Blueberry Bliss - Tropical Smoothie Copycat Recipe - The Default Cook (2024)

Tropical Smoothie is one of my favorite takeout options, because some locations have a drive thru which is so convienient with little kids. I love that I'm still getting fresh fruit and some food that's certainly better for us than say, deep fried drive thru options. I'm also not going to be hitting up a restaurant every time my toddler wants a smoothie, so when a friend who used to work there shared this recipe with me, I made sure to write it down to make this copycat version at home. The ingredients are simple, and you don't need to freeze your fruit first- but if you have frozen that'll work too.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• Simple Ingredients: We're primarily using fresh fruit here, the only other ingredients are to sweeten- plus ice and water.
• Quick: Just blend and pour, and you're good to go!
• Versatile: Want more blueberries? To skip the sugar? Swapping things around a bit to your tastes or what you have handy will still get you a delicious smoothie.
• Nutritious: Since this recipe is primarilyfruit, we're getting a bunch of good stufffrom Vitamin C to dietary fiber.

Let's Get Started! Here's What You'll Need:

Ingredients:

Blueberries-The key ingredient; you can't really make a blueberry smoothie without them! Fresh blueberries or frozen will work fine- we'll just adjust the ice accordingly.

Strawberries-These surprised me as a major component, though you can swap some of them for more blueberries if you want a more blueberry forward result.

Sugar-For a true copycat you'll want to use turbinado sugar, but I'm using regular granulated sugar because it's more likely to be on hand. You can also skip it if you prefer to stick with the natural sweetness of the fruit.

Honey-We're just using a touch, but you might want a heavier hand with it if you skip the regular sugar. No honey handy? You can swap it for maple syrup instead.

Ice Cubes-If your fruit is fresh, we'll need a full cup. If the fruit is already frozen we'll just use a few cubes and replace some with it's melted counterpart- water. Even with the full cup we'll use a splash of water to help our blender get started.

Equipment:

The main thing we'll need here is our blender, but we'll want some measuring cups and spoons too. You can use a knife and cutting board to remove the green from your strawberries, or just tear them off.

How to Make This Copycat Blueberry Bliss Tropical Smoothie Recipe

Step 1: Prep Fruit

Rinse your berries, and remove the green stems from your strawberries. Peel your banana, and put all the ingredients in your blender. If you're using fresh fruit just do a splash of water- about two tablespoons or ⅛ cup to get your blender to catch. If you're using frozen fruit you can reduce the ice to ¼ cup and start with ⅓ cup water. We aren't looking to make up the whole cup of ice because ice takes up more space- in two ways since ice cubes ends have air gaps in a measuring cup, and since ice is less dense than water. Plus frozen berries tend to have a bit of extra water with them.

Step 2: Blend

Blend until you have a smooth and creamy texture, then pour into a glass. If it's too thick add about a tablespoon of water at a time and blend until you're happy with the consistency. Garnish with an extra strawberry if you have one handy and enjoy!

FAQs

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Enjoy!

I hope you love this flavorful smoothie, and that you find it's an easy way to get a few servings of fruit into your day. If you love it be sure to come back and let me know, and in the meantime happy eating!

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