Hawaii in smoothie form. My version of a tropical smoothie from my favorite coffee shop in Kauai. So tasty and refreshing.
It's about this time of year I get a major craving to head west for a few hours and land in Hawaii. Okay soooo maybe I crave that year round. So I try to help curb those cravings with my favorite tropical smoothie.
We ordered a couple different smoothies off the menu last time we were there and my younger daughter ( we will call her K 2) was a little over 1 years old and full on smoothie thief, wanted a sip of the Hula Hula smoothie, so I let her have some and she sucked down like half of it!! Rather quickly too! And they make it with a lot of ginger so I was surprised she loved it as much as she did, but shes a pretty adventurous eater so I really wasn't too terribly surprised. I was more surprised she loved it so much because I really didn't want to share with her so I could have it all to myself. ha ha. But she's so dang cute she gets away with being a smoothie thief. We were there almost every day on our last trip just for these two drinks. They are just that good. I may have to try to recreate the Maui Mocha one of these days too.
Hula Hula Tropical Smoothie
Hula Hula Tropical Smoothie Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- 1-2 bananas
- 1 c pineapple chunks
- ½ cup pineapple juice
- 1-2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- Ice 1-2 cups
- Toasted shredded unsweetened coconut for garnish
Instructions
Pour the coconut milk and pineapple juice into the blender. Add one banana, the pineapple chunks and juice and 1 teaspoon of the ginger and 1 cup ice. Blend well. Taste add more banana or ginger if desired or more ice for a thicker smoothie. Divide between two glasses and top with the toasted coconut. Drink up!!
Notes
I use frozen banana and frozen pineapple so the smoothie is thicker without having to add too much ice and water down the flavor. The ginger can be quite strong if you're not used to it so start with 1 teaspoon and add more if you are more adventurous!
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