha:
- Matcha has lots of antioxidants for extra focus and energy;
- Cacao contains calcium, magnesium, and iron. Helps regulate blood sugar and support weight loss;
- Bananas have lots of potassium;
- Dates have lots of fiber;
- Avocados contain all those heart-healthy fats
Plus it tastes delicious and will curb those sweet cravings and those coffee cravings in the mid-afternoon, providing you with a much more stable and longer-lasting source of energy.
Sounds good right?
Well go ahead and dig in, you could be enjoying a delicious Cacao Matcha Smoothie in about five minutes.
How To Make A Matcha Smoothie?
Simple.
Gather all your ingredients and add them to a high-speed blender along with some ice and blend until smooth.
I add one teaspoon of matcha powder to this smoothie, and it has a very subtle taste, but you can always add a little more if you want more of a matcha punch.
Unless you don't have any matcha green tea powder in the cupboard, in which case I would pop on over to Amazon or your local bulk bin store and see what they have on offer.
Sharing With The Kids?
If you want to share your matcha green tea smoothie with your kids, I would leave out the matcha powder until the end.
Make the smoothie without matcha, pour out their smoothies and then pop in ½ teaspoon matcha powder to the remainder of the smoothie mix and blend for yourself.
I do this simply because of the caffeine content in matcha.
Need more smoothie goodness? Check out my Rejuvenating Orange and Fresh Cranberry Smoothie, Kale, Pomegranate, and Coconut Smoothie, or for something super bright and fresh head to this Grapefruit and Pineapple Smoothie.
Happy eating
xx
Chocolate Matcha Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup almond milk (unsweetened)
- ½ avocado, pitted
- 1 ripe banana, peeled (preferably frozen)
- 3 mejdool dates, pitted (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter, sub in sunflower butter for allergies
- 1 teaspoon matcha powder (see notes)
- 2 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Pop everything in a high-powered blender, and blend until smooth
Notes
Nutrition
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Robin says
Super delicious, energy-boosting smoothie with all the good stuff and none of the belly bloat. One small tweek I made was I made my own almond cream (1 cup soaked almonds blended with 1 cup of water, strained). Then I added about 2 cups of ice.
Donna says
Ooh I love the sound of that almond cream! I will have to give that a go.
Lara says
I can’t find the actual recipe?? All that I see are a video Anna ads 😒
Donna says
Hi Lara, thanks for letting me know! I initially read this and thought it was someone just complaining about ads...but the recipe has actually disappeared! I am so sorry for the inconvenience....now to figure out where it has gone!!
Jorge Thompson@nextbestreview says
Hi, Love this chocolate and matcha smoothie recipe. I never tried this before. But this look yummy and looking, easy to make. I think I am going to have to make this today. Thanks for the sharing this.
Cara says
Ok, I really did look before I commented, but didn’t find it until the second careful search. I contest that this serves two. Who could share it?! But of course that explains the discrepancy in the calorie count.
Cara says
After buying my first bag of matcha, a cacao-matcha smoothie was the first recipe I searched for. I subbed almond butter for the peanut butter because I thought the flavor would be more subtle. It is delicious, filling, keeps me going for hours—pretty much everything you could want in a smoothie. My only critique is with the nutrition facts—a quick tally of the ingredient list gets me to 660 calories, which is a really big difference if you’re watching your calories!
Donna says
I love the sub with the almond butter, we have been eating that a lot more lately so I will have to give it a try! I really don't like these nutritional counters, and only include it because a number of readers have asked for it. They vary so much depending on what brand of product you use (can you imagine the difference between a straight up peanut butter and one that contains a plethora of other ingredients??), and trying myself I get different results on 4 different nutrition counters! But yes I think you caught the difference, I split this in two because it is quite rich, but if you drink the whole thing then it will be a lot more 🙂 Glad you enjoyed.
Molly says
I love this smoothie, its become such a staple that I have it memorized. I sub maple syrup for the dates because its what I have more easily, and I add more cacao, because chocolate.
Donna1 says
Oh thank you, that makes me so happy, it is such a fav in our house too!
Keeley says
Very yummy! I added some fresh spinach and a little Ceylon cinnamon.
Donna1 says
Ooh yum, I love your additions!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) says
This chocolate smoothie looks smooth and refreshing!!
Megan says
Need to pull out the blender for this!
Kristen Chidsey says
I absolutely love that you sweetened this with dates! Such a great idea
Donna1 says
Thank you! My kids are date obsessed, so we tend to do a lot of our sweetening this way 🙂
Mindy Fewless says
Everything in this sounds amazing! I"m going to have to make this for my husband and myself!
Donna1 says
Thanks Mindy 🙂 Hope you guys love it!!
Hanady | Recipe Nomad says
I absolutely love matcha but I never tried it in something like coffee. But you've intrigued me so I'm going to make this and report back!
Donna1 says
Yes! Let me know how you go!
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
This looks so good! Matcha is such an awesome ingredient and it looks so delicious in this smoothie! I'm definitely bookmarking this one 🙂
Donna1 says
Yay 🙂 We love it!! Hope you enjoy
Camilla says
What a gorgeous looking smoothie and full of goodness too:-)
michele says
I could really go for one of these today! I pinned it to get the ingredients!
Donna1 says
Hope you get the energy you need Michele 🙂