These fresh orange julius smoothies are the perfect combination of orange and vanilla in a refreshing and delicious drink!
There is something about when the weather warms up and summer starts to come around, I always want to eat more fruit. I don’t know if it’s the warm weather and my body wanting to feel a little healthier, or because a bigger variety of fresh fruit becomes available – but I just want it!
In the evenings I always want something sweet to end my night, but lets be honest I feel a lot better about eating them when they start with a fruit base. Blending them up in a smoothie, like this orange julius, is the perfect way to quench my sweet tooth, and is the perfect evening treat.
I’ve made this fresh homemade “orange julius” many times, and it’s always such a delicious, and fairly healthy drink. It’s a perfect drink for the summer because it’s so refreshing and delicious. But also great in the winter with all the fresh winter oranges, and for a perfect ray of sunshine in your day.
Orange Juliuses are the perfect combination of orange, and vanilla. It’s a creamy and delicious drink that whips together in just a few minutes in your blender! And is the perfect thing to cool off with and enjoy on a warm day, or summer evening.
How to Make an Orange Julius at home?
An Orange Julius just takes a couple minutes to make and is such a delicious treat! This version is made with fresh orange juice, milk, yogurt, sugar, and ice for the perfect creamy and refreshing drink.
You’ll just add all your ingredients to the blender and blend it up until it’s nice and smooth! Add more orange juice if you want your smoothie thinner, and more ice if you want it thicker.
This homemade fresh orange julius, is the perfect refreshing and delicious sweet drink!
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Orange Julius
Ingredients
- 2 cups orange juice (fresh is extra good)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (optional)
- 2 TBS sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 - 3 cups ice cubes
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to the blender in the order listed.
- Blend all ingredients together until smooth and desired consistency is reached.
Nutrition
Recipe first posted on May 20, 2013. Photos updated on March 27, 2017.
Chrissy says
Made this as described in my Margaritaville machine using Brown Cow vanilla yogurt. It was absolutely perfect!!
Katie Gail Higginbotham says
I love this recipe! It has just the right amount of sweet and citrus taste! It was so easy to make and turned out so delicious!
Kristina W says
I have been trying to find a copy cat orange julius to mix my protein powder into and this worked absolutely perfectly. ( I used Silk Coconut milk in place of regular milk. ) I quartered the recipe as there is only one of me so I don’t need 4 servings so I think I need to add just a touch more OJ next time due to changing the serving size, definitely the best julius recipe I have tried to date 🙂 Thanks for posting!!!
Aimee says
Yay! I’m so glad to hear this!
Derek says
Easy to make and tasted good!
Ellen says
Yay! Thanks so much for the good review. Glad you like it.
Ann says
Tjank you for this unique take on a coveted recipe.
Preston Mehl says
You can taste the vanilla extract but doesn’t have a good taste to it.
Aimee says
Sorry you didn’t like the taste, did you use a high quality pure vanilla extract?
Brooke says
I halfed the recipe and I recommend that if you half the recipe that you should add a lot of ice and half the amount of youghurt
Lucille says
Wow! What a great recipe! I made this drink using the juice from oranges and halved the recipe as I didn’t have enough yogurt to make a full recipe. To get 1 cup of juice, I used 5 oranges. This is a refreshing and delicious drink. Thank you for the recipe.
Aimee Berrett says
Yay! So glad you liked it 🙂
diane Essary says
Hello what kind of Yogurt do I get? Frozen or regular
Aimee Berrett says
Just regular yogurt.
Maddie says
Do you know approximately how many calories are in this drink?
Aimee Berrett says
Maddie, the calories are approx estimated on My Recipe Magic. But I used low fat yogurt (And it doesn’t account for that) also you could probably use skim milk to cut calories as well. However, according to MRM its 121 calories, if you say its 2 servings. http://myrecipemagic.com/recipe/recipedetail/fresh-orange-julius
McKenzie @ Girl Loves Glam says
Oh man! I want one of these right now! Thanks for participating in the summer fun series!
Michelle says
I do love a good orange julius!
Amber Brady says
I am so lame, I always use orange juice concentrate. I bet fresh squeezed make a big difference! 🙂 (P.S. Wish you lived closer b/c Saturday was fun!)
aimeeberrett says
Until I made it this time I have always used concentrate as well, but we had oranges and no frozen concentrate, so I made it this way and I think it was so much better! Although I don’t want to move I do wish I lived closer to both of you! Hopefully we’ll get to see each other again before your family makes any big moves!
Karina says
Yumm! I want this now :)! It looks so refreshing! Your photography looks awesome btw!
aimeeberrett says
Thanks so much Karina! I think drinks are one of the hardest things for me to photograph 🙂
Alli Miller @ Cupcake Diaries says
Yummy! I’m so excited to make this! Pinned.
aimeeberrett says
Thanks Alli! Let me know if you try it out 🙂
marissa says
so I kinda want one of these now! so pinning!
aimeeberrett says
Thanks Marissa, It really is delicious and easy, so you should totally make it!