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This Healthy Chocolate Collagen Shake Will Replace Your Nightly Dessert

Author:

Jamie Schneider

December 21, 2024

Former Senior Beauty & Lifestyle Editor

By Jamie Schneider

Former Senior Beauty & Lifestyle Editor

Jamie Schneider is the former Senior Beauty Editor at mindbodygreen. She has a B.A. in Organizational Studies and English from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in Coveteur, The Chill Times, and Wyld Skincare.

Image by Hannah Schwob / mindbodygreen

December 21, 2024

As a devout chocolate lover with a major sweet tooth, I find it difficult to create a healthy dessert that actually delivers the same rich flavor as my favorite treats. Plus, I'd rather indulge in something a little less healthy than keep snacking on options that may be more nutritious but don't truly satisfy. Balance is everything, right?

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However, it is possible to nail a delicious flavor without sacrificing your nutrition goals—for instance, mbg's chocolate beauty & gut collagen+ has a rich, chocolatey taste thanks to organic cocoa and 100% organic monk fruit extract (one reviewer even swears the powder helped replace her chocolate cravings), and it froths up like a dream. In fact, when blended, shoppers even say it tastes "just like a Wendy's frosty."

So, why not create said frosty for a healthy dessert alternative? I snagged the below recipe from mbg's former beauty editor Hannah Frye (she once worked in a smoothie shop, so I trust whatever concoction she cobbles together is absolutely great), and, no lie, it tastes just like a peanut butter cup.

Plus, with collagen's ability to support skin elasticity and hydration levels and promote youthful texture 1, it delivers beauty benefits, too.* File this under desserts that satisfy your post-dinner cravings and enhance your health.

Chocolate Nutty Smoothie

Serves 1

Ingredients:

2 frozen bananas
1 scoop chocolate beauty & gut collagen+ (or 1 scoop unflavored beauty & gut collagen+ and 1 tbsp cacao powder)
3 dates
2 tablespoons nut butter of choice
1 tbsp coconut butter
A dash of cinnamon
1½ cups almond milk

Method:

Place all ingredients into a blender and whir until smooth.
Pour into a glass and enjoy!

The takeaway

Oftentimes, healthy dessert alternatives just don't deliver on flavor. Not this recipe: Thanks to mbg's decadent collagen powder, you'll have a sweet treat that's good for you, too.

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