Chocolate Banana Smoothie Dairy-Free

Our best, dairy-free, kid-friendly smoothie for over 15 years.

Chocolate, banana, peanut butter smoothies make a great breakfast, snack, or even lunch.

If you can't do peanut butter,  just use your favorite substitute or leave it out.

We also have some veggie ideas to sneak in, too!

This smoothie is one of my kids' favorites of all time.

They loved it as toddlers and still today my teens ask for one just about everyday. 

Bananas make it sweet and creamy.

If you can do peanut butter or a peanut butter substitute, there's the protein.

And the chocolate gives it a nice dessert touch the kids can't resist.

However, this smoothie is very flexible, and I change it up easily.

Here's how to mix things up.

VARIOUS WAYS TO MAKE THIS SMOOTHIE

OMIT PEANUT BUTTER

If you have peanut allergy, banana chocolate smoothies without peanut butter taste just as yummy!

Or use your favorite peanut butter substitute. That works, too.

OMIT CHOCOLATE

You can opt for unsweetened cocoa powder in this smoothie so it's no added sugar.

But if you want to omit the chocolate altogether, like our friends who have cocoa allergy, that's fine!

Peanut butter banana smoothies are just as delicious.

ADD GREENS

Below, I'll go over a few greens we sometimes add to our smoothie.

They turn the whole smoothie to a green color.

And then you can call it a Green Monster, which the kids dig.

ADD OTHER VEGGIES

There are other sneaky vegetables you can add that your kiddos WON'T notice.

They add no flavor or color but definitely add nutrition!

ADD GROUND FLAX

For extra fiber, ground flax is easy to add to this smoothie without changing the flavor.

Totally optional.

BANANAS

For this smoothie, however, we do think bananas are a necessity.

We always keep bananas in the freezer so we can have smoothies anytime we want. 

Now more about the other ingredients in our smoothie recipe, besides banana.

SMOOTHIE INGREDIENTS

1. FROZEN BANANAS

They make a smoothie so creamy and are a natural sweetener.

2. DAIRY-FREE MILK

My kids like oat milk, I like coconut milk. Other dairy-free milk options include almond, hemp, and flax.

We also like to use pea protein milk to bulk up the protein for our growing boys. 

3. PEANUT BUTTER OR SUBSTITUTE

Our favorite brand is Smucker's Natural because it's sugar-free.

If you are peanut and nut-free, you can use your safe peanut butter alternative.

But honestly, you can leave this ingredient out all together.

4. DAIRY-FREE CHOCOLATE

For myself, I like dairy-free chocolate protein powder.

For my kids, I do cocoa powder or chocolate syrup.

5. ICE

I really like our smoothies cold so I'll add about 6 ice cubes per serving to the blender.

You can add more if you'd like.

6. GROUND FLAX (OPTIONAL)

This is great for the Omega-3 and fiber.

Sometimes I leave it out. 

Now see possible veggie add-in's below. 

SNEAKY SMOOTHIE VEGETABLES