Healthy Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie Recipe

I am all about shakes and smoothies right now and so is my family.  I love a yummy green smoothie in the morning and I have been occasionally sneaking in a yummy chocolate shake in the afternoon that is actually healthy for you!  Yes, healthy!!  So today I am excited to share my healthy Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie Recipe with you and I know you are going to love it!  It is really quite healthy but tastes like a treat!  And you simply can't go wrong with the combination of chocolate and raspberry!  Yum yum yum!

A big huge thank you to Vitamix for sending me their new Vitamix 780 for purposes of this post.  I have been a fan of Vitamix for a long time and I really am in love with their machines!  And this new one...it knocks it out of the park!  I am excited to share why too!

The Vitamix 780 is Vitamix's brand new machine.  It comes with a low-profile 64 ounce container so it fits nicely under my kitchen cabinets.  It also has 5 programed settings which I know I will use all the time!  And it has a responsive touchscreen control panel.  Yes!!  I said it has a TOUCHSCREEN!!!  How cool is that!?!?!  The updated design also resists cracks and scratches and is overall just an amazing machine!

I have had so much fun testing this machine out and so today I wanted to share my yummy healthy Chocolate Raspberry smoothie recipe with you!  Enjoy!

Healthy Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 oz Water
• 1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder (I use this one here.)
• 1 ¼ cup Fresh Raspberries (you can use frozen raspberries, but you might need to cut down on your ice)
• 1 cup Ice

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into your Vitamix in the order they are listed.
2. Press the Smoothie program button and let the Vitamix do it's magic!

And just like that you have a healthy and delicious chocolate smoothie!!

To clean it, you simply fill it half way with warm water, add a drop of dish soap and push the Clean program button!  This seriously could not be more simple!

If you want to blend something and you don't have a program button for it, you can always use your finger to manually adjust the speed of the blender.  It really is a cool machine.

Now you may ask, why a Vitamix?  Why not any other blender?  This recipe is why.  In any other blender I have ever used I could never get my smoothies really smooth.  Especially in a recipe like this with raspberries.  I would always end up with raspberry seeds in my smoothie.  Which isn't the end of the world, but the Vitamix, it grinds the raspberries up so well that even this smoothie is actually smooth!!  It is an incredible machine and my whole family is in love with it!

If you already own a Vitamix but want to upgrade to this new one, you might want to consider taking advantage of their Trade In Program here.

My kids now regularly beg me for green smoothies!  Yes, they now beg me to eat vegetables!  I can't say no to that!

I also love that you can make soup, hot chocolate, sorbet and so many other yummy foods with a Vitamix!  Yes, you can actually make and heat hot cocoa in this machine!  I use it all the time in the winter.

To see how to use a Vitamix to make Hot Chocolate, check out these posts: 

Peppermint Hot Cocoa

Chocolate Gingerbread Steamer

I have also used my Vitamix to make this yummy treat:

Homemade Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Dip

I have also made these yummy drinks with my Vitamix too:

Frozen Mango Lemonade

Orange Pineapple Green Smoothie

Frozen Limeade

Tropical Pineapple Mango Smoothie

Frosted Lemonade