The unique was scrumptious, so I attempted to make it higher (and cheaper) at dwelling.
Hello, I am Shelby, and I am somebody who REALLY likes smoothies — I just about make one each single morning for breakfast. I like them so a lot, the truth is, that I beforehand tried and wrote about Marianna Hewitt’s $17 Coconut Cloud Smoothie that went tremendous viral on TikTok in April.
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The smoothie was solely accessible at Erewhon, a VERY bougie grocery store chain in Los Angeles. FWIW, I assumed it was good, however wasn’t positive if I might get it once more.
Properly, now there is a new smoothie in our midst. In June, Hailey Bieber introduced her personal drink collab with Erewhon: The Strawberry Skin Smoothie, which could be very pink and likewise prices $17.
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This is what’s in it:
—Strawberries
—Avocado
—Dates
—Maple syrup
—MALK almond milk
—ZUMA Valley coconut cream
—Hyaluronic acid (I did not understand that was edible???)
—Vanilla stevia
—Vital Proteins vanilla collagen
—Erewhon sea moss (I additionally do not totally perceive what that is)
Since I am by no means one to show down a blended fruit drink — and I needed to see the way it in comparison with the cloud smoothie — I hightailed it to my nearest Erewhon ready to drop some money. Lo and behold, there she was on the tonic bar:
There have been about 5 extra individuals forward of me who’d ordered the smoothie, so I used to be ready for some time. After what felt like an eternity, I lastly received my palms on it. I positively was getting some “strawberry swirl” vibes at first look.
However presentation means nothing if it does not style good, so I eagerly took my first sip.
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Is there a option to take an image of your self sucking on a straw that does not look tremendous awkward and peculiar? Asking for a good friend!!!
The “strawberry swirl” look wasn’t mendacity. This smoothie was VERY candy, a lot sweeter than I anticipated. The flavour jogged my memory of strawberry shortcake, particularly these strawberry shortcake ice cream bars I used to get at gasoline stations once I was a child. I believe I might’ve preferred some tartness in there to chop the sweetness of the strawberries (some raspberries would make it GO OFF), however I nonetheless loved it. It was additionally SO SMOOTH and creamy. IDK if the hyaluronic acid and collagen did a lot for my pores and skin, however I prefer to suppose I had a lil’ glow whereas consuming it.
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Total, I preferred Hailey’s pores and skin smoothie way more than Marianna’s cloud smoothie.
Shopping for the smoothie is an efficient choice when you stay in LA (and have an additional $20 to spare), however I needed to see if it was attainable to recreate it at dwelling, like tons of people have been doing on-line. I made a decision to observe a recipe from Vital Proteins and @bevsbybeverly, however all the opposite copycat recipes I noticed on the market had been principally equivalent, so anyone you select must be wonderful.
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This is what the at-home smoothie requires:
—1 cup frozen strawberries
—1/2 cup almond milk
—1/4 avocado
—2 pitted dates
—2 scoops Important Proteins vanilla collagen creamer
—1 tablespoon maple syrup
—Coconut cream
—Recent strawberries for glaze/purée
This is all the things I purchased to recreate the smoothie. In complete, my grocery invoice was $37.49. That is much more than $17, however I estimated that this was in all probability sufficient to make about 4 to 5 smoothies, which might then shake out to round $8 a smoothie.
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I purchased many of the substances at my native Entire Meals, so you would in all probability get them for even cheaper when you shopped elsewhere. You possibly can additionally lower the fee much more by shopping for generic variations of a number of the brand-name merchandise, like MALK almond milk. I solely grabbed that as a result of it was there, and I needed to attempt to get my smoothie as near the unique as attainable.
Additionally, I skipped out on the hyaluronic acid and sea moss. That is not one thing many individuals have quick access to, and I doubted it might have a lot impact on the style anyway.
Step one in my skin-smoothie-at-home journey was reducing up and mixing some contemporary strawberries for the purée. Straightforward peasy!
After setting the purée apart, I mixed all the opposite substances (minus the coconut cream) in a blender and blended for a couple of minute.
This is what it appeared like. Not fairly as pink as Hailey’s, however I will take what I can get!
Subsequent up was prepping a vessel for the smoothie. I grabbed the prettiest glass I may discover (presentation remains to be vital!) and did my finest to unfold some purée across the sides of the glass.
Identical for the coconut cream.
And at last, it was time to pour within the base of the smoothie.
This is the ultimate product:
IDK, not an ideal dupe, however not too shabby both!!!
In the end, time for the style check. Please get pleasure from one other awkward pic of me consuming by way of a straw!
Y’all, the at-home model tasted PRETTY DARN SIMILAR. I used to be shocked. Identical sweetness, identical strawberry shortcake taste, identical hints of coconut from the coconut cream. The one minor distinction was that since I blended it at dwelling, the feel wasn’t as easy and creamy as once I received it at Erewhon, however that was just about it. Very like once I purchased it, I wolfed this down in lower than 5 minutes.
Hailey Bieber’s Strawberry Pores and skin Smoothie might be accessible at Erewhon shops in Los Angeles till July 15, however when you occur to overlook it or do not stay in LA, I extremely suggest making it at dwelling! You may get a number of smoothies out of it (at the moment consuming my second one as I write this submit), and it actually does style 99% like the unique.
Have you ever tried this smoothie? Would you attempt it? Inform us within the feedback!
