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Learn how to make frozen smoothie packs with this step-by-step guide! We’ll show you how to meal prep 30 different freezer-pack smoothies using 5 recipes and a single shopping list.
Not only are these freezer smoothie packs budget-friendly ($2 each!) and easy to prep in well under an hour, but they’re also gluten-free, paleo, and vegan and will keep you satisfied until your next meal!
30 Budget-Friendly Smoothie Freezer Packs
Smoothie freezer packs have been popular for years, and for good reason! They’re a great way to prepare a quick, nutritious breakfast in minutes. You can order premade smoothie packs via subscription, or purchase them by the pack at most grocery stores.
We love smoothies and have tried and enjoyed a few smoothie pack options over the years, but ultimately they are SO expensive. So, we decided to create our own make-ahead smoothies. Bringing you the best of both worlds, they’re convenient and delicious yet don’t break the bank!
Let’s break down the math:
When originally published in 2018, our 30 days’ worth of smoothie packs came in at a minuscule $46.33, or about $1.50 per smoothie! Now, with our most recent calculations, all 30 packs cost about $60-70 or roughly $2 per smoothie.
One month’s worth of smoothie subscriptions can cost you about $250+! Yes, there is definitely a convenience factor. However, if you make your own, you control the ingredients and sweetness and it is SO much more affordable.
Even with adjusted costs, making your own smoothie packs is a great way to reduce your grocery costs. Plus, you can make all 30 packs in an hour or less. We even timed ourselves to make sure!
5 Frozen Smoothie Pack Recipes
When creating these freezer pack smoothies it was important for us to use one shopping list, interchanging the ingredients as much as possible to keep things quick and easy. As a result, we came up with 5 smoothie recipes that all have their own unique flavor while using similar ingredients.
We did our best to keep the ingredients as common as possible so they’re easy to find no matter where you shop. We even offer substitutions for the less common items like cacao nibs.
*Below is an overview of what you’ll need for each smoothie pack. Scroll down to the recipe card for the full recipe and ingredient list!
Tropical Smoothies
- Frozen Tropical Fruit Mix: Use any tropical fruit mix you like best.
- Frozen Cauliflower: Use cauliflower florets or riced cauliflower.
- Banana: For the best taste and texture, use ripe bananas that are spotty but not yet mushy!
- Mixed Seeds: Use any seeds you like best and have on hand such as flax seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, or pumpkin seeds.
- Sweetener: Honey, maple syrup, Stevia, or any natural sweetener you like best will work.
- Coconut Milk: Use liquid coconut milk from the refrigerated section, not canned varieties.
Skip the tropical mix
If the tropical mixed fruit at your store has bananas included skip it. Instead, get 16 ounces of mango, 16 ounces of pineapple, and 16 ounces of strawberries.
Verry Berry Smoothies
- Frozen Mixed Berries: Use any combination of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries you like.
- Banana: For the best taste and texture, use ripe bananas that are spotty but not yet mushy!
- Sliced Almonds: Make sure they’re raw!
- Sweetener: Again, use honey, maple syrup, Stevia, or any sweetener you like best.
- Almond Milk: Use vanilla or unsweetened almond milk.
Green Smoothies
- Frozen Spinach: Use either store-bought frozen or spinach you froze at home.
- Frozen Tropical Fruit Mix: Use any tropical fruit mix you like best.
- Banana: For the best taste and texture, use ripe bananas that are spotty but not yet mushy!
- Mixed Seeds: Use any seeds you like best and have on hand, such as flax seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, or pumpkin seeds.
- Almond Milk: Use vanilla or unsweetened almond milk.
Chocolate Mint Smoothies
- Banana: For the best taste and texture, use ripe bananas that are spotty but not yet mushy!
- Frozen Mixed Berries: Use any combination of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries you like.
- Cacao Powder: Feel free to substitute cocoa powder if preferred.
- Maple Syrup: Honey, Stevia, or any sweetener you prefer can also be used.
- Mint: Use mint extract or a small handful of fresh mint.
- Almond Milk: Use vanilla or unsweetened almond milk.
Chocolate Coconut Smoothies
- Banana: For the best taste and texture, use ripe bananas that are spotty but not yet mushy!
- Frozen Mixed Berries: Use any combination of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries you like.
- Frozen Cauliflower: Use cauliflower florets or riced cauliflower.
- Cacao Powder: Again, cocoa powder will also work.
- Maple Syrup: Honey, Stevia, or any other sweetener can also be used.
- Coconut Milk: Use liquid coconut milk from the refrigerated section, not canned varieties.
Adjust The Ingredients
Feel free to use these smoothie ingredients as a base. Then, adjust the recipes to suit your preferences and dietary needs. For instance, you can use more or less sweetener in each smoothie. Or, you can add a scoop of protein powder to make them even more filling.
You can even swap the nuts for peanut butter or almond butter. Or, use coconut water or dairy milk instead of plant-based milk. There’s really no right or wrong way to make each smoothie!
