Start your day with this Mocha Pumpkin Smoothie. It features layers of mocha oat smoothie and pumpkin oat smoothie – the perfect filling fall breakfast with a caffeine kick!
When you go away to college, you want to be your own person and do your own thing.
Well, that wasn’t my thinking. I wanted to keep everything as much the same as possible.
& that included coffee making.
Remember how my dad roasts coffee?? Well, I wanted to start brewing my own every morning.
That involved getting a huge, loud grinder. So, every morning when my alarm went off at 6, I’d proceed to my small kitchenette and start roaring that thing. I’m sure my neighbors appreciated all the noise.
& to be honest, I didn’t even make the best coffee. A large percentage of the time I had a cup filled with grounds.
These days, I’ve abandoned my coffee making pursuits. Instead, I just use a Keurig for a quick caffeine fix.
It came in handy when making this Layered Mocha Pumpkin Oat Smoothie.
To make your own, start by making your favorite coffee. I made a cup of Dunkin Donuts® Bakery Series® Chocolate Glazed Donut the night before. In the morning, I added Silk® Almond Vanilla Coffee Creamer. This combo is delicious by itself, too. (Shocking words from a girl who usually takes her coffee black 😉 )
These products can be found at your local Kroger or Kroger Banner Store. I shop at Harris Teeter weekly and was pleased to find these products. Although I don’t usually buy coffee and creamer, I can tell I may be tempted to in the future – I sense another obsession brewing 😉
When developing this recipe, I was afraid the mocha layer would taste banana-y and I wasn’t sure how coffee and banana go together. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised by the strong coffee flavor in this layer.
The pumpkin layer features frozen canned and canned pumpkin puree to help get a creamy smoothie. To freeze pumpkin, place dollops in an ice cube tray, then pop out what you need in the morning.
When ready to serve, layer with the thicker smoothie first. My pumpkin layer was slightly thicker, so it went on the bottom, but yours may be different depending on the size of your bananas, etc.
This ended up being a great, fun breakfast. The oats helped me stay full all morning and was a nice change from my normal routine.
What’s your favorite fall breakfast?
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup oats
- 1/2 banana, frozen and sliced
- 140 g pumpkin puree, frozen - tip: use an ice cube tray
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup Silk® Almond Vanilla Coffee Creamer
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cashew milk or nondairy milk of choice
- 1 tbsp brown sugar, or sweetener of choice, to taste
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- pinch of allspice
- pinch of cloves
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 2 bananas, frozen and sliced
- 6 oz Dunkin Donuts® Bakery Series® Chocolate Glazed Donut, brewed, chilled
- 3 tbsp Silk® Almond Vanilla Coffee Creamer
- 1 tbsp sugar, or sweetener of choice, to taste
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- Place oats in blender. Pulse a few times, until oats are broken into small pieces.
- Add bananas, frozen pumpkin puree, pumpkin puree, creamer, brown sugar and spices, in that order, to blender. Blend until smooth and creamy. Transfer to a bowl and place in freezer while preparing mocha layer.
- Place oats in blender. Pulse a few times, until oats are broken into small pieces.
- Add bananas, coffee, creamer, sugar and cocoa powder, in that order, to blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Spoon thicker smoothie into bottom of glass. Top with other smoothie.
Note: Extra smoothies can be frozen. The night before allow smoothie to thaw in refrigerator. Also, extra can be frozen in popsicle molds.
I actually bought a banana bread flavoured coffee the other day for my Nespresso machine. I’m not usually one for flavoured coffees, but wanted to try it and it was actually pretty good! This smoothie looks SO good, Megan!! Love all the flavours in there and the layers looks so pretty! Would love to have this for breakfast right now! I’m all about smoothies these days and just throw whatever fruit I have on hand and some milk in the blender and out the door I go. Can’t wait to try this one 🙂
Hope you love it, Dawn! Thanks 🙂
The days I don’t have to get to an early class and weekends, I brew my own with my trusty pour over pot…otherwise it’s a black XL from DD or Starbucks 😛
ha ha! My dad would be impressed by your pour over pot skills 😉
I would be lost without my Keurig! I didn’t start drinking coffee until after college, and now I have it every day. This smoothie looks like the perfect combo for pumpkin and coffee lovers. Love the pretty layer, too!
Thanks Gayle 🙂
Love the layered look. So beautiful! And I love the idea of smoothie and coffee in one! Yum!
Thank you, Karen!
Oh my goodness, I love the flavors here! Such a delicious combo, and I’m all about the quick and easy Keurig, too. We used to grind our coffee beans, but no more!
Thanks Blair!
Megan, I love fresh roasted coffee it tastes so much better! I do not like pumpkin that much, but the combination with the mocha and bananas did the job for me!!
You could always just skip the pumpkin layer 😉 Thanks Gaila!
Megan this is gorgeous!! Love the layering going on here!
Thanks so much, Ami!
This is brilliant! Love that you paired mocha with pumpkin.
Thanks Nicole 🙂 It made for a great combo!
So attractive and looks so refreshing ♥
Exactly! Thanks Summer 🙂
I’d LOVE to wake up to this smoothie for breakfast Megan! It sound so incredibly delicious!
Thanks Mary Ann!!
What a great idea… love the 2 different smoothies in the same glass. Very cool. #client
Thanks Carolyn 🙂
I’m all about the smoothies this week and I want to try this one, I even have some leftover pumpkin. I love the layered look, so fancy, makes it that much more delicious! Take care.
This is the perfect use for leftover pumpkin! Thanks Stacey 🙂
Those two distinct layers are so beautiful!
Aww – thanks Eva!!
Such a lovely and pretty looking layered smoothie. Love how delicious and full of good health it is.
Thanks Anu 🙂
They make chocolate donut flavored coffee AND silk makes almond creamer?!?! My day has just been made. I love the looks of this smoothie and it’s brilliant that you froze some of the pumpkin. I freeze just about everything that I know I can’t finish in a few sittings but never thought about freezing the leftover pumpkin for smoothies. Literally genius!
Thanks so much, Jessica! The coffee and creamer are delicious! & freezing pumpkin is a lifesaver when you don’t finish an opened can 😉
SO pretty! My breakfasts are boring in comparison—this morning it was smoked salmon on toast. Your smoothie would be a welcome change 🙂
Thanks Liz 🙂
What a great combo,looks very pretty too
Thank you, JOHN!
I’ve had those grand ideas too…now I just grind a large batch of beans and do a pourover with it every morning! This smoothie is fun and beautiful way to get your coffee fix! I love those pretty layers. 🙂
Thanks Marcie 🙂
That is so so so pretty! I just want to dig my spoon in there though and MIX IT ALL UP and then shovel it in my face within 5 seconds LOL!
Ha ha! I did consider mixing it, but opted to drink it as is. Thanks!!
Those layers are gorgeous! Pumpkin and mocha in a smoothie sounds fantastic!
Thanks Rachelle! I was pleased that this flavor combo worked as a smoothie 😉
Oh, you must’ve been the BEST neighbor ever, Megan! Lolol. I’d like to say that I would have joined you in your early morning coffee-making pursuits, but I was probably sleeping. Ha. Meanwhile, I love that your coffee making has evolved so much. This layered smoothie sounds incredible. Mocha, pumpkin, oats? I couldn’t ask for more in a smoothie. 🙂 Hope you’re having a fantastic Halloween weekend with your fam! <3
Thanks Demeter! We have had a fun weekend filled with pumpkin carving and popcorn eating 😉