Remember those orange push-up ice creams of your youth? The ones with the cute poke-a-dot wrappers?

Well now you can have them in a smoothie! When it comes to this smoothie, all I can say is wow… Smooth, creamy, and so much like an orange push-up ice cream that it’s almost scary. To get any closer in taste, you would have to buy one of the actual ice creams. While I don’t really like the idea of using regular white sugar, I decided to follow the recipe exactly as written, to see if it turned out as promised. It did I’m glad to say. I will be experimenting with it to see if I can use another sweetener that is more healthy, such as coconut sugar. Don’t forget to freeze the leftovers if you have any, it makes a delicious dreamsicle type ice cream. Yum.

Orange Push-Up Smoothie

1 can orange juice concentrate, slightly thawed
1 cup milk (half and half, cream, nut milk, coconut milk)
1 cup sugar, or to taste (you can reduce the sugar or use an alternate sugar substitute such as Stevia but it won’t taste as close to classic Orange Push-Ups)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups ice

Combine all ingredients in a large blender or Vita-Mix (I used my food processor) and blend until smooth and creamy. If desired, add a splash of water, or more milk if your mixture is thicker than desired.

Makes approximately three eight-ounce portions.

Recipe Source:: Love Veggies and Yoga

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April is a dedicated wife and almost empty-nester mother of five, as well as Mamaw to two adorable grandbabies. She resides in Southern Indiana, along with her husband Joe and their daughter Melissa, and enjoys the quite life on their 3 acre homestead. She enjoys blogging about her adventures in frugal allergy-free cooking, gardening, household tips, and her family.

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