Need a frosty treat this week? (I sure did!) Try this Peanut Butter Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana Shake. It is actually a lot healthier than is appears and I love it because it combines two desserts in one. Chocolate-dipped bananas and a peanut butter-swirled chocolate "milk"shake. Oh and I have news to share about my book..
This week. Oh my this week. Roller coaster things happening all around me. Thus...
Happiness: The FindingVegan.com re-lauch has been going swimmingly! So many beautiful recipes being submitted by talented bloggers. And even if you do not have a blog, you should register for a profile because 1) You can save (heart) your favorite recipes and collect them in your private favorites page. And 2) You will want an account for an upcoming contest I will be holding here on HHL! Details to come.
Now for the News...
I found out some frustrating news about my book 365 Vegan Smoothies. It is one of those things where I am like, "Of course this happens to me! Why am I not surprised!" Le sigh.
So. This week, my beautiful books arrived at my publisher's office in NYC. I'm sure they all gathered around the big box and eagerly pulled it open, ready to uncover an armful of freshly-printed, shiny-new smoothie books.
..well my smoothie book was in there alright! But apparently there was a pretty BIG printing error on the cover. Yup. (Like huge.)
I can only imagine their stunned faces when they saw it. So, to correct thing, they are rushing to have the books re-printed ASAP. But not in time for June 4th, I'm afraid.
The Good News! The good news is that the INSIDE of the book (I am told) was printed perfectly and looks BEAUTIFUL. Those many color smoothie photos glistening amidst the pages and pages of smoothie tips, recipes and goodies.
So what does this mean? Well this means, my very patient readers, that 365 Vegan Smoothies will not be ready until July 2nd. Say it with me now: "Boooo!"
Trust me, I am as sad as you are.
And FYI you guys are the first to hear this. Even Amazon.com seems to still think my book is coming June 4th, but that will be updated in a few days..
So for everyone who pre-ordered (and I am excited to say there are a lot of you!) I am SO SORRY about the delay. But come July, your books will be ready .. and free of those pesky errors.
BUT I do have a recipe that helped me wipe that frown off my face, and I think you deserve this taste of bliss too...
Peanut Butter Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana Shake
By Published 05/02/2013
Frosty delicious peanut butter chocolate shake with yummy vegan freezer banana bites on top!
Ingredients
- Banana Bites: 2 bananas (frozen and sliced), ⅓ cup chocolate chips (vegan), 2 tablespoon coconut oil, 2 tablespoon crushed nuts (optional)
- 2 bananas, frozen
- ½ cup frozen strawberries or frozen watermelon cubes
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- ½ cup almond milk** (add more as needed to blend)
- 2-3 pinches cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon nut butter for blender
- 1-2 tablespoon nut butter to swirl into your shake to serve
- 1 scoop vegan protein powder (optional)
- **homemade almond milk
Instructions
- First make your banana bites, these are easy to make and will be ready in about ten minutes. You need to use frozen bananas so that the chocolate freezes / hardens easily on the bananas. Pull pre-sliced frozen bananas from the freezer. In a small bowl, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil. Melt in microwave. Start dipping your bananas in the chocolate. I used toothpicks to help me dip. Then dip the bananas in optional crushed nuts. Place the dipped bananas on parchment paper or a greased freezer-friendly plate. Place in the freezer and they should be nice and frozen in 5-10 minutes.
- For the shake, simply add all the ingredients to your blender and start blending. To serve, drizzle softened nut butter in between the layers of chocolate shake and over top. Garnish with a frozen banana. You will have plenty of leftover dipped chocolate bananas, store them in the freezer.
Yield: serves 1-2Prep Time: 00 hrs. 10 mins. Total time: 10 mins. Tags: vegan,shake,dessert,smoothie,chocolate,banana
Lets all chocolate-pb shake cheer together, yes?
Rechel Harris says
can you recommend a vegan protein powder that doesn't taste weird?
Kathy Patalsky says
Yes! Check out my big vegan protein powder review blog post (use search bar for link) it has many great options. Philosophie is just one with NO weird aftertaste ect. Berry bliss is my fave flavor. But as for straight up protein, there are a few great options. I think the sweeteners are usually what cause strange flavors to pop up. So stick to pure protein unsweetened if that is your problem.
Rechel Harris says
Ok, thanks. I will check out your review.
Laughfrodisiac says
Holy crap that is perfection.
Adriane says
just made this tonight! I am in chocolate and peanut butter nirvana..I threw in some vegan chocolate chips at the end for extra chocolatey-ness
Sarah says
OMG! Where do you get those adorable tasting spoons?!
What should I eat for breakfas says
I totally need it!
Karen says
Thank goodness the books were not distributed with the typo on the cover! But even if they had been, you'd be surprised how many printing mistakes are out there and people don't even notice. Anyway, spring seems to be getting a very late start in many parts of the country (it's snowing outside RIGHT NOW!) so perhaps the new release date will be perfect; when some of us will be warmed up and ready to slurp your delicious smoothies 24/7. BTW, you've outdone yourself with this Peanut Butter Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana Shake. WOW!
GlutenFreeHappyTummy says
drooling! and what gorgeous photos!
Abby @ Heart of a Baker says
Boooo!!! But so excited for when it does come out!
jodye says
I'm sorry to hear about the book snafu, but I'm sure we can all wait the extra month. It will just make it that much better! Chocolate and peanut butter always make things better though, and this smoothie looks like no exception! Love the chocolate dipped banana on top!
MilkandHoneyontheRun says
That shake looks incredible!!! Sorry to hear about your book.
1Alouette says
OH MAH GOODNESS. I'm crying about this as I fan myself. ;;_;;
Rachel says
I think today is the day I get off my butt and BUY A BLENDER. Because I need this shake in my life ASAP.
Angela Gilmore says
Wow this looks so amazingly delicious!
The Vegan Cookie Fairy says
Looks EPIC! Sad news about your book, but there's a silver lining to that cloud at least 🙂
Quincy @ Shugurcän says
This shake looks mouth-watering. I can't wait to whip one up
Linda says
What a yummy recipe! I can't wait to fix it. We will be enjoying these teaser recipes NOW as we are in the 90's all week.
Kathy Patalsky says
yes and as a good friend reminded me, thanks to global warming it is hot until October nowadays. YAY global warming!! 🙂
Kathy Patalsky says
I know, me too. Boo. And YES 1/2 "cup" .. thanks for that. Just corrected. 1/2 recipe would be quite a lot 🙂
Louis-Francois says
Ok, very disappointed about the delay... but had it come out in July in the first place, I would have pre-ordered it anyway! Just a quick question about your PB shake: how much almond milk? Half of a recipe sounds like a lot. 1/2 cup? 1/2 L? Thanks and keep up your good work!
lunaburning says
Weird. I literally just finished pre-ordering about 2 minutes ago, then clicked on facebook and saw this. Ah, well. At least your book will be here just as summer really starts heating up.
Natalie says
Oh wow, probably my three favourite things - Peanut butter, chocolate and bananas!
Kathy Patalsky says
Thanks Abby!! I am super excited about the revamped Finding Vegan too, and everyone is submitting such gorgeous spring recipes right now. And yes, no frowny faces here because I still have a smoothie book out this summer and that is awesome 🙂 #gratitude
Abby Heugel says
First of all, the Finding Vegan site is better than ever. I'm there every day and I love it! Second, while it's disappointing to have the book pushed back--BOO--you still have a book coming out!!! Now you know more than ever that it will come out perfect. 😉