Do you like to “cheat clean” while watching your diet? My husband and I totally disagree when it comes to my motto of “moderation.” Then again, one of us tends to binge when in a restrictive meal plan and the other one makes delicious but not 100% clean protein dessert smoothies every so often. Hmmm guess which one of us is better at maintaining? (j/k) I love my protein shakes and smoothies.
The Ultimate Mudslide Protein Packed Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 container, Premier Protein’s Ready to Drink Shakes chocolate flavored drink
- 2 cups ice
- 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
- 1 tablespoon mini dark chocolate chips, or carob chips
- whipped topping
Directions:
Place ice and drink into a blender and mix well. The mixture will be slushy like. Like a creamy chocolate slushy.
Drizzle chocolate syrup onto the inside of one glass. Take care not to pour too much in!
Pour protein slushy/smoothie into the glass.
Top with whipped topping and mini dark chocolate chips.
Makes 1 or 2 small smoothies
The point isn’t to add a bunch of sugar to a convenient ready to drink shake. The point is to add enough to make you feel like you are having a decadent treat. I’ve found that “tricking” myself this way keeps me from eating all the cookies I can find. A teaspoon of chocolate syrup drizzled on the side of a glass is not enough to derail my weight loss efforts but just enough to make me feel like I’m having a treat!
For more delicious smoothies:
Strawberry Cheesecake Protein Smoothie
J. Ivy Boyter says
This sounds sooo good, love the drizzle of chocolate syrup on the sides.
Janine Huldie says
OK, this smoothie loves fabulous and we happen to love trying new smoothies here. So, pinned and am going to give a try here soon for us now. Thanks for sharing 🙂