Fall-perfect Pecan Pie Protein Shake with all the cozy flavor and nutrition! Low fat, high protein pecan smoothie uses sugar-free ice cream and a brown sugar alternative too.

While most pecan pie smoothies use the actual pie as an ingredient, this healthy and high protein smoothie uses protein powder, pecans, sugar-free brown sugar and some cinnamon to get that flavor.

Not even kidding, the flavor really was so rich and beautiful, I finished ¾ of the shake in one giant sip!

Ingredients in Pecan Pie Protein Shake

This pecan pie protein shake is made with clean and healthy ingredients, and had no added sugar either!

Vanilla Protein Powder: This is the core ingredient to this pecan protein shake. Make sure you use a good quality one. I recommend Whey-Casein from Quest Nutrition for this recipe to make it thick and smooth.
Vanilla Ice Cream: This is what makes the plain old drink a thick milkshake! Add as much or little as you like.
I recommend Nick’s since it’s got no added sugar and is Keto-friendly too.
Greek Yogurt
Zero Calorie Brown Sugar – This is the Brown Monkfruit 1:1 Sugar Substitute from Lakanto, and keeps this recipe sugar free; (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here)
Cinnamon
Chopped Pecans
Unsweetened Almond Milk: The base, and also keeps this dairy free! Use unsweetened because the sweetness of the protein powder should be enough for the recipe.
Crushed Ice

How do you make the Perfect Pecan Protein Shake?

This pecan protein shake really is a one step process; Just blend everything in a blender, but here’s some tips to get it right.

Use whey-casein protein powder as specified. It works well with the ratio of ingredients here.
Whey-casein absorbs more liquid, and whey absorbs less, so you need to adjust the liquid accordingly.

Put the wet ingredients in the blender first, then ice, the dry ingredients. This prevents the dry ingredients from sticking to the bottom of the blender.

Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed so everything mixes well.

Blend until all the ice is crushed and you have a smooth shake; It might take a bit longer depending on the blender, but it will work out.

More options for Healthy Pecan Smoothie

I made this a low-calorie and healthy protein pecan smoothie with the list of ingredients I mentioned, but here’s some other alternatives.

Zero Calorie Brown Sugar Alternative: Regular coconut sugar or brown sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
Greek Yogurt: Regular yogurt, or Coconut Yogurt
Sugar-Free Vanilla Ice Cream: Regular vanilla ice cream
Almond Milk: Other non-dairy or regular milk

If you’re Vegan, use a dairy-free ice cream and yogurt, as well as plant based protein powder to make this pecan protein shake; I recommend Dymatize Complete Plant Protein Powder.

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