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Let’s celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a green smoothie that’ll fuel your body right, taste great, and…. is totally green! Give your body a reason to celebrate with this fantastic vegan shamrock shake recipe.
I’m talkin’ all the classic shamrock shake flavor you love, blended to perfection with ingredients that will fuel your body.
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What Makes a Shamrock Shake Vegan?
A shamrock shake is typically made with dairy in the ice cream and whipped cream. If it is made with chocolate, then that also contains dairy. My version eliminates dairy altogether, because my tummy tends to be happier without dairy products. And let’s be honest, if I can indulge in a decadent treat AND still feel good, then I’m all in.
Topping Options
If you’re like me, and pick food based on looks as well as taste, then you definitely need some fun toppings for this vegan shamrock shake. I like to top with coconut whipped cream. Then sprinkle with cacao nibs, or shavings from a vegan chocolate bar. And every delicious shake needs a cherry, right?!
A sprig or two of fresh mint will refine this beverage, as well as turn it into the shamrock shake of your dreams.
Naturally Low Sugar in Smoothies
I know dessert, even whole food + plant based ones, can still have a lot of sugar in them. To lower the sugar level in this shamrock shake recipe, replace the banana with 1/2 cup cauliflower (I like to use frozen).
You can also add in a serving of plant-based protein powder, like my protein powder recipe to up the protein + healthy fat content. This will help your body turn the sugar from this shake into lasting energy, instead of a sugar crash.
Easy Ingredient Swaps
The shamrock shake flavor comes from the mint. If fresh mint can’t be easily found, then up the spinach to 1 full cup, and add a few drops of mint extract. That way you don’t miss out on the leafy green goodness while still getting that minty flavor. If you want a chocolate boost, yet don’t want the crunchy topping, then add in a tablespoon of cacao powder when blending.
Swap the coconut milk with oat milk or cashew milk to keep this recipe vegan, yet eliminate the slight coconut-y taste.
More Dessert Smoothies
If this vegan shamrock shake sparked your interest in more dessert smoothies, then give these recipes a shot! I love creating sweet treats that my body can feel good about consuming. Cheers to your next dessert night with one of these incredible desserts:
- Banana ‘nice’ cream
- Raspberry smoothie
- Berry banana split
- Coconut joy smoothie bowl
- Strawberry milkshake
- Skinny mint smoothie
- Chocolate smoothie bowl
Now, these sweet treats are legit tasty, I promise. If I’m going to indulge in something sweet, I want it to be good. So pick the one that sounds yummy and go for it!
Don’t forget to try this vegan shamrock shake, then leave a rating + review below to let me know how you liked it.
Vegan Shamrock Shake
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk chilled
- ¾ cups spinach
- 8 fresh mint leaves
- 1 banana
- 2 medjool dates pitted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Toppings:
- 1 tbsp whipped coconut cream optional
- 1 tsp cacao nibs optional
- 1 sweet cherry optional
Instructions
- Blend spinach, mint, and coconut milk until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients, and blend until smooth. Enjoy!
Equipment
Notes
- Pour over ice or use frozen banana if you prefer a colder smoothie.
- Use at least 1 frozen fruit to make smoothie cold.
- If you can’t find fresh mint then up the spinach to 1 cup and add a few drops of mint extract.
- Use full-fat coconut milk for a more shake-like texture, or carton coconut milk for less healthy fat and a thinner consistency.
- Soak Medjool dates in water for 20 minutes before blending if your blender has a hard time blending certain ingredients.
Made this for myself and husband, it was delicious! ☘️☘️☘️
I loved this smoothie. It was delicious and felt more like I was having a sweet dessert as a special treat than just drinking a smoothie. The fact that it was healthy for me made it that much sweeter. This is a smoothie that I will continue making and enjoying in the future.
I thoroughly enjoyed made with all the right Ingredients followed the recipe as it said made double the amount and as it was smooth and sweet it did not affect my Diabetes at all so now I’m sitting here drinking my second one is so good
What a delightful, delicious dessert!
Delicious, but I have realized I don’t not at all like fresh mint leaves blended in my smoothies
Thank you for the recipes this week!!
Rawk on!!
Tasty but I suppose my blender is not powerful enough as I still was able to feel the pieces of the dates even though I soaked them as indicated.
The banana, spinach, dates, mint, and coconut milk with a half of vanilla seeds from the bean I had are a good mix. I did sprinkle cacao powder on top with a maraschino cherry. It was cute. I love whipped cream, but that would have been way too much sugar and I didn’t have any fresh cherries. They are super expensive at the grocery store. For I minute there,I thought I was looking at rubies for the price the store wanted. I turned to my friend and said guess who’s keeping their cherries this week and we had a good laugh. Yes. I would recommend this smoothies it was festive while being healthy and delicious.
SO delicious!!! I think my mint leaves were too small. I needed to add a dozen of them to taste the mint. But OH MY GOODNESS is this lovely! Such a nice treat, especially on St. Patrick’s Day!
This was a fun treat! It was creamy and sweet!
I love mint and this is just another wonderful and healthy thing to make with it!!! Very refreshing and tasty!
This smoothie challenge offered me the opportunity to experience such a variety of smoothies and to determine which types appeal the most to my taste pallet. This smoothie was good, but I think I prefer the smoothies in days 1 and 2 of the challenge the best.
The coconut, banana, date, and vanilla flavors go well together. I did as recommended by freezing the banana and adding frozen cauliflower in order to make a slushy smoothie. I will make this again.
Nice end to the week and how perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Great combination of ingredients and the mint makes it refreshing. Did not expect it to taste so good!
This Shamrock Shake smoothie isn’t just for St. Patrick’s day. This minty Shamrock Shake is delicious any time! The banana and coconut milk makes it sweet and creamy!
Love this with the cocoa nibs! Just like mint chip.
Excellent flavors in this one. Great healthy treat for St. Patrick’s Day 2024.