“My favorite way to sweeten chocolate smoothie recipes is to use dates. They are extremely sweet and the flavor blends beautifully with chocolate. It also naturally thickens the smoothie. Plus, it contains healthy nutrients and fiber. Make sure that you remove pits.

Purchasing raw cacao is a great first step to creating healthy desserts for you, your family, and your friends.

To make your chocolate smoothie recipe even healthier toss in a handful of fresh spinach. Don’t worry… The flavor of the spinach gets covered up by the smoothie if you use Vitamix 5200 Series Blender, Black.

Use my chocolate smoothie recipe below and have fun experimenting!” – Lena Ksanti