Mocha Protein Shake Recipe - extra protein! Recipe - Rachel Cooks® (2024)

FAQs

How do you make a protein shake thick like a milkshake? ›

Just add 1-2 scoops of protein powder after you've added 6-12 oz of liquid (milk or water) to a blender with all your favorite smoothie ingredients.

Ice cream: Adding more ice cream is the simplest way to thicken a milkshake while maintaining or enhancing the flavor. Frozen bananas: Peel, chop, and freeze ripe bananas, then blend them into your milkshake for added thickness and a subtle banana flavor that complements many milkshake flavors.

Taste Preference

If you like thick, creamy shakes, mixing your protein powder with milk is a great option. However, if you're not a fan of textures, and prefer a lighter, thinner consistency, using water may be the better choice for you. While we're talking about flavors, be sure to check your protein flavor as well.

Artificial sweeteners are one of the most popular bad-tasting components in protein shakes. Companies will fill their shakes with zero-calorie sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, ace K, saccharin, and other artificial sweeteners in the goal of demonstrating that they are sugar-free.

What thickens protein shakes? ›

Add Frozen Fruits

Their frozen texture, especially fruits like banana, mango and avocado, add extra thickness to your protein shake. You can also use frozen berries. Freezing fruits is one of the easiest, most versatile and most convenient methods to preserve fruits and to have a delicious protein shake thickener.

Adding your liquids first is how to mix protein into your shake for the best consistency. After liquids, add any powders you want and end with your thicker ingredients. Once your ingredients have all been added, simply shake your protein shaker until smooth.

To make it more delicious, we recommend mixing it with your milk of choice. If you're running low on electrolytes, then coconut water is a great liquid to make it with. And if you want to keep your protein shake as low in calories as possible, then water is always a solid choice.

Shakes are usually made using a mixer or blender, whereas smoothies are made using a blender, as the frozen fruit needs to be turned into a liquid. It takes less time to make smoothies because you don't have to peel and cut the fruit as opposed to shakes.

Add avocado or banana.

If you are using a blender, adding avocado or banana, especially frozen avocado or banana, is an easy way to make your protein shake thicker. I always keep a few bananas in my freezer for this reason.

No ice: If you don't have ice, you can use frozen fruit, oats, chia seeds, yogurt, or nuts and nut butter to thicken your smoothie. No frozen fruit: Add a scoop of raw oats or chia seeds into the blender instead. No yogurt: You can swap yogurt with nut butter to thicken a smoothie.

You can also make a thicker milkshake by adding malted milk powder, which contains malted barley, wheat flour, and evaporated whole milk powder (technically this makes it a malted milkshake, or malt, for short).