Regular Foods · Smoothies & Shakes · by Mara
Mara’s Black-Cherry Cocoa Draught
Chocolate Cherry Protein Smoothie
Dark cherries turn Mara’s cocoa draught into a small dessert-like smoothie without syrup or whipped cream. Cherry skins, fruit sugar, and cocoa may not suit every plan; ask before adding it.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 small servings
- Serving
- About 6 fluid ounces
- Texture
- Smooth with fine fruit pulp
Ingredients
- 1 serving chocolate protein powder approved by your care team
- 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened pitted dark cherries
- 1 cup unsweetened low-fat milk or care-team-approved liquid
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
Directions
- 1
Check every cherry for pits before adding it to the blender.
- 2
Add the approved liquid, yogurt, protein powder, cherries, and cocoa.
- 3
Blend until completely smooth with no fruit pieces or powder pockets.
- 4
Divide into two small servings. Eat or sip only at the pace and volume directed by your care team. Refrigerate the second serving promptly and use it within 24 hours.
PER SERVING
Nutrition
- Protein
- 18g
- Calories
- 145
- Carbs
- 14g
- Fat
- 2g
- Fiber
- 2g
- Sugar
- 9g
- Sodium
- 150mg
Estimated per half recipe using chocolate protein powder, plain nonfat Greek yogurt, unsweetened low-fat milk, unsweetened cherries, and cocoa. Protein powders and milks vary; calculate exact values from your own labels.
Source: Inspired by USDA MyPlate’s fruit-smoothie framework (https://www.myplate.gov/web/web/recipes/fruit-smoothie-ii) and Boston Medical Center’s bariatric protein-shake framework (https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/Bariatric_Post-Op_Dietary%20stages%20English.pdf); independently developed and worded Guild adaptation.
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