Grocery List to Make All 30 Frozen Smoothie Packs
How to Assemble and Use Premade Smoothie Packs
- Make the smoothie packs: For each individual smoothie flavor, place all the components except for the milk in a bag. Then, seal it, flattening the bag, and pressing out as much air as possible.
- Repeat: Continue this process, making a total of 6 individual smoothie packs for each flavor, and store the packs in the freezer.
- Blend the smoothies: Transfer all the ingredients from a single smoothie pack to a high-speed blender. Add the specified milk, and blend until creamy, adding more milk as needed. Enjoy immediately!
Tips to Make and Use Smoothie Packs
- Where should I shop? We recommend purchasing fruit at a large box store that offers organic frozen fruits like Costco, BJ’s, or Trader Joe’s. Amazon Fresh also has some great options for bulk fruit.
- Want to reduce waste and save even more money? Store your smoothie packs in reusable freezer-safe silicone bags! Then, instead of constantly purchasing disposable plastic freezer bags, you can simply rinse them out and use them over and over again.
- Want to speed up prep time? Use bag openers to hold the bags open, and create an assembly line, filling each bag quickly.
- Use labels and/or Sharpies to label and date each smoothie pack. This is especially useful when meal prepping and helps ensure you know what flavor you’re making and that none of the packs go bad!
- Best Blender? Hands down this one.
- Have some leftover smoothie? We like to pour any leftover smoothie into a popsicle mold. Then, you can enjoy a frozen treat later. Smoothie popsicles are a big hit with kids! Keep in mind that smoothie pops are best consumed within a few days of making them.
Add Protein Powder:
I always add a scoop of protein powder right before blending. I really like these clean options:
FAQs
Freezer packs will last around one month. If you store them much longer than that, the bananas start to turn brown, and you’ll know it’s time to use them up right away!
Technically, you can freeze smoothies for 1-2 days after blending. However, we don’t recommend it, because the taste and texture might change. Smoothies are best consumed right away!
As long as you have a high-speed blender it’s not necessary! The frozen fruit will help create a thicker, creamier consistency.
More Smoothie Pack Recipes to Try
- Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie Freezer Pack
- Antioxidant Smoothie Freezer Pack
- High Fiber Smoothie Freezer Pack
- Detox Smoothie Freezer Pack
Watch The Video:
30 Smoothie Freezer Packs (Budget-Friendly)
Ingredients
For Tropical Smoothie (make 6 each):
- 1 cup 5 ounces frozen tropical fruit mix
- 1/2 cup 2 ounces frozen cauliflower
- 1/2 banana sliced
- 1 tablespoon mixed seeds
- 1 tablespoon sweetener of choice honey, maple syrup or other
- 1-1/2 cups coconut milk for blending
For Very Berry Smoothie (make 6 each):
- 1 cup 5 ounces frozen mixed berries
- 1/2 banana sliced
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon sweetener of choice honey, maple syrup or other
- 1-1/2 cup cups almond milk for blending
For Green Smoothie (make 6 each):
- 1 cup 5 ounces frozen spinach
- 1/2 cup 2 ounces frozen tropical fruit mix
- 1/2 banana sliced
- 1/4 cup mixed seeds
- 1 cup almond milk for blending
For Chocolate Mint (make 6 each):
- 1 banana sliced
- 1 cup 5 ounces frozen mixed berries
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- Drop of mint extract or small handful of fresh mint
- 1 cup almond milk for blending
For Chocolate Coconut (make 6 each):
- 1 banana sliced
- 1/2 cup 2 ounces frozen mixed berries
- 1/2 cup 2 ounces frozen cauliflower florets
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 cup coconut milk for blending
Instructions
To Make Smoothie Freezer Packs:
- For each individual smoothie flavor place all components except for almond/coconut milk in plastic bag and flatten and press any air out of the bag. You can use a straw to suck the air out, just be careful not to do this if you’re using any cacao powder.
- Repeat this recipe for a total of 6 smoothies per flavor. Place in the freezer until ready to use.
To Blend Smoothies:
- Combine all ingredients, including specified milk, in a high-speed blender. Add protein powder, if using (see note)
- Blend until creamy, adding additional almond milk if necessary.
Notes
- If the tropical mixed fruit at your store has banana included skip it and instead get 16 ounces mango, 16 ounces pineapple, and 16 ounces strawberry.
- Freezer packs will last around 1-3 months. After significant period of time of longer than a month the bananas start to get brown. That’s when you’ll know it’s time to use them up!
- Click here to download a complete shopping list.Ritual
- Clean Simple Eats I always add a scoop of protein powder right before blending. I really like these clean options: Truvani
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- Where should I shop? We recommend purchasing fruit at a large box store that offers organic frozen fruits like Costco, BJ’s, or Trader Joe’s. Amazon Fresh also has some great options for bulk fruit.
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- Want to reduce waste and save even more money? Store your smoothie packs in reusable freezer-safe silicone bags! Then, instead of constantly purchasing disposable plastic freezer bags, you can simply rinse them out and use them over and over again.
