Do you often crave dessert for breakfast? Look no further than this indulgent salted caramel smoothie filled with whole food ingredients!
One of my favorite things to do is to create new smoothies. They are such a great way to get fruits, veggies, protein and other "awesome for you" ingredients inside your body...especially when it comes to the kids.
They start my day off right and keep me fueled and full throughout my workouts so I can focus on giving it my all. So when the Silk family invited me to participate in this sponsored campaign with Silk Soymilk, I jumped at the opportunity! First, I love the Silk brand and have been using it ever since we changed our diet and stopped drinking dairy milk. I have tried almost all of the Silk products and they are a fantastic company. So creating a smoothie using their soymilk was an honor!
"Where do you get your protein?" is by far the MOST asked question that plant based eaters get. What others don't understand is that getting plant based protein into your diet is really quite easy, especially when companies like Silk provide such great options. Silk Soymilk has 8 grams of plant-powered protein per serving, is non-gmo verified, has no cholesterol, is low in saturated fat and tastes delicious! Does it get any better?? Nope....especially when you try what I used this awesome plant powered milk in.
This Salted Caramel Smoothie Is Like Dessert For Breakfast!
I mean, does it get any better that this? It looks like dessert, but it's not filled with processed refined ingredients. It's a great way to start your day in fact! Who doesn't want their breakfast to look and taste like a dessert but actually be filled with all these great foods?
I must confess that I have made this multiple times since it's creation, and I've been known to be face first into the jar I'm drinking it from. Yup, licked it clean. I'm pretty sure that you will too, so have a wipe handy.
You can head on over to the Silk website and sign up to get a coupon...now you have no excuse not to give this a try!
You need to try this and make sure to let me know if you do! I promise you will not regret it. You can leave a comment here, find me on Facebook or tag me on Instagram at veggiesdontbite #veggiesdontbite so I don’t miss it! Hope you enjoy this as much as we did!
Take a look at these other great smoothie recipes!
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Salted Caramel Cashew Cacao Chunk Smoothie & the Silk Brand
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Silk Soymilk unsweetened, or other dairy free milk flavor works great too
- ½ cup gluten free oats
- 2 frozen bananas
- 3 tablespoons cashew butter
- 5 Medjool dates
- ¼ cup raw cacao chunks
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend until smooth. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you use a sweetened milk then you will get a much sweeter result, so you will need to cut back on the dates. If you aren’t worried about it being gluten free, you can use any oats.
- If you don’t have cashew butter, feel free to use another nut butter, or to make this nut free then substitute sunbutter or tahini for the nut butter. If you use another variety of date, then the taste may come out a bit different.
- You can also sub a dark chocolate for the cacao chunks, but again it will be sweeter in taste so cut out some of the dates. If you can't do oats then feel free to take out but the texture won't be as thick.
- To make this nut free sub tahini for the cashew butter. If you can't do bananas, take out the banana, add 2 cups ice, ¼ cup tahini or cashew butter, ¾ cups oats, and 8 dates. I tried it and it is delicious!
Recipe by Veggies Don’t Bite, visit our site for more great plant-based recipes.
Nutrition
Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.
This conversation is sponsored by Silk. The opinions and text are all mine.
Ashley @ Fit Mitten Kitchen
I just pinned this and had to check out the post! Looks incredible!!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you!! I can't wait for you to try it. I make a version of this almost daily!! Let me know how you like it!
Victoria
This sounds AWESOME! I think it will be my breakfast tomorrow 🙂
veggiesdontbite
Ha Victoria! It's my breakfast almost every day! LOL! Thanks SO much! Let me know when you try it, love hearing all your comments. And as always, thank you for being here!
Laurie
This looks delicious. I am allergic to dates. What could I substitute instead?
veggiesdontbite
Hi Laurie! Thanks so much! You can easily sub maple syrup for the dates. Id start with a few tablespoons and taste it for sweetness before adding more. Or if using bananas you could also just add another 1/2 of a banana. You won't get that caramel type undertone but it will still be good!! Thank you so much for being here. Let me know what you decide to do and how it works!
Audrey @ Unconventional Baker
Salted caramel? Cashews? Cacao chunks? Molasses? Holy awesome! What a lineup 🙂 That looks incredible.
veggiesdontbite
Thank you Audrey! It's a new obsession over here! Lol...I even have a nut free and banana free version. You would love it!
