Healthy Homemade Unicorn Frappuccino
Sip on This All-Natural and Not-so-Sugary Unicorn Frappuccino
We hacked the sugar-laden Starbucks Unicorn frapuccino and made it healthier. We've not only captured the magical blue essence by using spirulina, the healthiest blue-green algae around, but we also decrease the sugar content by half. Watch the video to see just how easy it is to make, then peruse the recipe and make your own colorful drink.
Under-300-Calories Unicorn Frappuccino
Recipe by Mona Zavosh, For Glow
Ingredients
- Pink Layer
¼ cup organic Greek yogurt
½ cup frozen mango
½ cup frozen strawberries
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon beet powder
- Blue/Green Layer
¼ cup organic coconut cream
1 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon spirulina powder
- Toppings
Whipped coconut topping
Crushed freeze-dried strawberries
Crushed freeze-dried blueberries
Directions
- Place the coconut cream, frozen fruit, lemon juice, honey, vanilla, and beet powder into the blender, and process on high until you have a smooth and creamy consistency. This will take several minutes. Fill a 16-ounce glass with the smoothie mixture about ¾ of the way.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut cream, lemon juice, honey, vanilla extract, and spirulina. Using a funnel, pour the mixture into a small squeeze bottle. Squeeze the blue/green smoothie over the pink layer, pushing the tip of the squeeze bottle below the pink layer, then dragging above to create a zigzag pattern.
- Pour the remaining pink smoothie on top. Pipe the coconut whipped topping and sprinkle with the crushed freeze-dried berries to serve. Drink up and fly away into your sparkly unicorn dreams.
Information
- Category
- Desserts
- Yield
- 16-ounce serving
- Total Time
- 29 minutes, 59 seconds
Nutrition
- Calories per serving
- 292
