Coffee Smoothie

The recipe I was most looking forward to was a Coffee Smoothie! I’ve never tried to formulate a low carb blended ice drink at a coffee shop because I was always afraid of what they put in those things. I’ve tried making a Coffee Smoothie before with my old blender but I always was left with chunks of ice or a blended mess that’s half liquid. Now that I’ve got my trust Vitamix I knew I could bang one out of the park!  Read on for the recipe and also check out my  Low Carb Smoothies section for more great blended beverages!!

I really threw everything but the kitchen sink at this one but luckily other than the cream its all near zero calories. I used some Torani Sugar Free Syrups for both the sweetening and the flavoring for this smoothie. I actually used two different types of coffee.  I did some double strength coffee ice cubes and some regular cold coffee.

Start by layering the ingredients into the Vitamix. You want the liquids to go on the bottom, then the powders or semi solids followed by the ice.  The liquids make it so that when the blending starts there isn’t an air gap and its more likely to blend. I’ve found that you generally you want an equal portion of liquid to ice for the recipe to blend well.

Speaking of blending, here’s a GIF of the Coffee Smoothie during the blending process.  Isn’t it cool how it forms the ripple pattern while blending?

Now the recipe is ready for serving! I did use the taper to make sure all the ingredients made it into the blades.

Mmm! This turned out amazing!