This creamy, thick, and delicious, this healthy vanilla milkshake is banana-free and made with just a few ingredients!
The story behind this milkshake actually has more to do with satisfying a personal craving, which is pretty much the impetus for all my recipes.
Chocolate shakes abound here on the blog, but I had yet to create a good vanilla one!
This has become a favorite around here with both me and my girls, and it has NO banana, making it great for those with alleriges.
My daughters love to have it for breakfast with a handful of Buckwheat Granola on top, in true smoothie bowl fashion!
Ingredients and substitutions
- Milk – I generally use whole cow’s milk for the kids and Homemade Coconut Milk or almond milk for me and Jade.
- Avocado – Use a less ripe one for less avocado ‘taste’.
- Honey – I love the taste of honey in this shake, but maple syrup also works!
- Good vanilla – I use vanilla powder when I’m feeling fancy, but a good vanilla extract also works.
- Salt – Just a pinch of sea salt brings out all the flavors!
- Ice
Recipe tips
For a sweeter shake, add a couple dashes of stevia or more honey as you desire.
We like to use my Homemade Coconut Milk or my Homemade Hemp Milk in this recipe.
This is the vanilla powder I like.
Healthy Vanilla Avocado Milkshake
Ingredients
- ¾ cup milk of your choice
- ½ small avocado
- ½ Tablespoon honey
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract or 1/2 tsp vanilla powder (see Notes for link)
- ½ cup ice
- pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Blend all until smooth and creamy.
Notes
Nutrition
If you have a chance to try this recipe, please leave a star rating and a comment below letting me know how you liked it!
Can’t wait to try this! We make avocado chocolate shakes – don’t know why I never thought of vanilla! Thanks for recipe!
I hope you like it Kim! 🙂
I love everything about this milkshake! And don’t even get me started on the Hocus Pocus meme. LOL My kids have been firmly indoctrinated into the fall spirit with that movie. My favorite part is when the Master’s Wife says to Sarah Jessica Parker “Now, tart face, take your Clark bars and get out of my house!”. It cracks me up every time!
Lol, thanks Sammi! Good reference, I always have the part where SJP says ‘amok, amok, amok…’ go through my head. Such a great movie!
My favourite holiday too! So fun!!! We actually do a Halloween movie marathon for the month of October, it’s pretty fun.
This shake sounds awesome!
Hocus Pocus is a classic and i adore vanilla milkshakes! You have great taste young lady! Especially in your treats.. I really enjoyed this recipe!
Hi Lauren! 🙂 Thanks for refreshing older recipes, I like this idea as it brings to me what I may have missed when browsing through your archives. I rarely comment in the recent times but I do read your posts and am always happy to see your newsletter in my inbox. As for the above post – have you ever thought that maybe there’s something wrong with the bananas you get and not necessarily you? I used to think I was allergic to carrots, until I got organic ones and had no reaction to them. (And carrots are not on the Dirty Dozen list!) But maybe you do get organic bananas…? Thank you a lot for the summary of banana substitutions!! This is such a great list and so handy, I love it and really appreciate you sharing it!! Stay well and safe, warm regards, Alice 🙂
Thanks, Alice! I have tried various bananas over the years from different stores, organic, non-organic, etc., and I haven’t noticed much difference. The only thing for me is when my immune system calms down during various times I seem to tolerate them a little better. Thanks for the suggestion, though, it’s good thinking on your part! 🙂
Tastes like a real milkshake! My favorite, thank you so much.😘💕😋🥰😘😋💕😋😋😘💖💕😋p.s. Happy soon to be valentine’s day!
I can’t wait to try this recipe!