30 Sublime Shakeology Holiday Desserts
This year, treat the ones you love to gourmet superfood desserts that are perfect for a holiday get-together.
Dessert is an essential part of any party — whether you’re attending one or hosting your own.
We’ve got you covered with these mouthwatering Shakeology dessert recipes!
A tin of tempting Salted Chocolate Pecan Bars makes the perfect host gift; if you’re hosting a party, then serve your guests a plate of heavenly Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes or Blueberry Pie Bars.
Got a favorite Shakeology flavor? No problem!
We used different Shakeology flavors in these recipes for this roundup of exquisite desserts so you’re sure to find a recipe that you’ll love.
Get a bag (or two!) of Shakeology here and enjoy the recipes below!
1. Chocolate Orange Ricotta Cookies
Chocolate and orange may sound like an odd combination, but once you bite into these Chocolate Orange Ricotta Cookies, you’ll understand what all the fuss is about.
Chocolate Shakeology is the key — it blends perfectly with ricotta cheese to create a creamy, chocolatey foundation for these cookies.
A tablespoon of orange zest adds a bright, light flavor to each mouthful.
These Shakeology cookies are perfect for a party or as a yummy treat after any meal!
Pro tip: Questions about baking with Shakeology? Check out this FAQ.
2. Snickerdoodle Shakeology Crunch
Level up your snack game with a batch of Snickerdoodle Shakeology Crunch.
All you need is 5 minutes to mix up 5 ingredients and you’ve got a deliciously crunchy, munchable treat to satisfy any sneaky snack attacks!
3. Mini Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Bites
Almond flour and dates form the nutty and slightly sweet crust for these mini cheesecakes, while Chocolate Shakeology, ricotta, cherries, almond milk, vanilla extract, and cinnamon blend to create the flavorful, creamy cheesecake filling.
The best part?
You can be noshing one of these delicious cheesecakes in less than an hour.
Oh, and there’s no cooking involved. (#win-win)
4. Coffee Crunch Nice Cream
This Cafe Latte Shakeology recipe takes your standard banana nice cream to the next level.
All you need is four ingredients — and no more than 10 minutes of your time. As with other nice creams, this chocolate chip ice cream is similar to soft serve in texture.
5. Mint Chocolate Chip Nice Cream
Nothing beats a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream on a hot summer day as a special treat. But what if you could have that special treat every single day?
You can — all you need is this 6-ingredient nice cream recipe with Cookies & Creamy Shakeology.
We took our favorite childhood ice cream flavor and created an indulgent nice cream dessert with superfood nutrition!
6. Salted Chocolate Maple Pecan Bars
This layered chocolate bar recipe hits all the right notes with a cookie-like crust, gooey chocolate interior, and crunchy nuts on top.
These homemade bars are perfect for a festive party dessert — they’re salty-sweet, chocolatey, and crunchy.
It looks like a fancy store-bought chocolate treat, but it’s actually pretty simple to make!
7. Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
Strawberry Shakeology blends with ricotta cheese and almond milk for a creamy, berry-flavored filling that’s nestled in wee crunchy gingersnap crusts.
Add fresh strawberry on top and you’ve got a mouthful of yum in less than 30 minutes.
8. Eggnog Protein Balls
There’s just something about eggnog that just screams “COZY!”
Even if you’re not a fan of the drink itself, the aroma alone of the warming spices in it — cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg — is enough to make you want to wrap yourself in a warm blanket on the couch.
These Eggnog Protein Balls with Vanilla Shakeology come together in minutes.
All you need is oat flour, Shakeology, spices, almond milk, and pure maple syrup for a touch of sweetness.
9. Cinnamon Crumb Donuts
These Cinnamon Crumb Donuts give big crumb cake vibes — from the fluffy cake-like donut to the tender, sweet crumb topping.
Each gorgeous donut contains 14 grams of protein, so they’re perfect as a part of a balanced, healthy breakfast. Or afternoon snack. Or post-dinner dessert.
Three scoops of Snickerdoodle Shakeology provide the extra delicious cinnamon-sugar cookie flavor and superfood nutrition.
10. Sunflower Butter Cookies
Superfood nutrition in a cookie? It sounds too good to be true, but it’s not. Add these Sunflower Butter Cookies to your healthy eating routine, STAT.
Vanilla Shakeology is your secret weapon: the OG superfood shake that you can swap in for dessert — every single day.
This recipe uses sunflower butter, which is made from sunflower seeds. It’s a great alternative for people with nut allergies.
11. Gingerbread Truffles
These bite-sized Gingerbread Truffles made with Snickerdoodle Shakeology have everything you want in a superfood dessert: delicious fall flavors like vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger.
Oh, and chocolate, of course!
Dates and molasses add just enough sweetness to balance the zingy brightness of crystallized ginger.
12. Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are chocolate chip cookies, and then there are these Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies.
The key difference? Vanilla Shakeology.
The superfood nutrition in Shakeology turns an indulgent treat into a decadent dessert you can eat as part of a healthy eating plan.
Pro tip: Questions about baking with Shakeology? Check out this FAQ. And learn more about how eating dessert can actually help you reach your health goals!
13. Coffee Cheesecake
Breaking news: There might actually be something better than a hot cup of rich coffee if you can believe it — a slice of this rich, creamy Coffee Cheesecake.
