Thin Mint Smoothie

If you're like me, one of the perfect combinations is mint and chocolate.  So when I found a recipe for Thin Mint Smoothie, I was so excited!!  Mint + Chocolate + A List of Healthy'ish Ingredients = Win-Win!!  

Weeeeeell, I'll admit, it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.  So let's jump in and see what we got...


Before:

Maple syrup, spinach, ice cubes, almond milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips, fresh mint and Greek yogurt

During:

After:

ok - let's break this down and see what the issues were:
            I initially noticed that the freshness of the mint was very noticeable - not incredibly bad but it stood out more than I was expecting
            The original recipe called for dark chocolate chips but I had dairy-free/soy-free semi-sweet chocolate chips on hand so I used them.  This could have created a 2-fold issue.  1 - it wasn't the chocolate flavor the recipe was tested with (and got such great reviews) and 2 - the blending of the mint and chocolate might have been better with dark chocolate.
            When I blended it, I put some ice cubes in first then added the other ingredients and ended with the rest of the cubes on top.  It was a little hard on my blender.  DH rescued me but whatever my thought process was, it didn't pan out!

Then there's this - 

How do you stop the chocolate chips from glumping in the bottom of your cup?!


So I drank one cup the first night and put the rest in the fridge to finish the next day.  The next day the taste was blander than the day before and I could only handle half of it.

I was disappointed because I thought smoothies might be a good way to help accomplish my eating healthy goal.  So what's your favorite smoothie recipe?  Share away and maybe I'll do a series on smoothies!

Here is the link to the original blog, which includes a Nutrition Facts panel:
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Thin-Mint-Smoothie-35269116?crlt.pid=camp.G2I8cJ4wSuqV