Thick Frozen Mango Smoothie

By Sprig Originals ✓ · cooked up in Sprig

A café-thick mango smoothie that skips the ice entirely. Frozen mango chunks do all the chilling, while a splash of orange juice and a spoonful of yogurt blend it into something spoonably thick, bright, and tropical — no watery bottom half.

Ingredients

• 3 cup frozen mango chunks (about 16 oz)
• 3/4 cup whole-milk plain or vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup orange juice, chilled
• 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup, or to taste
• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 pinch kosher salt

• 1/4 cup canned coconut milk, well shaken (for a richer version)
• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom or grated fresh ginger
• 2 tbsp toasted unsweetened coconut flakes
• 2 lime wedges, for serving

Instructions

1. If you're freezing your own mango, peel 3 ripe mangoes, cut the flesh off the pits into 1-inch chunks, spread on a parchment-lined sheet pan, and freeze at least 4 hours or overnight. Store-bought frozen mango chunks work just as well — let them sit on the counter 5 minutes so the blender isn't fighting rock-solid cubes.
2. Add the liquids to the blender jar first: orange juice, yogurt, lime juice, honey, and the pinch of salt (plus coconut milk and cardamom or ginger, if using). Liquids on the bottom pull the frozen fruit down into the blades instead of letting it jam above them.
3. Add the frozen mango on top. Blend on low for 20 to 30 seconds until the chunks break down and start moving, then increase to high and blend 45 to 60 seconds more, until completely smooth with no fibrous flecks.
4. If the blender stalls or the mixture climbs the sides without churning, stop, scrape the sides down with a spatula, and add orange juice 1 tablespoon at a time — never more — restarting between additions. The goal is a mixture thick enough to hold a spoon upright for a second or two.
5. Taste and adjust: more honey if your mango was underripe, more lime if it tastes flat. Blend 5 seconds to combine.
6. Pour into two chilled 12-ounce glasses. Top with toasted coconut flakes and serve immediately with a lime wedge on the side; a thick smoothie loosens fast as it warms.

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