Frozen Smoothie Packs for $0.59 (2024)

I love to make these DIY Frozen Smoothie Packs! They are easy to put together and, best of all, they are extremely inexpensive. It is a great meal prep idea and you’ll make several days worth in just 10 minutes.

Having a few smoothie packs on hand helps make these hot summers a bit more tolerable. Not only are these super convenient, they’re extremely inexpensive and allow you to make a a cool treat in under two minutes. How’s that for a triple threat?

Just dump the contents of the smoothie pack into your magic bullet, Ninja or Vitamix, add water (or milk) and you’re good to go!

Update: I make these even cheaper by making my own yogurt!

🥤 Why This Recipe Works

Inexpensive – As I’ve mentioned, this is a steal as far as breakfast goes. Plus it’s healthy. So often we can get a cheap eat but it’s not healthy or good for us. This one we get both.

Healthy – This is made up of just fruits, ice and yogurt. Feel free to leave out the yogurt, if you like and just use the fruits and ice. Toss in a handful of leftover spinach for extra nutrition.

Versatile – Take this recipe as a guideline and use it as a “how to make” rather than the exact recipe using strawberries, bananas and apples. If you love pineapple, use that. If you have ripe peaches from picking last month, use those.

Fast – You only need a couple minutes to make 15-20 of these meal prep smoothies which is several weeks worth of breakfast in about 10 minutes.

🍌 Ingredients:

Note: This is just what I chose to go with. Use whichever fruits you’d like!

Fruit – Use any fruit you have left over at the end of the week. I had bananas, strawberries and apples. Don’t let anything go to waste.

Vanilla Yogurt – I used to add a scoop to the blender when it was time to make these, but a reader offered the idea to freeze the yogurt in ice cube trays and include the frozen yogurt in the smoothie pack. What an ingenious idea!

🍽️ Instructions

Step One: Slice your fruit. Any old fruit will do, but I like to use the fruits that are very ripe as they blend easier. Use any leftover fruit from the week. Nothing goes to waste!

Step Two: Line a cookie sheet or cooling tray with wax paper (or foil/parchment paper) and add the fruit in an even layer. If you have a small freezer, just add the fruit to plates and they’ll fit in easy. Flash freeze for at least two to three hours.

Step Three: Spoon yogurt into ice cube trays and place in the freezer along with the fruit. I recommend leaving them in there for at least four hours; I only left them in for two and it made things pretty messy.

Step Four: Put it all together! Place the frozen fruit and yogurt cubes into the snack bags. Each bag contained banana + yogurt, but I varied the strawberries and peaches to create different flavors.

Note: Place the snack sized Ziplocs into a quart sized freezer bag in order to avoid freezer burn. You’ll be able to fit four smoothie packs in one quart sized bag.

Step Five: It’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor (get it?!)

When you are ready to make your smoothie, take it out of the freezer and dump the contents into your Magic Bullet blender. Add a little bit of milk or water and pulse it until it is smooth and creamy.

That’s it! Enjoy your breakfast!

I love making these! They’re simple, smart, frugal and save so much money over time! Please let me know if you make them. I’d love to hear what flavors you try!

🍓 Meal Prep Breakfast

These smoothie packets are low in calories as well, so they make a great breakfast or lunch for those of us that are trying to have a healthier early meal. When using these to stand in for a meal, I like to add in some oats and coconut milk rather than water just to make it more satisfying.

I created 14 smoothie packets and only spent about $8.25 for all of the ingredients. I’ll admit, the packets are on the small side, but I find them perfectly satisfying as-is or with the addition of ground oats to thicken them up (or just use more fruit!).

I added peanut butter to a few, but chose to omit that from the cost since I only added it to a few packets and this was experimental. Verdict: I like the PB with Strawberry/Banana. My husband? Not so much.

Ziploc Snack Bags – These are perfect size for the single-serving ingredients and makes it easy to keep everything portion-controlled.

Freezer Bags – Don’t skimp here. Definitely get the freezer safe version so your ingredients don’t get freezer burnt. I know these cost a little bit more, but they are reusable, so it is really worth it.

Wax Paper – This is the best thing I could find to help the fruit pop free from the sheet after freezing. Try parchment paper or even aluminum foil if you don’t have any wax paper.

Ice Cube Trays – These are the perfect size for freezing small dollops of yogurt.

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