Spiced Apple Pie Smoothie – so easy, yummy and a perfect drink to satisfy your apple cravings!
What should you do with a surplus of yogurt, a big and awkward gallon-sized jar of spiced apple cider taking up valuable refrigerator door space, and a hot 79 degree day in the middle of January?
Make apple pie smoothies of course.
Creamy and sweet with a little tang from the apple cider and the yogurt.
If you have time and you’re not in a rush to blend ‘n chug this immediately, pop one in the freezer and you’ll have apple cider frozen yogurt on your hands, which was perfect to eat while I was watching Top Chef Texas.
I have to have a snack or something to slurp while I watch that show. Watching food shows translates into wanting food.
These went down so easily, especially because we were having a little hot snap in San Diego in the middle of winter a few days ago.
Nothing like a fall-themed drink, in the middle of winter, when temps were middle-of-summer-like. A drink for all seasons.
Skylar loved these.
I loved that they used up various odds and ends in my fridge.
And that I used enough cinnamon to really taste it in the finished smoothie, which was nice because I’m a cinnamon fan and many times it just gets lost, but not in these.
Thirsty yet?
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Spiced Apple Pie Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups apple cider or apple juice
- 1 cup yogurt, vanilla, plain, or apple cinnamon; use regular, vegan, soy, coconut milk, or your favorite yogurt
- ¼ cup milk or non-dairy nut milk, optional (omit for a thicker smoothie)
- 1 medium ripe banana, previously frozen is ideal but not required
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch nutmeg and/or cardamom, optional
- sugar or sweetener, agave, stevia, maple syrup, etc. optional and to taste
- 2 cups ice, optional and as necessary
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients, except ice, in a large blender or Vita-Mix and blend until smooth and creamy, taking care any sweetener used has dissolved and is well incorporated. If desired, pour over ice or blend ice into the smoothie noting that this will water it down a bit; if time permits refrigerating or freezing smoothie to chill is recommending.
- Tips: Pour excess portion(s) into glasses and freeze ahead for later (30 seconds in the microwave is what I do to thaw in a hurry); pour excess into bowls and freeze for apple pie frozen yogurt; or pour into Popsicle molds, paper cups, or ice cube trays and freeze for homemade frozen treats.
- Optional: Add 1 to 2 ounces of Rum, Vodka, Marshmallow Vodka, Apple Vodka, Apple Schnapps, Gran Marnier or similar, per smoothie portion, or to taste. Or add 1 to 2 scoops of vanilla or plain protein powder. Use caramel sauce in the mixture or drizzled over the top before drinking.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Do you like apple pie? Apple juice? Apple cider?
I’m a fan of all of the above but I don’t have any of them very often.
Apple juice and apple cider I tend to only buy in the fall but had unopened plastic jugs of them in the refrigerator and decided to play a game called Operation Use Up This Random Food and the smoothie helped take care of both my thirst and my refrigerator storage issues.
Apple Crumble (No-Bake, Vegan, GF) was a recipe I made over and over a few years ago but forgot about it. I like it better than most traditional baked apple pies.
Caramel Apple Bars (GF with vegan options) were amazing and I need to re-make those.
More Apple Recipes here
Are you an apple fan?
Wow. Yet another amazing, delicious, yummy and EASY recipe! You rock, Averie. My youngest has asked for this with his breakfast! :-)
Hope your youngest enjoyed it if you made it :)
I forgot to make it for breakfast, so I made it with his dinner! Success!! :-)
Glad to know he liked it. Thanks for making it :)
Smart idea!! I never crave an apple, but when I do eat one I really enjoy it.
I’ve never liked the texture of putting whole apples into smoothies, so I love the idea of using cider! Yay!
yes no matter how well you blend them with a vita, there’s still the apple texture which if you dont love it, well…it’s noticeable.
I feel like apple is the essential, but often forgotten, smoothie addition. Thanks for bringing it back! Love your photos, too.
Thanks, Amber!
I love apple pie, but my family doesn’t so I almost never get to have it. This is a great drink with the same flavors, and I have everything I need in my fridge already!! 79 degrees in winter – I want to live there!
Hope you enjoy the smoothie.
Excuse me while I run to my kitchen, make this, and inhale it all.
(And yes, I love apples!)
LOL. I hope you liked it if you did make it!
That smoothie looks delicious! This time of year the farmer’s markets in NYC consist almost entirely of apples and apple products, like apple cider, so this is a perfect way for me to keep eating locally even on 60 degree February days!!
Awesome job on the smoothie, it looks wonderful! I pretty much like anything apple.
this looks so much heavier than it actually is. it’d be fun to make it into little popsicles!
I’m going to be trying it when it gets a smidge warmer out but for now, I just froze it in a big bowl…so easy :)
Anything involving cinnamon (especially the amazing new Chobani) has to be delicious!
Yum, this looks so good. I made homemade apple cider last year. It was a real pain but so worth it like most things good in life. I keep forgeting to ask where you got your glass straws? They look perfect for Smoothies, Thanks!
glassdharma.com for the straws
your cider sounds awesome!
Cool. I’ll check them out. Thanks :-)
I LOVE apples. I actually eat one every single day I love them that much. Apple pie is the best, but I only have it on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Don’t know why, because it’s awesome. This smoothie looks amazing! I love actually being able to taste the cinnamon when it’s in things. Why put it in there if you can’t taste it? Exactly :)
and vanilla extract is the same way…must be able to taste it!
Agreed!
I love apples and just made this smoothie to take with me back to work (so unfortunately I couldn’t spike it with any of those optional add ins and just had to settle for cinnamon and cardamom!) It tastes great and the banana really gives it a thick texture. I’m pretty much a fan of most anything apple (pie, crumble, cider, sauce,etc).
Wow, that was fast! Thanks for making it and reporting back. Glad you liked it!
I love apple anything and at any time of the year! I always love your smoothies! Bonus that this one used up the fridge…love dishes like that!
Yes–of course!
I loaded up on honey crisp apples from a local orchard back in November and have about 8 left…I am savoring them (and it’s amazing how long and how well they have kept!).