Dairy-Free Raspberry Chocolate Smoothies

Hello, everyone! The title of today's recipe may have made you suspicious...after all, this IS the first dairy-free recipe that we have posted. I just found out last week that I am lactose intolerant, so I am now exploring the world of dairy-free foods. I will still be posting recipes with dairy in them, but there will be a mix now. :) 

This smoothie was actually supposed to be ice cream, but it didn't freeze in time, so I just threw it in the blender and made a smoothie out of it. It tasted delicious. Even if you are not dairy free, you should try it. I'm sure you could substitute real milk for the coconut milk, too, and it would still be good! It is really rich because of the coconut milk, so you won't be able to drink a huge glass of it all at once. (That's actually probably a good thing!) I hope you try it out and enjoy it! 

           Dairy-Free Raspberry Chocolate Smoothies

                          2 cans coconut milk
                          3/4 cup sugar
                          1 tsp. vanilla
                          2 cups frozen raspberries
                          1/4 cup dark chocolate

Simply combine all of the ingredients in a blender, and blend them until it is the desired consistency. If you want it thinner, you can add some more coconut milk, or even almond milk would work too. It makes probably about four smoothies. Yum!