This Dragon Fruit Smoothie is a healthy, refreshing, vibrant pink smoothie loaded with anti-oxidant, iron, and protein. It’s a delicious plant-based smoothie for hot summer days.

Like This Recipe?

Leave a comment below or head to our Facebook page where I reply to (almost) all comments, our Instagram page for inspiration, or our Pinterest for saving recipes!

Dragon Fruit Smoothie

This Dragon fruit smoothie is a healthy refreshing vibrant pink smoothie loaded with antioxidants, iron, and protein. A delicious plant-based smoothie for hot summer days.

4.60 from 5 votes

Print Review Save

Pin Save in Email

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: 1 smoothie

Calories: 281.2 kcal

Author: Carine Claudepierre

Ingredients

US Customary – Metric

▢ 8 ounces Dragon Fruit - frozen
▢ ½ cup Frozen Mango - chunks
▢ 1 small Banana - cut into pieces
▢ 1 ¼ cup Coconut Milk - or almond milk
▢ ½ cup Ice Cubes
▢ 1 tablespoon Lime Juice

Optional

▢ 2 tablespoons Vanilla Protein Powder

Instructions

Add all the smoothie ingredients to the jug of a blender.
Blend on the high-speed setting until smooth. You can thin out the smoothie by adding a splash more milk or water.
Serve immediately.

Equipment

Vitamix Ascent A2500 Blender

Measuring Cups and Spoons

Pin Recipe

Nutrition

What’s Dragon Fruit?

Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit growing on a variety of cactus plants. It’s native in Mexico and South America. It’s a fruit with many health benefits, and that’s why people love to add it to smoothies and smoothie bowls.

Dragon fruit’s main benefits are:

High in Antioxidants.
High in Iron – 100 grams of fruit contain 4% of the Daily Value.
Low-carb with only 10 grams of net carbs per 100 grams. It’s less than blueberries, meaning it’s diabetes-friendly, and it won’t spike blood sugar levels as quickly as other fruits like bananas.
It contains prebiotics good for gut health.
Low in calories but high in fiber, so it’s fulfilling and refreshing.

Dragon fruit flavor varies based on the color of its flesh. Overall, it has a soft, melt-in-your-mouth flesh very similar to kiwi but more like a pear in flavor. Some dragon fruits have white flesh with a mild taste, while others have reddish, vibrant purple flesh with dark seeds with a more robust flavor.

Ingredients and Substitutions

This paragraph gives you all my tips about picking the right ingredients. For the full recipe with measurements, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post!Go to Full Recipe

A dragon smoothie is a refreshing, easy pink smoothie loaded with nutrients. It’s very easy to make with a bunch of simple ingredients, including:

Frozen Dragon Fruit – of course, you can use fresh dragon fruit, cut, scoop, and fresh the flesh or use it raw if in season. But I personally prefer the frozen dragon fruits because it makes your pitaya smoothie so creamy. You can use any dragon fruit color: red, white, or yellow.
Frozen Mango – the dragon fruit mango smoothie combination is heavenly delicious! Plus mango has a frothy creamy texture to the drink too. If you are not a fan of mango, try frozen pineapple or frozen banana.
Banana – fresh, small.
Coconut Milk or almond milk.
Ice Cubes – for a frothy texture.
Lime Juice – or lime juice.

Like any other smoothie recipe, you can play with flavor by adding some ingredients to the smoothie to boost its creamy texture or flavor.

Peanut Butter – 1 tablespoon adds protein and creamy texture.
Almond Butter – 1 tablespoon adds creaminess.
Freshly squeeze Orange Juice to skip the lime juice.

How To Make A Dragon Fruit Smoothie (in Pictures)

Serving Suggestions

You can serve this pitaya smoothie plain or with some toppings that add texture and pop out all its flavors like:

Dried goji berries
Freeze-dried raspberries or strawberries
Toasted coconut
Sliced almonds

Allergy Swaps

Below I listed some options to make this smoothie if you have some food allergy or ingredients you dislike

Mango-Free – you can use any other frozen tropical fruits like frozen pineapple, frozen banana, or frozen kiwi.
Coconut-Free – use almond milk or oat milk.
Nut-Free – use hemp milk or oat milk, or soy milk.
Banana-Free – if you don’t enjoy the banana flavor in your smoothie, you can use frozen zucchini slices or more frozen mango or the same 1/3 cup yogurt.
Protein Powder-Free – just skip it and thicken up the smoothie with high-protein seeds like chia seeds or hemp seeds.

Protein Boost

You can add more protein to your drink by making a few changes in the recipe like:

Replace 1/3 cup of coconut milk with high-protein plant-based yogurt.
Then, add one tablespoon of super seeds high in proteins like hemp seeds, chia seeds, or flax meal.
Increase vanilla protein powder – but this thickens the drink consequently, and you may need more plant-based milk to balance the texture.