If you are looking for a sweet treat this recipe is for you (just make sure you choose sweet cherries). Tart cherries will work as well but they will take away from the sweetness. 

Ingredients:
 
2 cups frozen cherries (sweet or tart)
1 banana, peeled and cut into pieces
1 cup cherry juice
Maraschino cherries

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender place the cherries, banana pieces and juice.

Blend until smooth.

Pour mixture into glasses and top with maraschino cherries.

Serve immediately.

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If you like cheescake this smoothie is one you will want to try. The finished product is supposed to taste just like cherry cheesecake! 

Ingredients:
 
1 egg
1 (4 oz) pkg. cream cheese softened and chunked
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. almond extract
2 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1 cup cherry jam
1 cup sweet cherries, pitted and slightly frozen

Directions:
 
Break the egg into a Vita-Mix blender.

Blend for 10 seconds.

Place the cream cheese chunks, the milk and the almond extract into the blender.

Blend on medium speed until very smooth.

Place the ice cream, jam and cherries into the blender.

Blend until creamy.

If you don't like cherries you can switch it up and use strawberries. If you're going to use strawberries use vanilla extract instead of almond extract. 

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Ingredients:
 
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup grapefruit juice
4 strawberries, stemmed and cut into pieces
1 banana, peeled and cut into pieces
 

Directions:
 
Pour both juices into blender.

Add the strawberry and banana pieces.

Blend until mixture is smooth and as thick as you like. If the mixture isn’t as thin as you would like add a little more of either pineapple or grapefruit juice (or both) then continue to blend until desired consistency is reached. 

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Ingredients:

1/2 of a cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and chunked
1 cup fresh raspberries
*1/2 cup yogurt
1 1/2 TBSP sugar

Directions:

In a Vita-Mix blender place the cantaloupe and raspberries.

Now fold in the yogurt.

Sprinkle with the sugar.

Blend until smooth.

*If you would like to give this a little more flavor try using a flavored yogurt. Experiment with different flavors to find the right taste for you.  One other thing to keep in mind when using a flavored yogurt is that you might need to also adjust how much sugar you use. 

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This one's for the ladies (or anyone else that loves chocolate)! It's not uncommon to hear a woman talk about craving chocolate. That's where this smoothie comes in. It's guaranteed to cure your chocolate craving!  

1 cup chocolate milk
1 cup chocolate ice cream
*1 Three Musketeers candy bar, cut into small chunks

Place the milk, ice cream and candy bar into a Vita-Mix blender.

On medium speed, blend until smooth.

Serve immediately and enjoy.

*If you don't like Three Musketeers you can use a different flavored candy bar. 

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This smoothie takes a little time to create but it's guaranteed to make kids smile. If you want to change things up try pineapple juice instead of orange juice. You could also use apples with vanilla yogurt and raspberry sherbet for a different treat. 

1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup milk
1 pint pineapple sherbet
2 (6 oz) cartons pina colada yogurt
2 bananas cut in chunks
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup whip topping, divided
2 drops red food coloring
*Black string licorice

Pour the orange juice and milk into a Vita-Mix blender. Carefully add the sherbet, yogurt and bananas. Add the vanilla extract. Blend until very smooth and pour into glasses.

Place 2/3 cup of the whipped topping into a plastic baggie. Cut one corner of the bag to make a small hole. Carefully create a small circle on top of the smoothie. Place the other 1/3 of the whip topping in another plastic bag. Add the food color and gently mix until the topping has turned slightly pink. Cut the corner of the bag and make the eyes, nose and the ears for the rabbit.

Cut the licorice strings to make the whiskers for each rabbit. Place the whiskers on the rabbit face upward toward the edge of the glass. Serve immediately. 

*Not a lot of kids like black licorice. Another option for making the whiskers is a toothpick with some black decorator gel on it as the whiskers. 

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Because this recipe provides a source of energy use it as an after school snack for the kids. This smoothie is great for kids as an after school snack. It will help them finish out their day. For a little added sweetness pour a small amount of the pineapple juice in with the other ingredients. 

2 bananas, peeled and cut in chunks
2 peaches, peeled, pitted and cut in chunks
1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup milk 

Place the bananas, peaches, pineapple and milk in Vita-Mix blender.

Blend until smooth.

Serve immediately. 

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This also tastes great with pineapple sherbet and pineapple juice.  Because the honey gives it a slightly sweet taste be sure to use unsweetened pineapple juice if making it this way.   

1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 cup canned peaches, chopped
1 (6 oz) container vanilla yogurt, frozen
1 ice cream scoop orange sherbet
2 TBSP honey
1 cup ice, crushed

Pour orange juice into Vita-Mix blender.

Now add the peaches, blueberries, yogurt and sherbet. Take a rubber spatula and use to fold in the honey and ice.

Place lid on blender and blend until smooth. 

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Pancakes are an all time favorite for most kids but let's face it most of us don't have the time to whip them up in the morning. Give your kids this smoothie and it's sure to be a hit. To change things up a bit you can use different fruits.

1 banana, cut into chunks
4 strawberries, stemmed and cut into chunks
8 oz. milk
1 TBSP almond butter
2 tsp. maple syrup

Place the banana and strawberry chunks into a Vita-Mix blender.

Pour in the milk – slowly.

Now add the almond butter and maple syrup.

Blend until very smooth.

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This recipe is great for kids. Not only will they love the ice cream in it but they can choose whatever color they would like. You can use this recipe and food coloring for certain holidays. For example – red for Valentine's Day or green for St. Patty's Day. 

2 cups vanilla ice cream
2 cups apple cider
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
food coloring

In a Vita-Mix blender add the ice cream, apple cider, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Blend until smooth.

Add any color food coloring.

Blend in short spurts until smoothie has reached your desired color.

Serve immediately.

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