I make these tropical flavored smoothies for breakfast or a snack, and the kids just adore them! If you love smoothies as much as we do, you should also try a cherry smoothie, blueberry smoothie and mango smoothie.
Pineapple Coconut Smoothie Ingredients
When you make your pineapple coconut smoothie make sure to have coconut milk, a fresh or frozen banana, frozen pineapple chunks and sweetened coconut flakes. You may want to have some mint, lime wedges, pineapple wedges or course sugar to garnish the drink. If you want the flavor of pineapple for dinner check out my pineapple chicken, pineapple casserole and pineapple salsa!
How Do You Make A Pineapple Coconut Smoothie?
To make this coconut pineapple smoothie recipe just put the ingredients in the blender. Turn the blender on and in less than 3 minutes you’ve got a refreshing treat. You can add some garnishes to up the fun factor like lime and pineapple wedges, mint sprigs and sugar rimmed glasses but that’s completely optional.
Tips For The Perfect Pineapple Coconut Smoothie
You can use coconut milk or almond milk for this recipe, whichever you prefer. I typically use my blender at a high setting to puree the pineapple and banana chunks. However, if you want a thicker smoothie with some fruit chunks, you can pulse your blender until you reach your desired consistency. If you want a thinner smoothie, feel free to add a little extra coconut milk. If you want to serve a fun drink, place a wedge of pineapple on the rim of your glass and add a cocktail umbrella.
Flavor Variations
While this dairy-free pineapple coconut smoothie is delicious and refreshing as written; you can change up the flavors to suit your taste.
Fruit: Try adding in some other frozen tropical fruit like mango or papaya. You could also put some fresh passion fruit or guava in the drink. Creamier: Add some vanilla yogurt or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a creamy texture! Sweet: You can add a tablespoon of maple syrup or honey to the smoothie as a sweetener. Alcohol: Add a shot of rum or coconut flavored rum for an easy pina colada inspired drink.
Whether it’s raining and dreary outside or a hot and sunny day, this pineapple coconut smoothie recipe is sure to please. It also happens to be vegan, dairy free and gluten free which means everyone can enjoy it. So what are you waiting for? Grab your blender and make this drink today!
