Name: Wake Me Up Coffee Smoothie (With Oats And Banana)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 banana (previously sliced and frozen); ½ cup strong brewed coffee (120 mL, chilled); ½ cup milk (120 mL, any variety); ¼ cup rolled oats (25 g); Optional: spoonful of nut butter

Wake Me Up Coffee Smoothie

By Sarah Bond, BS Nutrition, MS Sensory Science, Updated Oct 25, 2024

4.62 from 162 ratings

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5 minutes

Serves 1 smoothie

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This coffee smoothie has everything you need to get from 0 to fully-functioning-adult in minutes: whole grains, fruit, caffeine, and a dollop of protein if you’re feeling it. With over 150 five-star reviews, this smoothie 5-minute masterpiece is about to be your morning go-to.

Top view of two glasses of banana and coffee smoothie topped with oats and cocoa powder, each featuring a red and white striped straw and a banana slice garnish, set against a dark surface.

Sometimes, coffee is enough. But some days your 4 month old puppy wakes you up at 4:30 am and insists on playing until she falls back asleep. So it’s safe to say, sometimes coffee doesn’t always cut it.

And that, my friends, is why we have a coffee smoothie.

This coffee smoothie has everything you need to get from 0 to fully functioning adults in minutes. We’re talking caffeine, whole grains, fruit, and even some nut butter! Blend it all up in under 5 minutes for an epic breakfast to fuel your morning.

Reader rating

★★★★★

“WOW!!!! This is the best breakfast or early morning snack ever! I added cacao nibs and sometimes omit the coffee and it tastes like I’m drinking a cookie! Thank you for this lifesaver recipe!” —Bry

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A glass of rich coffee smoothie adorned with a banana slice on the rim, topped with cocoa powder and oats, featuring a red-striped straw. Another banana and scattered oats rest on the dark surface nearby.

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Chilled Coffee: Make coffee as you usually would, then chill it in the fridge for a few hours until cold. You can also make cold brew coffee and use it here, or simply buy a bottle of iced coffee mix. Decaf coffee also works well if you’re just wanting the coffee flavor (without the jitters).
Banana: For the best possible smoothie, peel, cut, and freeze your banana prior to making this smoothie. It will provide natural frostiness and sweetness!
Oats: Rolled or instant oats add thickness and help to make this smoothie ultra filling.
Milk: Feel free to use whatever milk you have on hand here.
Nut Butter (Optional): For a punch of protein and healthy fats, add a spoonful of your favorite nut butter, like almond or peanut butter.

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Sarah’s Tip

While the banana brings some sweetness to this smoothie, you can sweeten it up more with a drizzle of honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, non-sugar sweeteners, or a Medjool date!

Ingredients needed to make a coffee smoothie. — Using frozen bananas helps to make this smoothie ultra-frosty without needing to use ice, which I find makes it too watery.

Switch It Up

Veganize it: Make this smoothie vegan easily by using plant-based milk, like almond milk or oat milk.
Smoothie without bananas: Make it without banana by subbing in 1/4 cup of coconut milk and adding a few ice cubes.
More protein: Add protein to your smoothie by adding a spoonful of nut butter (like almond butter or peanut butter), or by adding a scoop of protein powder.
More nutrients: Seeds! Chia seeds, flax seeds, and hemp seeds are all great additions to this smoothie. I recommend adding 1 Tbsp of seeds.
Flavor enhancers: While this smoothie rocks your socks as is, you can level it up even more by adding cocoa powder or vanilla extract.

Two glasses of banana smoothie, subtly infused with coffee, are topped with oats and cinnamon on a dark surface, flanked by a ripe banana and a spoon of oats.

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Wake Me Up Coffee Smoothie (With Oats And Banana)

4.62 from 162 ratings

By: Sarah Bond

Prep: 5

Total: 5

Servings: smoothie

This coffee smoothie is every non-morning person’s dream come true. Packed with whole grains, fruit, and coffee, it has everything needed to get you from 0 to fully functioning adult in minutes.

Ingredients

▢ 1 banana, previously sliced and frozen
▢ ½ cup strong brewed coffee, 120 mL, chilled
▢ ½ cup milk, 120 mL, any variety
▢ ¼ cup rolled oats, 25 g
▢ Optional: spoonful of nut butter

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth, adding more milk as necessary to reach a consistency to your liking. Set blender speed to high for the creamiest texture. Serve immediately.