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This creamy banana smoothie is one of those blends that feels both comforting and energizing. It’s naturally sweet, rich without being heavy, and made with just a handful of simple ingredients you probably already have on hand.
When I want a smoothie that feels grounding—especially in the morning—this is the one I reach for. Frozen bananas create that milkshake-like texture, coconut yogurt adds creaminess, and collagen peptides give it a protein boost to help keep energy levels steady. It’s simple, dependable, and endlessly customizable.
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Banana Smoothie Ingredients
This isn’t just a banana-and-milk blend. Each ingredient plays a role in making this smoothie creamy, balanced, and satisfying.
- Frozen bananas provide natural sweetness and thickness without ice. Here’s how to freeze bananas so you have them ready to blend when you are.
- Coconut yogurt adds richness and a subtle tang that keeps the smoothie from tasting flat. If your options are limited at your local grocery store make my cashew coconut yogurt.
- Cashew milk keeps everything smooth and neutral, while vanilla enhances the banana flavor without overpowering it. Pick your favorite brand or make cashew milk at home.
- Collagen peptides blend in seamlessly and help turn this smoothie into something that feels more like a meal than a snack.
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How to Make a Banana Smoothie
- Add the frozen bananas, coconut yogurt, cashew milk, collagen peptides, and vanilla to your blender. Blend until completely smooth and creamy. If the smoothie is too thick for your blender, add a splash more milk and blend again.
- Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy right away while it’s cold and creamy.
Ingredient Swaps
While the sugar in this recipe comes from whole food, it might be a little high for some. If you need a lower sugar option, then here are some great swaps:
- Use plain cashew yogurt or swap for 1/4 cup cauliflower.
- Swap yogurt for 2 tbs cashews.
- Swap banana with 1/4 cup cauliflower or 1/4 avocado. Here’s how to cut avocado.
Recipe Tips
- If this smoothie is too thick for your blender blades to handle, try adding a bit more liquid, stirring up the ingredients, then blending again. This should help. Using one of my recommended smoothie blenders can make this even easier.
- If cashew milk isn’t your thing, then use the plant based milk of your choice! Check out my top favorite oat milk brands and almond milk brands that will keep the smoothie creamy.
- Start with plain, unsweetened coconut yogurt to avoid added sugars.
- Make sure the collagen or protein powder you use doesn’t have any added sugar. Read the label on the yogurt you use as well! There are many great plant based yogurt brands on the market now, yet lots are loaded with added sugar. For tips on putting it all together, check out my guide on how to make a smoothie.
- Prepping frozen meal prep smoothie packs ahead also saves produce!
More Banana Smoothies To Try
I know that bananas are a polarizing fruit. People either love ’em or hate ’em. If you enjoy bananas in your smoothies, then check out some other delicious fruit smoothies below:
If you make this creamy banana smoothie, I’d love to hear how it turned out in the comment box below. Your feedback helps me and all the readers in this community. And if you’re interested in more plant-based recipes (and exclusive content), sign up for my weekly recipe newsletter.
Creamy Banana Smoothie (Easy 5-Minute Recipe)
Ingredients
- 2 bananas frozen
- ½ cup coconut yogurt plain
- 1 cup cashew milk
- 1 serving collagen peptides
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients until smooth
- Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy!
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Notes
- To make this smoothie vegan, swap 1 scoop of collagen powder with 1 serving of homemade protein powder.
- To reduce the natural fruit sugars, use 1/4 avocado and 1 banana. You can also check out my guide on how to cut avocado.
- You can swap in any kind of yogurt, just choose one that’s plain or with limited sugar.
- The cashews can be swapped for almonds or oats.
- The cashew milk can be swapped out for the non-dairy milk of your choice
Nutrition
Did you make this recipe?
Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks!Common Questions
Yes, just make sure that smoothie is full of only whole food ingredients. No fillers, chemicals, added sugar, or fake ingredients!
I recommend changing up your daily shake or smoothie, so you can benefit from a variety of fruits and veggies. Bananas are a great regular addition though!
Bananas are a great source of fiber, and often help settle stomach issues naturally.
