Love all things pumpkin and gingerbread? Make this high-protien Pumpkin Gingerbread Smoothie Bowl! It taste like pumpkin pie and gingerbread all in a guilt-free smoothie form! Perfect for a post-workout treat!
When the holidays roll around, I’m probably the least festive person in the whole wide world. Even when I was a kid, I hated trick-or-treating. I would only go to one house in my neighborhood that gave out large bags of chocolate-covered pretzels (jackpot) and that was it. I don’t go black friday shopping at the crack of dawn after Thanksgiving. When Christmas rolls around, I refuse to listen to any Christmas music, except the song Little Drummer Boy. I also don’t own any Christmas sweaters or lightbulb earrings, so I guess you could call me a scrooge in that sense. But if you see what I eat during the holidays, you’d be able to tell that all my festivity lies within my food choices.
Give me the pumpkin goodies and I will gladly eat them ALL. Let me become friends with the gingerbread men you make and we can eat Christmas cookies together.
I’ll take three platefuls of sweet potato casserole during Thanksgiving. Oh, and lets not forget to celebrate halloween by downing 10 lbs of dark chocolate!
You guys can probably tell by my recipes, that I can’t stop won’t stop with all things pumpkin and gingerbread. But usually when you think of these flavors, your mind transports you to the land of sugar.
Hold up for a moment. What if I told you that your post workout meal could combine the two amazing flavors while being high in protein? Yessssssssiirrrr.
My friends at Naked Nutrition sent me their 100% Premium Grass-Fed Whey Protein to create this festive protein-packed smoothie bowl. You may be wondering “Why Naked? That sounds dirty.” Actually, Naked Whey is the cleanest, most pure whey protein you can find on the market. Being the protein powder snob that I am, I was pretty stoked when I saw that the ingredient list only consisted of whey protein concentrate and nothing more. Quality protein for the win💪.
Here’s more detail about “The Naked Difference“:
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From Grass Fed Cows’ Milk From Small Dairy Farms in California
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No Artificial Sweeteners, Flavors, or Colors
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25 Grams of Protein and 5.9 Grams of BCAA’s Per Serving*
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Only One Ingredient: Grass Fed Whey Protein
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GMO Free
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Soy Free and Gluten Free
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Growth Hormone Free, no rBGH or rBST
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Cold Processed
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Acid and Bleach-Free Processing
Now that I explained the high-protein quality of this fluffy frosty smoothie, let me tell you about what it tastes like! It’s a hybrid of pumpkin pie filling and gingerbread cookies all in smoothie form, aka the best of both (festive) worlds. What makes it even better it that you don’t have to turn on your oven to enjoy these flavors. All you need is a blender and these ingredients:
pumpkin puree
almond milk
almond butter
molasses
gingerbread spices
pecans
pumpkin seeds
cranberries
dark chocolate chunks
Gingerbread Pumpkin Protein Smoothie Bowl
The flavors of pumpkin pie and gingerbread unite in this thick and creamy high-protein smoothie bowl. Topped with pepitas, pecans, dried cranberries and dark chocolate, this smoothie bowl is decadent, sweet and filling all while being nourishing and totally guilt-free!
Gingerbread Pumpkin Protein Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree frozen into ice cube trays*
- 2 scoops Naked Whey Protein Powder
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 2 Tbsp. almond butter
- 1 Tbsp. molasses
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. cloves
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
- stevia to taste
- TOPPINGS
- pecans
- pumpkin seeds
- dark chocolate chunks
- dried cranberries
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a Vitamix or other high power blender.
- Blend until smooth and fluffy.
- Divide into 2 bowls and top with toppings.
- Enjoy!
- * if you didn't freeze the pumpkin before hand, you can add regular pumpkin puree and ice instead.
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Questions of the day:
What is your favorite holiday food?
Do you consider yourself a festive person?
Love the look of this smoothie bowl; pumpkin and gingerbread are some of my favourite dessert flavours!
OH WOW, this looks so good; I’m definitely a festive food person too.
This looks so creamy and tasty! Perfect for Fall 🙂
Who said breakfast can’t be festive?! You’ve got fall and Christmas happening in one bowl! Yum!
I love that this protein is all natural! I have seen it at Target, I will have to give it a try 🙂 And this smoothie bowl looks phenomenal!
OoOoo now I want a delicious gingerbread cookie! Although this smoothie bowl is SO much healthier than my classic gingerbread recipe! 😉
Pumpkin + Gingerbread = a match made in heaven. YUM! I love that you added molasses, too.
Sounds like my kind of protein powder! I use BioChem, which is also just plain grass fed whey protein and nothing else. I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners.
I am SO excited that you posted a gingerbread recipe already!!! AAAAND WITH PUMPKIN? It’s like a double dose of cozy, fall breakfast goodness….I wanna dive in head first!
HI Bethany & Rachel,
Wow this sound delicious and filled with a wealth of health. I love all those flavor combination all in one bowl. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
Yum, I love getting creative with my smoothie bowls too! I have definitely been into pumpkin lately.
Seriously this doesn’t even look that a smoothie – it looks like pudding!! Holy moly I need this in my life stat.
Oooo I’ve never heard of naked whey! This bowl looks like THE bowl of all bowls (mainly because I am 100% obsessed with pumpkin). YUM!
Wow! This looks amazing! I am loving all the fall flavours going on here.
YUM, this looks so thick and delicious and dreamy!
thank you! So thick and delicious!
thank you! so obsessed with these flavors!
I love it! It’s basically fall in a bowl!
haha it’s so thick and delicious! Thank you Kat!
Yes all the pumpkin!
Thank you!
Yes gingerbread and pumpkin are theeeee BEST combo! Thank you!
thank you! It’s an amazing combo <3
Yes Loving all the gingerbread right now! Thank you!
haha yes I agree! Thank you Kristy 🙂
thank you Stacey 🙂
Thank you Emily, it is delicious!
it’s an amazing combo, thanks Monique!
What a brilliant idea to freeze the pumpkin beforehand! TOTALLY trying that!
Thanks so much for sharing this awesome Smoothie Bowl with us, it looks delicious. Have a great week and hope to see you at Full Plate Thursday again real soon!
Miz Helen
This looks soooo yummy! I’ve never made a smoothie bowl but you guys are making me want one!
I am DEFINITELY trying this out! It looks delicious! Thanks for sharing them with us at Allergy Free Thursdays! I’m going to feature it at this week’s party. 🙂
Hi Bethany & Rachel,
Just a note to let you know that I have chosen your post as one of my features for this weeks Real Food Fridays blog hop that goes live every Thursday @ 7pm EST. Thank you for being part of Real Food Fridays and sharing your valuable information.