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- Want to speed up prep time? Use bag openers to hold the bags open, and create an assembly line, filling each bag quickly.
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- Use labels and/or Sharpies to label and date each smoothie pack. This is especially useful when meal prepping and helps ensure you know what flavor you’re making and that none of the packs go bad!
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- Have some leftover smoothie? We like to pour any leftover smoothie into a popsicle mold. Then, you can enjoy a frozen treat later. Smoothie popsicles are a big hit with kids! Keep in mind that smoothie pops are best consumed within a few days of making them.
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I’ve been incorporating these into my meal prep over the past few weeks and they are amazing! Not only are they delicious but they help ensure I get a healthy start to my day. They’ve also helped keep me consistent with my collagen. The antioxidant smoothie recipe is my favorite… tastes like dessert!
Do you have a recommendation for portable blenders? Also how many ounces does each of these recipes make? I’m not planning on using a counter blender but a grab and go in the office/on the road?
How long will these keep if put in a deep freezer? I wanted to prep a bunch for postpartum, and was hoping they would keep for more than a month!
Anyone put together nutritional facts for these? I’d love to see them!
great ideas..suggestions..instead of adding the banana or the honey in the bag put a note on the outside of the bag to add these ingredients at the time of blending when the liquids are added..
I know it has been a while since this was posted, but I wanted to say that these are all really tasty! I was worried because I made the first one with leftover sweetened almond milk that I had used for a cake and it was gross. But they were all amazing with unsweetened. I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk for the recipes called for almond, as I think it gives it a little extra flavor. I also add 1/4 to 1/2 cup more liquid to each recipe because it gives me a texture I prefer. I agree that the honey tended to stick to the bag for me but when I made a conscientious effort to pour it atop food it worked a lot better. Overall, this is now my go-to meal prep and I’m much more consistent about eating breakfast now that these are in my freezer. Thank you so much!
So glad!!! Thank you for the feedback!
Can you freeze honey or maple syrup for these? My honey and maple syrup get gooey and stick to the bag making it kind of messing with the protein powder. Any ideas on how to keep it from sticking?
Hi Cristina. Try placing the honey / maple syrup in last in the bag. In our experience it stuck to the food, not the bag. If you don’t want to do this, you could always leave it out and add it in when making.
Thank you! One last quick question (sorry!): so is the grocery list in volume or weight?
It is in volume because that is what packages use! But again, you don’t need to use the volume measurements at home, that is why we gave both for the recipes.
Are the measurements given in weight or in volume? I ask because it says to use 1/4 cup of mixed seeds in 1 recipe and then to use 1 tablespoon mized seeds in another recipe, and repeating those 2 recipes each 6 times does not seem to equal the 6 oz total we need to buy at outlined in the shopping list. Same with the 1 cup of mixed fruit equalling 5 ounces not matching up. So then I wondered if it would fit if you were referring to weight, so now I’m wondering if this whole recipe is broken down by weight and I need to know. If so, is all of it listed in weight, or is the 1 tablespoons and such simply volume (which is confusing BTW). I plan to go shopping soon and would really need to know the answer as soon as possible so I know to buy a food scale. Thank you, in advance.
Hi Natalie. We did our best to make this post as clear as possible by including both weight and volume measurement. This way you could buy the correct amount of frozen fruit and other things you needed at the store yourself by looking at the amount of product in each package and deciding how many you need, since each brand will vary. You do not need a scale to measure out each smoothie pack, but we gave the option in case anybody wanted to use one while measuring out each smoothie pack. As for the mixed seeds, depending on which type you use you may have a little left over.
Do you use ground chia seeds or whole?
Thank you so much for this!! I have two girls (10 & 6) who always want smoothies. This helps me be better prepared rather than just have huge bags of berries and almond milk.
Hi Lexi – great ideas and I am so excited to try these. Is there a trick to freezing bananas and not having them go brown? Mine get all brown and gross .
Thanks
They shouldn’t brown after 1 month, but if it is, don’t cut up the banana and peel it and place it whole in the bag.
Hi Lexi – quick question! I’m allergic to bananas. Can I substitute cauliflower?
How long are they good in the freezer?
1 month!
Question, can you use Fresh spinach or kale instead of frozen ?
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Yes!
Thank you great recipe ideas. You are wise.. Blessings karen
I love making homemade smoothie packs and haven’t done so in awhile…need to do this again!! SO convenient to have on hand 🙂
Lexi! I don’t know how this popped up on my feed but so glad it did. Great job so thorough. Costco shopping trip this friday!!! Thank you very much.
Love these!! I also love the graphic , might have to start Pinterest! Thank you for organizing this, it really is helpful.
You will love Pinterest!
Does avocado freeze ok ? (Chocolate mint smoothie). Love this idea!!
We actually removed it because I didn’t love avocado in smoothies — fixed now, but for reference, yes it freezes great.