Naila
Oh my goodness! I love salted caramel! This looks delicious! Can't wait to try this! 🙂
veggiesdontbite
Thank you SO much Naila! I know you'll love it. Let me know when you give it a try!
Dina
It looks so yummy!!!! I would love to try it.
veggiesdontbite
Thank you! It's so good. We can make it this week!
Nissrine @ Harmony a la Carte
This would be far too dessert-y for me for breakfast, but I'm all over it as a dessert or snack. Love all the flavours and the combination.
veggiesdontbite
Thanks Nissrine! I actually JUST updated the notes in the recipe with a sub I tried for my nut free and banana hater friends that turned out awesome! A less sweet version. I am a "dessert any time of day" person so it was my breakfast today, but I would eat it for any snack or meal! LOL! Hope you give it a try! Ironically I was just looking at your dark chocolate nutella cookies! Going back to comment now, they look awesome!
Marsha A
This looks absolutely delicious!!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you so much Marsha! It's our new favorite smoothie! The different flavors really pair well together. Let me know if you give it a try
Ana @ Ana's Rocket Ship
This is like all possible deliciousness blended together to make one pretty awesome smoothie! I may never look at pre mixed strawberry and banana in the same way again....
veggiesdontbite
Thank you Ana! Ad the best is that you just dump it in and blend! Doesn't get any easier. So delicious and easy is a win win for us!
Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit
I wanted this jar of goodness badly just after seeing the pic, but now that I've read the recipe I want it even more! All the wonderful things in the title + dates AND molasses!!!
veggiesdontbite
LOL Natalie! Thank you so much. I LOVE molasses and combined with the dates, cashew butter and touch of salt really makes a great combo! You'll love it!
Linda @ Veganosity
This looks dangerous-haha! I like the use of molasses in the recipe, I'm sure it really tones down the sweetness of the dates and banana.
veggiesdontbite
Thank you Linda! Yes, the molasses adds a nice deep flavor. You can also use ice in place of bananas to make it less sweet or cut down on the bananas or dates. But it's so delicious and a great way to satisfy that sweet tooth without the processed and refined ingredients in many sweets out there!
Mandy
Wow! Salted caramel and chocolate...fantastic combo!! This looks amazing! I'm sure it would change the flavor, but I would love to try this with either coconut milk or almond milk. YUM!!
veggiesdontbite
Thank you Mandy!!! It's SO good, I know you'll love it. The cashew butter is an awesome complement too. Any milk you use will work great. Let me know when you give it a try!
Mandy
I'm catching up on blog stuff and had to come back to leave another comment. This smoothie was fantastic! As you already know from my IG post 🙂 It worked great with coconut milk and the second time I made it, I didn't have cacao chunks, so I just used cacao powder and it still tasted amazing. We'll definitely be making this again!
veggiesdontbite
Awe! Thank you so so much for letting me know! Made me smile!! I'm glad the powder works too, good to know as I most definitely will be craving it one day and be out of cacao chunks! Lol!
Vanessa @ VeganFamilyRecipes.com
HOLY MOLY! Is this real? I'm like Brandi and don't like bananas too much. Though if they are masked well enough, I can steal eat them 🙂 This looks so yummy, do you think I could make it with almond milk instead?
veggiesdontbite
Lol!! Thanks Vanessa! As I told Brandi you can totally use ice. The bananas are there for texture and to make it nice and cold like a smoothie. But they are masked pretty well with the other flavors so it depends on how sensitive you are. I love this combo so much!! And yes, any milk will work great!
The Vegan 8
Looks so pretty! Sure wish I liked bananas! Bummer! I've never tried Silk brand before. I usually only use canned coconut milk or homemade almond milk but this one looks great!
veggiesdontbite
You can totally use some ice instead of the bananas. Especially if you have a vitamix! It will blend it nice and smooth. Silk is great. That's the brand I buy because it's non gmo verified. And my family uses way too much milk to keep up with always making my own. lol. But I know you'll love the flavors in this!!
The Vegan 8
Hey girl, on the raw cacao chunks, is that the same as cacao nibs? I've never seen "chunks"....would I still use 1/4 cup of the nibs? I have tons of those. Yum!
veggiesdontbite
The nibs should work just fine. I used to cacao paste and ground it into chunks. But I think it's about the same thing. Let me know how it works!
Laura
Yummmmy!!! Looks like a great combination of flavours! Can't wait to give it a try!
veggiesdontbite
Thanks so much Laura!! It's my new favorite combo flavor! So so good. Let me know if you try it!! I know you'll love it!