This easy banana milk has four all-natural healthy ingredients and no artificial flavors. It hits that sweet spot just right with all-natural sweetness. It is a quick, easy, light breakfast or snack that is high in potassium and made in a blender in less than two minutes.
This is great for little ones and perfect for all banana lovers. Enjoy it over cereal, oatmeal, overnight oats, or as a quick pick-me-up. Discover banana milk’s delicious and refreshing taste with this easy and detailed guide to making it at home. Impress your friends and family with this popular Korean beverage.
My family loves quick and easy recipes made with fresh fruit. I mean, honestly, who doesn’t? With spring and summer right around the corner, fresh sun-ripened fruit will be readily available. If you like this recipe, try peach smoothie, blueberry smoothie, strawberry milk, and mango smoothie.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
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- Milk: Whole milk tastes the best with this, but you can use 2% or skim milk. Almond milk, soy milk, goat milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, or oat milk are all great dairy-free options.
- Bananas: The riper the banana, the sweeter the milk, and the greater the banana flavor, so use up those old ones sitting on the counter with brown spots.
- Spices: ground cinnamon and maybe a pinch of nutmeg
- Vanilla extract: Use the pure stuff, please
How to Make Banana Milk
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Recipes don’t get any easier than this. Add the milk, banana, cinnamon, and vanilla to a blender and blend until smooth. Then, serve promptly. You can split the recipe in half and make it just for one or double it for four.
Preparation Tips For the Best Banana Milk
- For best results, use ice-cold milk.
- This delicious milk does not need added sugar; if you must, use just a touch of maple syrup or honey.
- For a thicker ice-cold milk treat, freeze the banana chunks for about 2 hours.
- Feel free to add a scoop of vanilla or unflavored protein powder. Or a sprinkle of chia seeds or flax seeds.
- This is best served as soon as it is blended to avoid separation.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is best served as soon as it is blended to avoid separation. However, you can store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, but shake well before serving.
Blend with chunks of frozen banana for thicker milk.
Almond milk, soy milk, goat milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, or oat milk are all great dairy-free options.
More Banana Recipes
Banana Milk Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk or almond milk
- 2 large ripe bananas
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add the milk, banana, cinnamon, and vanilla to a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
Notes
- The riper the banana the sweeter the milk so use up those old ones sitting on counter with brown spots.
- For best results use ice cold milk.
- Whole milk tastes the best with this but you can use 2%, or skim. Non dairy milk options are almond, soy, goat, cashew, coconut, or oat.
- For a thicker ice cold milk treat freeze the banana chunks for about 2 hours.
- Feel free to add a scoop of vanilla or unflavored protein powder. Or a sprinkle of chia seeds or flax seeds.
- This is best served as soon as it is blended to avoid separation.
Nutrition
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Talya Stone
What a great and yummy way of getting the nutritional benefits of bananas. This looks like the perfect addition to any breakfast or snack time.
Rose Ann Sales
This looks absolutely delicious and healthy! I’m absolutely sure that my kids would love this.
Bill
Aww yeah. That’s a banana milkshake, and I’m so here for it. That looks awesome.
Maria
This is a simple and easy way to make a banana milk! I really need this, banana milk is such a treat every morning. And its really healthy too.
Dannii
We love banana milk. It’s a favourite with my kids with some homemade cookies.
Anjali
This was such an easy, delicious, filling breakfast for my kids this morning! They both thought it was like a “real milkshake with ice cream in it” – it tasted that good!
Tavo
Delicious! I love these simple recipes! Had it for breakfast yesterday!
Denay DeGuzman
This banana milk was so refreshing on warm California morning. We served ours over ice. Yum!
Claudia Lamascolo
very refreshing I am not a banana fan but this is yummy!
Jenny
Such and easy and yummy after school snack for my kids! It tastes like dessert, but I love that there’s no added sugar.