Chocolate raspberry smoothie weight gainer shake

When looking for a weight gainer shake, we all want something that not only gives us the nutrients we need but also tastes great.

Well this is what you have with this chocolate raspberry smoothie weight gain smoothie!

Let’s be honest – most weight gainer shakes you buy in powder form taste either pretty bad or pretty bland.

The benefit of making your own protein shake for weight gain is that you can make it taste great, whilst still giving you the nutrients you need to put on weight.

Not only that, but you KNOW what is in your weight gain smoothie.

The mass-produced powdered weight gain shakes often have man-made chemicals in them.

Although that’s hard to avoid when using a protein powder, you can at least rest in the knowledge that the remaining ingredients are fresh and free from artificial additives.

So let’s check out this raspberry chocolate protein shake for weight gain!

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Why this Weight Gain Smoothie is awesome!

Okay, firstly, this smoothie tastes GREAT!

It has a smooth, creamy texture from the avocado and almond butter, with the flavor of nuts and chocolate.

It’s also versatile – if you don’t have avocado, or don’t enjoy the flavor or texture avocado brings, that’s okay!

It will make the weight gain smoothie less creamy and have less fat, but it will still give you the important protein and carbohydrates you need in a weight gainer shake.

If you don’t have low fat yogurt, no problem – you’re trying to put on weight! – grab a normal yogurt instead!

And if you prefer peanut butter to almond butter, throw that in.

It will just give you a slightly different nutrition amount but with a nutty flavor you prefer!

It’s also got great healthy ingredients in it – raspberries, avocado, almond butter and yogurt.

So you know you are taking in good, nutritious food when you drink this chocolate protein shake for weight gain!

One other GREAT thing about mixing protein powder into smoothies is that it stops it from going clumpy!

You know what it’s like when protein powder goes clumpy.

It – is – horrible. No problem with a chocolate protein powder smoothie!

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It’s a weight gain shake that covers all the nutrients you need to put on weight!

When looking to putting on weight, you really need a combination of protein, carbohydrates, and some healthy fats.

This chocolate almond butter weight gain smoothie is packed full of all the above.

With 30.7g of protein (depending on your protein powder of choice – I use Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder Double Rich Chocolate), 24.7g of carbs, and 20.3g of fat, you are totally covered in that regard.

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Mass Gainer Shake tips

One BIG thing to note is that not all Chocolate Protein Powders are created equal!

Some of them taste HORRIBLE, and will not make this weight gain shake taste good.

As above, I recommend Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder Double Rich Chocolate because it is highly-rated by gym-goers, and also tastes great.

If you want to reduce the amount of carbs or sugar-derived carbs, then you can reduce the amount of raspberries when making this weight gainer shake.

I suggest 75g to keep it a bit sweeter, but you can reduce this.

I would, however, not go below 60g.

Then you lose the flavor profile of the raspberries.

If you find that the weight gain smoothie is not sweet enough after removing some of the raspberries, you can add a low-carb naturally-derived sweetener such as Stevia or Erythritol.

If you don’t have plain yogurt, or find the flavor a bit boring, I have tried this with coconut yogurt instead, and it works really well.

Coconut yogurt is a surprisingly great ingredient to put in to smoothies.

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Chocolate raspberry smoothie weight gainer shake recipe

Ingredients you will need

• Avocado.
• Raspberries.
• Almond Butter.
• Low fat natural yogurt (or go for full-fat or coconut yogurt).
• Chocolate protein powder. – Go for Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder Double Rich Chocolate
• Water.
• Optionally: Stevia or Erythritol.

Steps

First things first, prepare your ingredients.

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If you are using frozen raspberries, blend them first in to a kind of crushed ice, so that they mix effectively into the final Chocolate raspberry smoothie weight gainer shake.

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Add the avocado.

Add the almond butter.

Add the yogurt.

Add the chocolate protein powder.

Add the water.

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If you want to add any sweetener, you can either do it now, or taste the smoothie first and add it after.

Add any supplements.

Blend.

Enjoy!

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