This Piña colada smoothie is a perfect refreshing combination of pineapple and coconut that you can enjoy all day long.
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Smoothies are so refreshing in the summertime (or anytime) and this Piña Colada Smoothie is no exception. But heck, I’d probably love to drink this smoothie all year round.
This smoothie combines the delicious flavors of pineapple and coconut in a cold and refreshing drink. This smoothie isn’t as healthy as some of my other smoothie recipes, since its got some fat and lots of calories in the cream of coconut, but its just as delicious. Instead of drinking this for breakfast, its perfect for a refreshing drink throughout the day.
My version is virgin – alcohol free, but you can add in alcohol to your own drink if you’d like.
Ingredients Needed to make the best Piña Colada:
- cream of coconut – you’ll find this near the alcoholic drink mixers, but it is alcohol free
- liquid – milk, pineapple juice, coconut milk or orange juice
- vanilla yogurt
- frozen pineapple
How to make Piña Colada Smoothie?
- Add all your ingredients to a blender and blend over high speed until everything is combined.
- Add more ice if you want your smoothie thicker, or more liquid if you want it thinner.
Tips and Tricks:
- The recipe below uses frozen pineapple, which I prefer. But if you want to use crushed or fresh pineapple use less, or no liquid and add 2 cups of ice to the mixture, with about 3/4 cup crushed pineapple.
- You can use milk, pineapple juice, or even orange juice for the liquid in this drink.
- Add a frozen or fresh banana for a more creamy smoothie, with a light banana taste.
- Add a shot of rum or coconut rum to each pina colada glass, and stir it in with a spoon if desired.
More pina colada recipes:
- Pina Colada Dip
- Coconut Shrimp Sauce (pina colada flavored)
- Strawberry Pina Colada
- Pina Colada Cupcakes
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Piña Colada Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cream of coconut
- 1/2 - 1 cup liquid*
- 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
- 2 cups frozen pineapple
Instructions
- Combine all your ingredients in a blender** in the order listed.
- Blend over high speed until all ingredients are combined.
- Add ice if you want your smoothie to be a little thicker, and more liquid if you want it thinner
Video
Notes
Photo Update: 4/20/16
Enjoy this refreshing pineapple and coconut smoothie!
If you like this smoothie, you’ll also love these:
Strawberry Pina Colada Smoothie
Teresa Wilder says
If you dont have cream of coconut can you use something else?
Aimee says
You could try using coconut syrup, or sweetened condensed milk with coconut extract added. Coconut milk or coconut cream don’t have added sugar so they would be much less sweet in the smoothie.
Doran Richart says
Oh my gosh, this is so flavorful and easy. My hubby doesn’t like banana or mango so this was one of the few recipes I could find that didn’t include them. And, for an adult beverage, you can always add a little rum and voila, you have a Pina colada.
T says
OMG, delicious!!! This is amazing! Creamy, ice cold, and just the perfect combination of pineapples and coconut. I wouldn’t change a thing!
Diana says
As a single-mommy of 2 girls, realized rather than spend $15-$20 almost daily (which IMO is over-priced for 3 smoothies..lol) making @home is much more cost efficient & fun with my girls! Being a newbie however, hope these aren’t dumb questions.. 🙂
1. What is cream of coconut?
2. Your #3 instructions says to ‘add more ice if you like’, I don’t see where you said to add ice in 1st place? Or how much?
3. We’ve tried a couple of your smoothies now (all so yummy!) But wonder if u have any advice why sometimes all ingred’s blend up quick & easy, but others almost seem to get stuck so stop & stir alot till it finally blends properly. Are we doing something wrong?
Thx for any advice for us! BTW thank u for clarifying what order to put ingredients! No one else does! Sry such long post! 🙂
Aimee says
Hi Diana,
I’m so glad you’ve liked some of our recipes already!
1) Cream of coconut is coconut cream that has been sweetened to be used in drinks, so you’ll usually find it in an aisle near the other alcoholic drink mix ins. Though it’s not actually alcoholic.
2) Sorry about the confusion, originally I made it with ice as well as frozen pineapple. The frozen pineapple should be enough to thicken the smoothie, without any ice, but if you want it thicker you can add some ice to it.
3) I’m not sure why ingredients sometimes blend easier thank others, my guess is it’s sometimes just how they happen to arrange themselves in the blender against the blades, but some may also be thicker than others and that would change it too.
Brandi says
Perfect refreshing smoothie my entire family enjoyed. We used milk as a liquid and it was amazing !
Helene says
Yum with vanilla yogurt! So GOOD! =)