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Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie Recipe

Oct 2, 2015 by Dara 10 Comments

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Put a jolt into your morning or perk yourself up during a mid-afternoon slump with this Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie!
Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie... Put a little jolt into your morning smoothie! 137 calories and 4 Weight Watchers PP | cookincanuck.com #recipe

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie... Put a little jolt into your morning smoothie! 137 calories and 4 Weight Watchers PP | cookincanuck.com #recipe

With all of the pumpkin recipes flooding the internet starting in October, I was feeling some serious blogging peer pressure to get my pumpkin game on. However, my seasonally-rigid brain told me that I had to wait until October. No Christmas music before December 1st (I get that one from my mum), no Thanksgiving commercials before Halloween, no counting your chicken before they’ve hatched. And no pumpkin before October! Rules are meant to be followed, people.

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie... Put a little jolt into your morning smoothie! 137 calories and 4 Weight Watchers PP | cookincanuck.com #recipe

And so on October first, I headed to the store to stock up on pumpkin. And now it’s time to go crazy – Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Latte Muffins (a fall favorite around here), Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls (these were such a surprise hit), Whole Wheat Oat Gingerbread Pumpkin Pancakes (a weekend “must”) and Pumpkin & Chicken Enchiladas (seriously, try them).

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie... Put a little jolt into your morning smoothie! 137 calories and 4 Weight Watchers PP | cookincanuck.com #recipe

The inspiration for this smoothie came from my Healthy Coffee Banana Smoothie, which is one of my favorite ways to get a jolt during a mid-afternoon slump. Considering all of the craze about Pumpkin Spice Lattes, I figured that tweaking the smoothie with some pumpkin would be a good move. It took a little finagling to get the right combination of flavors – not too much tartness from the yogurt, just enough sweetness from the banana and agave nectar and a richness from the vitamin-laden pumpkin.

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie... Put a little jolt into your morning smoothie! 137 calories and 4 Weight Watchers PP | cookincanuck.com #recipe

A few attempts later, the perfect coffee smoothie emerged. Just in time for pumpkin season.

For another smoothie with a banana twist, check out my Banana & Peanut Butter Smoothie on The Pioneer Woman’s site (where I’m a regular contributor for the Food & Friends section). Plus, I include my tips on How to Freeze Bananas for smoothies and baking.

How to Freeze Bananas, plus Banana and Peanut Butter Smoothie
Banana & Peanut Butter Smoothie

Other healthy pumpkin recipes:

Healthy Pumpkin Recipes | cookincanuck.com
Cookin’ Canuck’s Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls
Cookin’ Canuck’s Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Latte Muffins
Amy’s Healthy Baking’s Pumpkin Pie Protein Overnight Oats
My Whole Food Life’s Pumpkin Granola Bars
Healthy Delicious’ Slow Cooker Lentil & Pumpkin Chili

Healthy Pumpkin Coffee Smoothie Recipe

Put a little jolt into your morning with this healthy pumpkin, coffee and banana smoothie!
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Course: Beverages
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Smoothie Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 170kcal
Author: Dara Michalski | Cookin' Canuck

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cup brewed coffee chilled
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
  • 8 teaspoons agave nectar or honey or to taste
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 9 ice cubes

Instructions

  • Place all of the ingredients in a heavy-duty blender.
  • Blend until smooth. Serve.

Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 4 (Points+), 2 (Old Points)

Nutrition

Serving: 8Ounces | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 316mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 11965IU | Vitamin C: 5.8mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1.2mg
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Comments

  1. Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog says

    Oct 2, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Talk about a time-saver! Coffee and breakfast all in one, love it!

    Reply
  2. Krista @ Joyful Healthy Eats says

    Oct 2, 2015 at 9:00 am

    Pretty sure I need to have this every day for the rest of the fall! YUM! Love that you added coffee to it.. my kinda girl!

    Reply
  3. Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen says

    Oct 2, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    It’s time! …and I love this smoothie. So fall and SO delicious!

    Reply
  4. [email protected] says

    Oct 3, 2015 at 5:31 am

    Hahaha – I’m so with you on some of those seasonal “rules” … although I’m ok with Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving, so I guess my rules are a bit more lax than yours! 😀 Anyway, I absolutely love this recipe! I typically drink my coffee straight-up, as deep and dark as I can get it (loads of antioxidants, no yucky fake creamers or added sugar …) but I truly do love all those fun coffee beverages you get at coffee shops (just not all the fat, calories and sugar that comes with them). THIS is my ANSWER!!!! Already pinned … and seriously heading to my pantry now to see if I have all the ingredients to make this TODAY! Love, love it!

    Reply
  5. Renee - Kudos Kitchen says

    Oct 3, 2015 at 8:11 am

    This looks wonderful. I love adding pumpkin to my smoothies. It’s so healthy!

    Reply
  6. Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie says

    Oct 3, 2015 at 8:39 am

    I LOVE THIS!!! I love your styling, so beautiful!

    Reply
  7. Gwen @SimplyHealthyFamily says

    Oct 4, 2015 at 11:50 am

    Now this is worth waking up very, very early for!!!! oxox

    Reply
  8. John says

    Oct 19, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    Coffee plus pumpkins? Oh wow! This sounds new to me, but I would love to give it a try. This is very healthy for sure.

    Reply
  9. Bisuzs Coffee says

    Apr 20, 2016 at 10:52 am

    This is another great smoothie too! I love pumpkins too! Great smoothie there 🙂

    Reply
  10. Bonfei says

    Aug 23, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    Would this be ok without any yogurt? Can’t do dairy and have yet to find a non-dairy yogurt that is decent.

    Reply

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