Pumpkin Protein Shake

A thick, creamy, and healthy pumpkin protein shake that is sure to curb your pumpkin pie cravings! This shake is made with good-for-you ingredients and tastes delicious!

Looking for more breakfast shakes or smoothies? Try this green smoothie recipe, this cherry smoothie, or this mango smoothie next!

Pumpkin protein shake

This pumpkin protein shake is thick enough to pass for a milkshake, but healthy enough for breakfast! There’s pumpkin, vanilla protein powder, and even a frozen banana in the mix. The banana adds creaminess and consistency of a real milkshake.

And one of the great things about this pumpkin protein shake? It’s the perfect way to use leftover pumpkin. A lot of pumpkin recipes only call for part of a can of pumpkin. Instead of wasting the rest, save it in the fridge to whip up this shake the next morning!

How to make a pumpkin protein shake

• Freeze the banana: while this pumpkin protein shake is quick & easy to make, it does require just a bit of planning to make sure the banana is fully frozen. I like to prep the bananas right after the grocery store so I don’t forget. Remove the peel, slice the banana into coins, place in freezer safe containers or bags, and freeze overnight. 
• Measure: while it might seem silly to actually measure out ingredients for a shake instead of just throwing everything in the blender, I highly recommend measuring ingredients the first few times you make this or until you have a feel for the quantities. (Throwing random ingredients in a blender can often end up giving you WAY too much pumpkin protein shake or it can taste, well, off.) It’s also a good idea to measure if you’re tracking macros or calories.
• Blend: if you have a high powered blender (I recommend a Vitamix or Blendtec), you can add everything in and blend until smooth. If you don’t have a high powered blender, follow manufacturer instructions for what ingredients to add first to avoid cavitation.

Healthy ways to use the leftover pumpkin:

• Healthy Pumpkin Bread
• Gluten Free Pumpkin Cake
• Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
• Healthy Pumpkin Pancakes

More pumpkin recipes:

• Pumpkin Cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars reader favorite recipe!
• Chewy and NOT cakey Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin Carrot Cake
• Pumpkin Coffee Cake

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Pumpkin Protein Shake

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

 

Ever wonder what a pumpkin pie would taste like blended up into a milkshake? Just wait til you try this (secretly healthy) pumpkin protein shake!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: pumpkin shake

Servings: 1

Calories: 329 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or milk of choice)
• 1/2 cup frozen banana (cut up in coins and frozen beforehand)
• 3 tablespoons good pumpkin puree (I recommend Libby's)
• 1 scoop good vanilla protein powder Note 1
• 1 tablespoon almond butter
• 1/8 teaspoon EACH: pumpkin pie spice, ground cinnamon
• 8 ice cubes

Instructions

1. Combine all of the ingredients and blend until smooth.

2. Optionally garnish with graham cracker crumbs and enjoy immediately.

Recipe Notes

Note 1: the protein powder you use makes a huge difference to the taste of the shake. I recommend a whey protein powder that has some kind of sweetener added (Stevia). If the protein doesn't have Stevia, I recommend adding a few drops of vanilla stevia to this shake.