If you want to leave Santa Claus something other than milk and cookies this year, try this delicious candy cane cocoa smoothie recipe. It can be served hot or cold depending on your mood!
Ingredients: 
- 4 cups vanilla soy milk
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 5 regular-sized peppermint candy canes — crushed
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 1 cup ice (for smoothie option only)
- 1 banana (for smoothie option only)
Hot Candy Cane Cocoa:
In a saucepan bring the vanilla soy milk to a simmer. Add the chocolate chips and the crushed candy canes and whisk until everything is melted and smooth. Divide hot cocoa between four mugs garnish with whipped cream and serve with a candy cane stirring stick.
Candy Cane Cocoa Smoothie Recipe:
In a saucepan bring the vanilla soy milk to a simmer. Add the chocolate chips and the crushed candy canes and whisk until everything is melted and smooth. Let the mixture cool, stirring often. Once mixture is at room temperature, add it to a blender with ice and banana. Blend until smooth and pour into four glasses. Garnish with whipped cream and serve with a candy cane stick.
Happy Holidays from The Blender Diaries! Email me: drinkzola@gmail.com; follow me on Twitter: @drinkzola
Peaches’ Reviews and Giveaways sent me over here & I’m glad she did. This looks delicious & I’m trying this out. These recipes are fantastic!
Nice recipe sounds interesting and got to try it. Came from the Peaches’ Reviews website. Thanks for the giveaway. Bought some of your juice at Whole Foods(I think) a while ago. Tastes great, but my kids grabbed it and guzzled fast. That’s how you can tell it’s good when the kids want more.
Peaches Reviews N Giveaways sent me, I have you on my GBlog Happy Holidays!!
I am going to try that hot candy cane cocoa recipe! It sounds yummy:)
These recipes sound and look delicious! I definitely going to try them this holiday season!
Thanks, Cindi
Wow, the hot candy cane cocoa sounds like a really lovely treat for the holidays. I think I’m going to try it out tomorrow. Thanks for the great idea!
wow, this sounds really yummy and pretty easy to make. thanks for the recipe!
I cant wait to try this candy cane recipe out on the grandkids. Its so easy to make and I’m sure it’s going to taste scrumptious. Thanks for the recipe.
I’m going to try this with egg nog instead of the soy milk. Not as healthy but oh so yummy!!! : )
OMG this sounds SOOOO good! Thanks for posting!
Leslie Loves Veggies sent me here
and I am so amazed at all the great
recipes.This one sounds so delicious,I will be making it.Thanks for keeping us in the healthy mode!