Refreshing coconut shake made with coconut milk, coconut flakes, vanilla ice cream, honey and ice.
Coconut shakes are very common in Thailand and other parts of Asia. It is not sugar free but sometimes it is a delicious way to eat nutritious coconut on a hot summers day.
If you prefer more refined sugar-free but healthier smoothies check out the Strawberry Banana Milkshake, Mango Pineapple Smoothie, Strawberry milk, Banana Milk or the incredible Apple Banana Smoothie.
Ingredients
This is not the healthiest milkshake in the world, but some days you just need that.
- Coconut milk - you want full fat coconut milk for the creaminess
- Coconut flakes - strangely bigger flakes blend better than the tiny ones. Toasted ones will give more flavor but untoasted are also fine. A less powerful blender will have small chunks of the flakes. If you have a Vitamix use it for this recipe.
- Vanilla ice cream - makes a creamy sweet coconut shake
- Ice - makes the coconut milkshake nice and creamy. You want to add half the amount as coconut milk.
- Honey or other sweetener - optional in case you want it sweeter.
How to make a coconut shake?
Super easy.
- Place all the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend. Add ice little by little until you reach your desired consistency.
- Transfer to a fancy cup and add an umbrella.
Variations
- omit the vanilla ice cream and make it less sugary
- you can use low fat coconut milk but then the shake will be watery. But this may be how you like it.
- can be made with other plant based milks such as soy, oat or almond. It won't taste as coconutty but will still be good
FAQ
Not really, they contain a large amount of sugar from the ice cream and they are high in saturated fat. However, they can be great to enjoy once in a while.
It has about 600 calories, high in saturated fats and sugar.
Children can eat all the ingredients in this coconut milkshake however halve the serving and only give this to them once in a while due to the high sugar and saturated fat content.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup full fat coconut milk
- ½ cup vanilla ice cream
- ½ shredded coconut
- ½ cup ice
- 1 tsp honey or other sweetener
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend. Add ice little by little until you reach your desired consistency.
- Transfer to a fancy cup and add an umbrella.
Notes
- omit the vanilla ice cream and make it less sugary
- you can use low fat coconut milk but then the shake will be watery. But this may be how you like it.
- give to kids only once in a while due to high sugar and saturated fat content
- can be made with other plant based milks such as soy, oat or almond. It won't taste as coconuty but will still be good.
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