Who needs a cherry pitter when you can de-pit a cup’s worth of cherries using your very own denticles?!
Before man made cherry pitters, man made mouths capable of de-pitting even the peskiest of cherries.
Picture me trying to make this recipe. Naturally, fresh cherries were on sale at Whole Foods Market Upper Arlington so I decided to use those instead of the super convenient frozen pitted ones because let’s face it, cherries are freaking pricey.
So I literally measured out a cup of the cherries, gave them a wash, and then proceeded to remove the pit of each and every one by ripping off the stem and then breaking the cherry in half with my teeth. I wanted to eat each cherry. I probably accidentally on purpose ate half. It was like a giant cherry tease fest.
In my next life, I shall buy a cherry pitter.
Scratch that. In my next life, I shall use frozen de-pitted and de-stemmed cherries. WHY DO I ALWAYS MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR MYSELF.
But seriously, how gorg are they? Who could resist that face? Not I.
So now that you’re dying to de-pit cherries using your own chompers…ya right. Feel free to use frozen cherries and regular coffee (refrigerate it first so it’s not hot) rather than fresh cherries and frozen coffee cubes. I haven’t tried it this way, but I’m sure it would be just as delish.
Cherries and chocolate are no ground-breaking combination. But cherries and coffee? I wasn’t even sure if it would taste good. Low and behold, it tastes more than good. It tastes like dreams. And cherry cacao coffee fairy dust.
Frozen coffee cubes > cold coffee. Cold coffee > hot coffee. You know how it goes.
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Cherry Mocha Smoothie
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Smoothie
Description
The perfect combination of fresh cherries, cacao, and coffee in smoothie form!
Ingredients
- 1 cup strong brewed coffee, frozen into cubes
- 1 cup fresh cherries, stems and pits removed
- 1/2 cup Almond Breeze Almond Milk Original
- 2 Medjool dates, pitted
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp hemp seeds
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Brew a cup of coffee. Pour into an ice-cube tray and place in freezer.
- Once coffee cubes are frozen, place in blender along the rest of the ingredients.
- Blend until smooth.
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Frozen cherries are my new favorite thing. I am afraid of using fresh cherries…taking the pits out is just so much work and wayyyy too complicated 🙂
You and I are two birds of a feather, m’dear. I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how many cherries I’ve pitted without a cherry pitter. It’s like the smartest investment ever and yet, I still don’t own one either. I’ll pit all the cherries with my face for a chance to taste this sweet as sin healthy smoothie on my tongue buds. I need!
You and I are two birds of a feather, m’dear. I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how many cherries I’ve pitted without a cherry pitter. It’s like the smartest investment ever and yet, I still don’t own one either. I’ll pit all the cherries with my face for a chance to taste this sweet as sin healthy smoothie on my tongue buds. I need!
I am dieing to get my hands on one of my favorite summer fruits….cherries! Ugh! I haven’t seen any good ones at my grocery yet!
I am dieing to get my hands on one of my favorite summer fruits….cherries! Ugh! I haven’t seen any good ones at my grocery yet!
I buy the frozen cherries from Costco and they are the BOMB…Picking out the seed of cherries for a smoothie is like me trying to cut up a mango. It’s just a mess. I am definitely going to make this one morning, when I have some leftover coffee (which always seems to be rare…LOL)
I buy the frozen cherries from Costco and they are the BOMB…Picking out the seed of cherries for a smoothie is like me trying to cut up a mango. It’s just a mess. I am definitely going to make this one morning, when I have some leftover coffee (which always seems to be rare…LOL)
Fresh summer cherries are the best – this looks delicious. You might try this – I have one and use it a lot – of course you would miss out on the pleasure of eating half of each cherry you pit 🙂
http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-GPC-5000-Cherry–Multiple/dp/B0026RI3TU/ref=sr_1_13?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1434379267&sr=1-13&keywords=cherry+pitter
Fresh summer cherries are the best – this looks delicious. You might try this – I have one and use it a lot – of course you would miss out on the pleasure of eating half of each cherry you pit 🙂
http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-GPC-5000-Cherry–Multiple/dp/B0026RI3TU/ref=sr_1_13?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1434379267&sr=1-13&keywords=cherry+pitter
Love this flavor combo and haaaaa I’ve pitted cherries that way too… I don’t think I knew there were cherry pitters? I’ll just keep cutting/biting them because YUM.
Love this flavor combo and haaaaa I’ve pitted cherries that way too… I don’t think I knew there were cherry pitters? I’ll just keep cutting/biting them because YUM.
Cherry and Mocha sound like an amazing combo!!!! I need to try it!
Cherry and Mocha sound like an amazing combo!!!! I need to try it!
ia gree about cherry pitter, i tried doing that couple years ago to make a smoothie as well and it was a pain. go frozen cherries.
ia gree about cherry pitter, i tried doing that couple years ago to make a smoothie as well and it was a pain. go frozen cherries.