The best part is undoubtedly the scoop of Café Latte Shakeology that elevates this already decadently delicious cheesecake with intense coffee flavor AND powerhouse nutrition.
This superfood dessert is a must-add to your healthy eating plan!
14. Mint Chip Energy Bites
These minty green Mint Chip Energy Bites are magically delicious and so easy to make!
Vanilla Shakeology and cashew butter create the creamy, smooth flavor foundation, while peppermint extract and cacao nibs add minty, chocolately yumminess.
If you’re making these for the holidays and feeling festive, you can add all-natural green food coloring for added fun.
15. Chocolate Chip Blondies
When is a blondie not a brownie? (Not a trick question, we promise!)
Blondie recipes use vanilla + brown sugar while brownie recipes include chocolate + cocoa powder for that sweet, yummy flavor.
Our blondie recipe incorporates the best of both worlds, plus the delicious superfood nutrition in Snickerdoodle Shakeology!
16. No-Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
There’s something just so perfect about the combination of chocolate + peanut butter + pretzels — sweet mixed with that lightly salty crunch is hard to beat.
Chocolate Shakeology mixed with peanut butter and oats envelop semi-sweet chocolate chips and crunchy pretzel chunks for a snack that will be hard to resist.
17. Cookies & Creamy Cheesecake Cups
These cheesecake cups are the perfect, compact dessert or snack — luxurious little cups of creamy dreaminess.
The delicious, nutritious cheesecake filling is made by blending Greek yogurt, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, and of course, Cookies & Creamy Shakeology.
The result: Divinely rich cheesecake cups that deserve a spot on your next dinner party menu!
18. Triple Berry Fro-Yo Bark
This fro-yo bark recipe is a triple berry threat — it’s bursting with the flavors of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries.
And thanks to Strawberry Shakeology, there’s also superfood nutrition in there so it’s a fun snack you can have every single day.
19. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Fruit Dip
As a midday snack or as an after-dinner indulgence, this Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Dip is sinfully tasty, especially when paired with berries.
20. Cinnamon Roll Shakeology Bites
These mini cinnamon rolls contain Vanilla Shakeology, almond butter, almond milk, cinnamon, cocoa powder, and maple syrup for a hint of sweetness.
White beans are the secret ingredient in this recipe — they help create the yummy “dough” and provide protein as well.
21. Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Pie
What if we told you that you can make a creamy, silky, delectable pumpkin pie that’s healthier, more nutritious, and a dessert you can have more than twice a year? (It’s true!)
How? With Snickerdoodle Shakeology!
It has powerful superfood ingredients (like all our Shakeology flavors) and it’s gluten-free, low-glycemic, and has no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
22. No-Bake Blueberry Pie Bars
The “crust” flavor of these bars/pies features Vanilla Shakeology blended with almond and oat flour, almond butter, almond milk, vanilla extract, while a touch of maple syrup and freeze-dried blueberries create the blueberry pie “filling.”
23. Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Bites
We took the traditional oatmeal raisin cookie recipe and turned it on its head.
Our version is a no-bake “cookie” made with Vanilla Shakeology that you can be nibbling on in less than half an hour!
24. Apricot and Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Our no-bake version of traditional thumbprint cookies calls for Vanilla Shakeology, almond butter, almond extract, honey, rolled oats — swaps out jam for whole dried apricots.
Yum!
25. Apple Cider Donut Balls
Raise your hand: Team Donuts or Team Donut Holes?
It’s a tough choice, we know, but here’s another team to cheer for: Team Donut Balls!
These Apple Cider Donut Balls are everything you want in a dessert: the perfect size to pop in your mouth, delicious flavors, and Shakeology.
What more could you want?
26. Cappuccino Cereal Bars
Even if you’re not a coffee drinker, you’ll love the chocolatey coffee flavor in these yummy homemade bars.
Café Latte Shakeology (whey or plant-based vegan) blends with almond butter for a magical chocolate + almond butter combo, while cereal flakes provide a lovely crunchy texture.
27. Snickerdoodle Banana Bread
Just the smell of freshly baked banana bread is intoxicating — top notes of warm, bready banana with a hint of cinnamon.
So how do you improve on that? Add in two scoops of Snickerdoodle Shakeology with scrumptious vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
(Hashtag #bananabread&cinnamonsugarcookies4eva)
This Snickerdoodle Banana Bread recipe has all the warm cozy flavors you could ever want in one bite!
28. Ricotta Pound Cake Birthday Bites
If you’ve got a special occasion coming up and not a lot of time on your hands, we’ve got your back with these Ricotta Poundcake Birthday Bites!
These festive little balls of deliciousness only take 10 minutes to prep and an hour in the fridge to chill.
Vanilla Shakeology and ricotta cheese provide that rich, creamy pound cake flavor, with lemon zest for a zingy kick.
29. Carrot Cake Energy Balls
Carrots aren’t the only healthy ingredient in this delicious no-bake recipe. Vanilla Shakeology, almond butter, and rolled oats give our Carrot Cake Energy Balls an air of authenticity.
30. No-Bake Peanut Butter Brownie Bites
These no-bake Chocolate Shakeology cookies are real knockouts — and all you need are three (!!) ingredients.
Better yet, this No-Bake Peanut Butter Brownie Bites recipe makes 1 serving — or 4 cookies — so you don’t need to share. (You’re welcome).
Whenever you’re craving something sweet, these little mouthfuls of superfood nutrition are the answer.