Smoothies
Cherry Pomegranate Bliss
Cherry Pomegranate Bliss brings the bold fruit flavor. Dark sweet cherries and strawberries meet tart pomegranate juice for a deep-red protein smoothie with a little more personality than the usual breakfast shake. Vanilla protein softens the edges and ties everything together, while the frozen fruit keeps it thick and cold. If you like your smoothies sweet with a little tang, this is a good one to put in the rotation.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Makes
- 1 servings
- Prep Time
- 5 mins
- Total Time
- 5 mins
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
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Ingredients
Instructions
8 fl oz pomegranate juice
1 cup frozen cherries, ½ cup frozen strawberries, 44 g vanilla protein powder
Notes
Nutrition estimates use the listed amounts and the site’s reference ingredients. Your protein powder and juice selections may change the values.
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Calories
- 499 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 84.8 g
- Protein
- 31.7 g
- Fat
- 3.1 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2.5 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 0.09 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 0.46 g
- Trans Fat
- 0 g
- Cholesterol
- 105 mg
- Sodium
- 196 mg
- Potassium
- 1,244 mg
- Fiber
- 5.6 g
- Sugar
- 64.4 g
- Added Sugar
- 0 g
- Vitamin A
- 30 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 134 mg
- Vitamin D
- 25 mcg
- Calcium
- 212 mg
- Iron
- 1.49 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$5.38 per serving · $5.38 for this batch
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- pomegranate juice: $1.67
236.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
8 fl oz = 236.5882365 g Pure frozen fruit or 100% juice; brand nutrition and prices vary.
Walmart: POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice, 48 fl oz · Price checked 2026-10-04
- frozen cherries: $1.57
186.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 186.66666666666666 g Pure frozen fruit or 100% juice; brand nutrition and prices vary.
Walmart: Great Value Pitted Dark Sweet Cherries, Frozen, 16 oz · Price checked 2026-10-04
- frozen strawberries: $0.47
74.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup (unthawed) = 149 g; temperature=unthawed Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Whole Strawberries, 16 oz (Frozen) · Price checked 2026-09-21
- vanilla protein powder: $1.67
44 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Selected vanilla whey formula; historical price observations retained.
Walmart: Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein Powder - Vanilla · Price checked 2026-10-02
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Macro breakdown
- Protein31.7g26%
- Carbs84.8g69%
- Fat3.1g5%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
The combination of cherries and pomegranate gives this high-protein breakfast smoothie its character. Pomegranate juice has enough tartness to stand up to the vanilla powder, and dark sweet cherries bring a deeper flavor than an all-strawberry blend. The strawberries connect the two without taking over. It’s a useful change of pace when your usual fruit smoothie is starting to feel a little too familiar.
Use frozen, pitted dark sweet cherries and plain frozen strawberries for the fruit portion. Measure them together into individual freezer containers so you can pull out one serving at a time. Check the cherry bag when shopping: sweet cherries, tart cherries, and sweetened cherry toppings are different products. The written recipe uses unsweetened dark sweet cherries, and keeping that choice consistent makes the flavor easier to repeat.
Pomegranate juice is the ingredient worth paying a little extra attention to here. Choose 100% pomegranate juice, then compare bottle sizes and price per fluid ounce if you plan to make this regularly. A larger bottle is useful when you’ll actually finish it; follow its storage directions after opening. There’s already plenty of flavor in the fruit and vanilla protein, so blend the recipe as written and taste it before deciding it needs extra sweetness.
Add the juice first and blend until the cherries are fully broken down, checking for any stubborn pieces before pouring. This frozen cherry smoothie fits well alongside the rest of the berry smoothie collection when you want a few breakfasts with noticeably different flavors. For another use of the same protein powder, browse the vanilla protein smoothie recipes and choose your next freezer portion while you have the bags out.
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