Orange Banana Smoothie is made with real oranges and bananas for a bright and healthy smoothie recipe for your family.
Love orange smoothies? Be sure to also try our orange mango smoothie and clementine smoothie!
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If your family loves the taste of Orange Julius, this easy smoothie recipe uses just a handful of ingredients to make this delicious smoothie right at home! In just ten minutes, you can whip up this easy copycat Orange Julius recipe made with real fruit and naturally sweetened.
The milk and yogurt make this smoothie so creamy, and the fresh fruit gives it a natural boost in vitamin C and flavor.
🧂 Ingredients
This is meant to be a brief overview of this great recipe. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below.
You only need a few simple ingredients to make this delicious smoothie!
- milk of choice (cow milk, almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, oat milk, and other plant-based milk will all work in this recipe.)
- yogurt (fat free yogurt, plain Greek yogurt, vanilla yogurt, or plant-based yogurt will all work in this recipe.)
- fresh or frozen oranges
- fresh or frozen banana
- honey
- ice
🔪 Instructions
- Combine milk, yogurt, oranges, banana, honey, maple syrup, and ice cubes in a blender.
- Blend on high for 30-45 seconds or until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Serve immediately.
🥄Equipment
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Here is what you will need to make this easy recipe:
- High-powered blender or food processor - this is the one I have and I love it!
- Measuring Spoons
- Liquid Measuring Cup and Dry Measuring Cups
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Tip: The more ripe a banana is, the sweeter it will be. If your bananas are very ripe, you may not want to add honey to your banana orange smoothie.
📖 Variations
The first time you try any new recipe we recommend that you make it just as it is written on the recipe card since that is how the recipe has been tested. However, the next time you make our orange banana smoothie recipe, you might want to try one of these ideas:
- If you prefer, substitute orange juice in place of the milk.
- Instead of honey, you could also use agave nectar or maple syrup.
- Add a scoop of your favorite protein powder - vanilla protein powder is my favorite.
- A teaspoon of fresh ginger (or 2 teaspoons of ground ginger) is a great addition to this smoothie recipe.
- Add a tablespoon or two of chia seeds or flax seeds.
- If you use all frozen fruit you can omit the ice.
- Cara cara oranges are my favorites if you're using fresh oranges, but you could also use blood oranges. In a pinch, you can also substitute clementines or mandarins.
- While yellow bananas are the most common, strawberry bananas are great for smoothies, too. They're smaller than regular bananas with reddish skin and taste like strawberries and bananas mixed together.
- If you're not using vanilla yogurt but still want that orange creamsicle flavor, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
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Orange Banana Smoothie Bowl
To make a smoothie bowl instead, reduce the milk by half but follow the rest of the instructions.
Pour the smoothie mixture into a bowl and top it with your favorite nuts or seeds, and additional fresh fruit like blueberries or raspberries.
Related: How to Make a Smoothie Bowl
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This recipe is one of our favorite low calorie smoothie recipes!
Orange Banana Smoothie
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk*
- ¼ cup yogurt**
- 3 fresh or frozen oranges peeled
- 1 fresh or frozen banana frozen
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ½ cup ice cubes
Instructions
- In the base of a high-speed blender, combine the milk, yogurt, oranges, banana, honey or maple syrup, and ice cubes.1 cup milk*, ¼ cup yogurt**, 3 fresh or frozen oranges, 1 fresh or frozen banana, 1 teaspoon honey, ½ cup ice cubes
- Turn the blender on high and run for 30-45 seconds, or until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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Nutrition
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