Like a tropical vacation in a glass, pina coladas can be decadent and high-calorie. But don’t cut yourself off — skip the sugary mixes, break out the blender and try this cleaner and slimmed-down healthy collagen pina colada recipe.
A “typical” piña colada is served in a large glasses and is full of unhealthy, high-calorie ingredients and way too much added sugar. Most bottled mixers list high fructose corn syrup as the first or second ingredient, and most don’t contain a drop of real coconut. There’s got to be a better way!
This Healthy Pina Colada recipe features:
- Fresh fruit – frozen pineapple and coconut
- Full-fat coconut milk (which is full of healthy fats and MCT’s)
- Collagen – for a boost of protein and all of collagen’s beneficial properties for healthy skin, hair, nails and gut health. I like vanilla collagen in this recipe, but unflavored collagen peptides would also work.
- Pineapple rum – If you’re making a cocktail, I prefer the extra punch of flavor from pineapple rum. If you omit the rum, this is a still a delicious mocktail or smoothie recipe
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Healthy Collagen Pina Colada – Cocktail, Mocktail or Smoothie
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 cups 1x
Description
Like a tropical vacation in a glass, piña coladas can be decadent and high-calorie. But don’t cut yourself off — skip the sugary mixes, break out the blender and try this cleaner and slimmed-down healthy collagen piña colada recipe. Or omit the rum and turn it into a healthy pina colada smoothie or mocktail.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cup frozen pineapple
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 scoops collagen peptides or vanilla collagen
- 4–6 ounces of light rum or pineapple rum
- 1 cup ice cubes
- (optional) 2 small pieces fresh or frozen coconut. I like this one from Trader Joes.
Instructions
Place all ingredients in blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.
Notes
For mocktail or a smoothie, omit the rum. You could also pour the mixture into popsicle molds and eat it for dessert. I like this frozen coconut from Trader Joes. It’s just 100% coconut with nothing else added.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: cocktail
- Method: blender
- Cuisine: cocktail
Keywords: cocktail, mocktail, smoothie, pina colada, healthy cocktail, whole30, whole30 mocktail
