Pumpkin Protein Shake

Thick, creamy, and healthy Pumpkin Protein Shake is sure to satisfy 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! And that’s because there’s pumpkin, vanilla protein powder, and even a frozen banana in the mix. The banana adds creaminess and creates the consistency of a real milkshake.

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

How to make Pumpkin Protein Shakes

• Freeze the banana: While Pumpkin Protein Shakes are quick and easy to make, you’ll need to do a bit of planning to make sure the banana is fully frozen when you need it. I like to prep the bananas right after bringing them home from 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. It’s not hard; you just have to remember in advance to do it.
• 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  doing so 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 blender), you can add in the ingredients and blend until smooth. If you don’t have a high-powered blender, however,  follow manufacturer instructions for what ingredients to add first to avoid cavitation. (Who knew so much science was at play here?)

Healthy ways to use leftover pumpkin:

After making this pumpkin protein shake, you’ll have quite a bit of leftover pumpkin. Below are our favorite healthy recipes to use it in!

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

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, Drinks, Protein Shake, Snack

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 (sliced into coins and frozen beforehand)
• 3 tablespoons good pumpkin puree (I recommend Libby's)
• 1 scoop (1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon (32g) good vanilla protein powder See 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 in the taste of the shake. I recommend a whey protein powder that has some kind of sweetener added, such as stevia. If the protein doesn't have stevia, I recommend adding a few drops of vanilla stevia to this shake.