Would Almond Milk make a smoothie too sweet?

[sorrowscall]

I've got a lot more access to supplies and ingredients than I did before now, and also proper access to a decent blender. I've been making regular smoothies with strawberries, bananas, and milk; sometimes adding chocolate syrup. However, my siblings don't like the chocolate but I want to make the smoothie sweet rather than mild tasting and I can't add too many strawberries or the blender will Jam. I want to add almond milk instead of regular milk instead of using the extra chocolate. However, I'm worried if it'll be sweeter than the syrup.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

you could just purchase unsweetened almond milk!
and to be honest, standard almond milk is not sweeter than syrup or chocolate so I can't see the problem.

 

[sorrowscall]

Thanks! I'll try the next batch of smoothies I make for my siblings using unsweetened almond milk the first time. If it's not sweet enough for them that time, I can always move onto the sweet version of almond milk if it's not sweeter than syrup or chocolate! I'll probably also add a strawberry yogurt in as well since they seem to like strawberry ones and that'll take away from the blades vs. strawberries amount problem.

 

[ChanellG]

Almond milk is not that sweet. The strawberries shouldn't jam in the blender; if they do it means you need to add a little more liquid. Nothing on the planet is sweeter than syrup. If your siblings don't like chocolate, pour their smoothies out and then add a bit of chocolate to yours before you pour it from the blender. However, the idea of having a smoothie is to have something healthy so I'd suggest giving up the syrup and using powdered cacao. Fruit is plenty sweet on it's own, especially ones like bananas and watermelon.

 

[clairebeautiful]

I'll be honest, you might not like the flavor of unsweetened almond milk. I HATE it. It is almost undrinkable to me. Even the sweetened stuff isn't that sweet. I've been buying the Silk Almond/Coconut milk and it is bearable for cereal and overnight oats - and good in smoothies. Almond milk has a very strange flavor to me. It doesn't taste like milk, or almonds. It is just strange and sort of medicinal - bitter almost. And it is TERRIBLE in coffee. Omigosh. Heat that stuff up and it becomes toxic.

I have to be honest, I don't really understand the almond milk craze for anyone who isn't allergic to milk or lactose intolerant. I feel like a lot of people are switching because they believe it is healthier than milk, but it doesn't have as much protein and the fat in milk is like healthy fat.