No! Well… it depends what you put in them. Strawberry banana is a popular smoothie flavor at restaurants, yet those smoothies are usually pre-made mixes full of processed sugar and chemicals. Stick to strawberry banana smoothies with real, whole food ingredients and soak in all the benefits.
This smoothie was very creamy. This recipe made way too much for one person. I am not fond of yogurt but the yogurt taste was not overpowering. Substituted almond milk because I could not find cashew milk. Did add the collagen. Not my favorite during the 10 day challenge. May add cinnamon or cocoa powder to change the taste up.
Yummy, yummy in my tummy! It is so weird that I really enjoy this smoothie being that I am not a huge fan of bananas. I did only add one banana and the rest cauliflower but only because I had cauliflower left over that needed to be used and I didn’t have cashew yogurt. Luckily, I also realized my cashews had sea salt in them before adding them so I swapped them for Almonds. I also used Almond milk because that is what we had and 1/2 tsp of raw honey. All in all it was absolutely delicious!
Very Creamy & Pretty Tasty!
Made quite a few changes to this recipe as I have to be careful consuming too many nut products. Used vanilla oatmilk and lactose free yoghurt. Used one banana, 1 Tbl hemp seed, dash of cinnamon and turmeric, 1.5 teaspoons collagen powder, no vanilla, and a large handful of power greens. I liked my creation and hope to one day be able to actually follow the recipe as written.
I made it with coconut milk and no yogurt
Also added strawberries
I loved this banana smoothie. Soo creamy and delicious. I couldn’t find any cashew yoghurt so used i used Almond yoghurt and Almond milk.
I enjoyed this smoothie quite a bit more than I thought I would. Banana isn’t my favorite flavor by itself, but the vanilla in the recipe really changed the flavor into something nice. Kind of like a vanilla shake with a hint of banana.
Knowing that I’m not a huge fan of bananas, I went immediately for the 1 banana, 1/4 cup avocado/1/4 cup cauliflower. The texture was fabulous but I think because I only used one banana it wasn’t quite sweet enough and mostly tasted like yogurt. I added some mixed berries and liked it better. Not a bad smoothie, just not in my wheelhouse!
Creamy Banana Smoothie – 2 bananas are too much for me. I substituted 1 with 1/2 of a small avocado. Creamy, but not on my favorites list.
Creamy Banana, I mean the title says it all except good was left out! This smoothie is like drinking a milkshake ❤️ Nothing more to say than….. delicious!
Super creamy with a wonderful flavor
Forgot to rate it
Very creamy and rich. Enjoyed it.
My kids really loved this smoothie! I think there were no overpowering tastes and it was mild and so creamy for them to just gulp right up!!! I am putting this recipe on the fridge, as I plan to make it SO often!!
It reminded me of snow cream. Loved it!
I love bananas so I really enjoyed this one. I used the plain yogurt and almond milk because that was what I had on hand and it was still good.
A good silky smooth smoothie, but would prefer an additional flavor.
I love the suggestion of swapping some avocado for the 2nd banana. It still had fabulous flavor and was probably the creamiest smoothie yet. This was a great afternoon pick me up! Thanks again for another stellar recipe!
This smoothie was so delicious! One of my favourites so far.
Bananas are a staple in my kitchen, so I really loved this one. It was so creamy. I make plain yogurt, so I used that and threw in some cashews. I am going to see about making cashew yogurt in my yogurt maker. Loving these smoothies.
It’s super creamy and super good! Thanks for another great smoothie!
Very smooth and creamy! I like this smoothie, but I took away one star because I needed another flavor to balance out the banana. However, if you love bananas, this is definitely the smoothie for you! I will play around with this one, trying to make it more like the peanut butter one and the strawberry one (my two favorites). And I’m sure I can sneak some cauliflower in here to get in some veggies without a noticeable change in flavor!
Also, cashew milk yogurt, you’ve got a fan in me! OMG! I could only find flavored cashew milk yogurt, so I went with vanilla bean for this one since it already had vanilla in it. I gave it a try before I put it in the smoothie because I’ve never even heard of cashew milk yogurt and it was delicious! It’s sweet (I’d be interested in one that has lower sugar or is unsweetened) and extra creamy!