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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.
save this recipe!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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This is just an overview – jump to the recipe card for measurements and full instructions!
- 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.
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!
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.
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Wake Me Up Coffee Smoothie (With Oats And Banana)
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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information calculated by Sarah Bond, degreed nutritionist.
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I made this and oh my it was so good! I just started making smoothies for the first time since I’m having trouble eating due to Covid changing my sense of smell and taste. It’s been a year now and still haven’t got my smell and taste back to normal. So thought I would try smoothies. Glad I did! Thank You!
I’m so happy you found something that can help you get food down! We’ve got a bunch of healthy smoothies here you may enjoy 🙂
I wasn’t a fan of the taste of this combo. I was expecting it to taste of coffee, but the banana washes that out, and I even added more coffee and less banana.
I’m looking for a good smoothie recipe, but they all seem to be sweetened with a frozen banana. I really don’t like bananas. Can you think of a substitute? Thanks in advance.
You can use coconut milk! Freeze it in an ice cube tray before blending to replicate the frosty texture.
Medjool dates are a good substitute(make sure remove the pits), and are naturally sweet. If dates are dry, just soak them in some water til they plump up, or soak in thcoffee intead.
I’m going to try this. Just wondering can I substitute fine ground instant coffee instead of brewed coffee? I trying to replace my black coffee, which doesn’t taste good anymore. But still ne something to wake me up in the morning.
Yes, that should work! 😀
This stuff is so good who new that banana’s went with coffee
And does the banana have to frozen or could I make it with a regular banana??
Frozen is best for that nice frosty texture, but you could use unfrozen as well!
I buy sliced frozen bananas in a bag and it doesn’t have whole banana equivalent on it. Do you know how many sliced bananas or how many cups of frozen sliced bananas I’d use for this? Keep in mind when measuring in a cup these are frozen slices that take up much more room than a soft unfrozen slice.
I would say probably 1 cup = 1 frozen banana!
This is soooooo good.
Does the nutrition info include the nut butter?
No it doesn’t, thanks for checking!
As a nutritionist, I make a coffee protein smoothie, every morning. The smoothie is filling and full of nutrients. It keep me from snacking, between meals.
Like the gift that keeps on giving! 😀