Strawberry Protein Shake
Published 2/3/2024 • Updated 12/19/2024
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If there is one flavor of protein shake that I dream of — it’s strawberry cheesecake! This strawberry protein shake tastes just like that all thanks to frozen strawberries, protein powder, and Greek yogurt while packing in 19g of protein per serving!
Why you will love this strawberry protein shake recipe!
I became a smoothie regular in college. They’re such an easy way to pack in fruit, veggies, and protein while being able to take it on the go. This strawberry protein shake flavor is truly one of my favorites. Since I’ve been making this recipe for so long, I can also say it’s delicious with a spoonful of peanut butter added in.
Not only do I give this recipe a 10/10 for flavor because it tastes like cheesecake but…
- 19g protein/serving
- 5 Ingredients
- Ready in less than 10 minutes
- The perfect protein shake for our meal-prep smoothie popsicles!
- The simpler the better – no weird ingredients!
What do you need for this strawberry protein shake?
- Strawberries
- Banana
- Greek yogurt
- Protein powder
- Almond milk
How to make a protein shake thicker?
We recommend adding more frozen fruit, but ice is an option too if you want your shake thicker.
Why does my protein shake taste chalky?
The reason your protein smoothie tastes chalky is likely because of the protein powder you used. I prefer a whey protein because it’s commonly less chalky. I’ve also had really great success using collagen powder, too.
Best Protein Powders
Check out our top protein powder recommendations for baking, smoothies, and everything in between.
Garden of Life
Raw Organic Protein
Simply Tera's
Pure Whey Protein
Sun Warrior
Protein Powder
Garden of Life
Organic Whey Protein
More Variations of this Protein Shake Recipe
- Berry: swap strawberries for frozen blueberries or blackberries.
- Add a nut butter: I’ve added peanut butter to this recipe and it’s incredible. You could also try almond or cashew butter.
- Swap the Greek: use cottage cheese instead of Greek yogurt for extra cheesecakey flavor.
- Add a green: make it a green protein shake by adding spinach or kale.
Smoothie Recipes
Strawberry Protein Shake
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups whole frozen strawberries
- 1/2 cup frozen sliced banana
- 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder, any kind will work
- 1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- Optional topping: crushed graham crackers
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Add more almond milk as needed depending on preference.
- Serve immediately with some crushed graham cracker on top to make it really taste like strawberry cheesecake!
Tips & Notes
- To make this extra cheese-cakey, you can also swap the Greek yogurt for cottage cheese. Trust us it’s legit.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Does The Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie recipe serve 1 or 2?
Thanks! Looks GREAT!
That smoothie looks amazing …especially with the graham cracker topping! I can’t wait to read about your recap of the LA trip!
WOOT!!
Can’t to hear more about your trip. I loved seeing all your Instagram pics! As for the smoothie- I really need to get my hands on some sugar free pudding mix. I’ve seen lots of different kinds of recipes that use it and have heard good things!
You sure do! I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of that until recently!
This is totally my kind of shake, 25grams of protein AND it has cheesecake?!?!!?!! LOVE!
Welcome back lovey! And this looks divine.
I love strawberry cheesecake flavored smoothies!!!!! And putting pudding mix in is heinous!!!! I’m definitely trying that, Brooke is such a smarty 🙂
I can’t wait to hear all about LA!! Confession: I was instastalking you all weekend.
Totally cool. I over IGed so you could instastalk 😀 😀 Yes! I am excited to get that baby up. Not sure how it’s all going to fit in one post!
MMMM. Cheesecake.
Oh, and we make beautiful beaver faces.
HAHAHA. We were making the “you know what sound.” If I knew how to type that sound I would. ft ft ft??
Cheesecake for breakfast? Sign me up!
😀 😀 Now we’re talkin- right?!
I’ve been IG-stalking you all weekend….what a fun time!! 🙂
Chocolate protein powder would make it a chocolate covered strawberry smoothie. Yum!!!
hashtag GENIUS. Chocolate makes the world go round. #truth