Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe – 4 Easy Steps
As we love Lilo & Stitch with all our heart, we decided to replicate the Stitch Tropical Smoothie recipe for you! Before we deep dive, I have summarized the recipe for your better understanding:
- First comes making the foundation; we use coconut milk and orange juice for this and just add them to your blender.
- Afterwards, we start adding in some fruits like pineapple, mango, and banana chunks and blend them all.
- Include blue spirulina powder to give the Stitch-inspired smoothie its signature color.
- Add any additional sweetness and pour your deliciousness into a glass.
Ready for detailed steps and some tips? Let’s begin!
Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe Ingredients List
A list of everything you will need to make Stitch Tropical Smoothie recipe is given below:
- ½ cup of coconut milk or coconut water and ½ cup of orange juice of your choice.
- Frozen fruits include 1 cup of frozen pineapple, ½ cup of frozen mango, and ½ banana. Ripe bananas are preferred.
- ½ or 1 tbsp Blue spirulina powder for the color
- This is optional, but you can add additional sweeteners if you have a sweet tooth. You can also include other items for some special garnish.
The Perfect Stitch Tropical Smoothie Ratio
To make the smoothie your best creation, you need to perfect everything. This means every little detail matters. Knowing the right ratio helps us move towards that perfection. For this smoothie, we will be using this ratio:
2 parts frozen fruit: 1 part liquid
We have provided some extra tips that people find helpful as well:
1- If your smoothie is too thick, add more coconut milk or orange juice, but only add 1 tbsp at a time.
2- If there’s too much liquid, include more fruit to thicken the texture.
3- If it’s too sweet, add either more fruits like pineapple or just increase the amount of liquid
4- If it’s too acidic, add more banana or mango.
Step-by-Step: Copycat Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe
This smoothie combines the ultimate tropical pineapple and mango flavoring with the creamy banana, coconut milk, and yummy orange juice. Blue spirulina is used for its vibrant blue color, and the frozen fruit keeps the drink so naturally thick and refreshing that it doesn’t even need any ice.
You don’t need any kind of unusual techniques or a long list of ingredients as well. Everything just simply goes into a blender, gets blended until it’s really smooth, and is served right after!
This is the needed drink recipe:
Step 1 – Adding the Liquids
Start Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe by making your liquid base. Take either coconut milk or coconut water and pour that into the blender alongside your orange juice. Adding the liquid first is preferred as the blending of fruits becomes so much easier this way.
The fruit doesn’t pile under the blades either. Only pour the recommended amount of liquid we mentioned in the ingredient list, and increase if you think it needs more than that.
Step 2 – Adding the Frozen Fruits
Take all your fruits and add them to the blender. The fruits make up the body of the smoothie, whereas the liquid is considered the foundation.
We use frozen fruit instead of fresh fruit because frozen fruit gives you thickness as well as keeping the smoothie cold. If we use fresh fruit, we would have to include ice to keep the smoothie cold, which dilutes the flavoring.
The pineapple gives a sharp tropical flavor, whereas mango adds the perfect hint of sweetness. The texture is all cause of the banana, and its creamy consistency.
Step 3 – Adding Blue Spirulina and Blending
Add 1/2 to 1 tbsp of blue spirulina powder and your sweeteners. We only add a little amount of the blue spirulina because we want the iconic blue color but don’t want to overpower our smoothie with its taste. After that, it’s finally time to blend it all together.
Here’s how it will look:
We’d recommend the blending time to be around 48 to 60 seconds. If your smoothie doesn’t move, stop the blender and scrape the mixture. If that doesn’t work, your smoothie needs a little more liquid.
Step 4 – Taste and Serve
When the blending is done, have a taste of it and adjust stuff to your liking. If you think the smoothie packs any ingredient, then add it at that point and blend again.
Once satisfied with the drink, move on to the garnish. You can add any leftover fruit or syrup and make it aesthetically pleasing. Serve the smoothie with confidence and have fun devouring it.
Equipment Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe Requires
We have included the list of equipment as getting these equipments will make everything more precise and easy for you. You only need 6 basic pieces of equipment for this Ohana Breeze Tropical Smoothie recipe. These include:
- A knife to cut fruits into chunks
- A measuring cup for the coconut milk and orange juice
- One measuring spoon for blue spirulina and sweeteners
- A high-powered blender
- One serving glass
- A spatula to move the smoothie around the blender in case it’s too thick and not blending as it should.
Stitch Tropical Smoothie Nutritional Information
The nutritional information depends heavily on the brands of juice and milk being used, as well as any kind of sweetener. For a version made with ½ cup coconut milk, ½ cup orange juice, 1 cup pineapple, ½ cup mango, and ½ banana, you can expect the smoothie to contain approximately:
- Calories: 400 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 75 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Fat: 8 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Total sugars: approximately 55 g
Low-calorie Version
To reduce calories, you only need to make a few changes to this Stitch Tropical Smoothie. The first change would revolve around the liquid base, using coconut water instead of coconut milk reduced a significant amount of calories.
You can also lessen the amount of banana and sweeteners. It’s great to be careful with what you garnish with, as well as syrup, which will enhance the calories in the smoothie. Do not reduce any fruits that give the smoothie its character.
Unique Stitch Tropical Smoothie Recipe Variations
Strawberry Banana Ohana Breeze Recipe
One of our favorite variations includes Strawberry Banana. It exchanges mango for the delicious strawberry and makes the smoothie taste otherworldly. It contains the following ingredients:
- ½ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- ½ cup frozen strawberries
- ½ frozen banana
- ½ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup orange juice
- ½ teaspoon blue spirulina powder
The recipe can be made in just 4 simple steps, which include:
- Pouring the coconut milk and orange juice into a blender.
- Adding the frozen pineapple, strawberries, and banana.
- Add the blue spirulina to your mixture.
- Blend on high for 35 to 60 seconds and make sure you don’t overdo it. If the smoothie is too thick, add a small splash of coconut milk and blend it all again.
BlueBerry Coconut Ohana Breeze Smoothie
If you like blueberries, you would definitely love this variation. These are the ingredients list:
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- ½ frozen banana
- ½ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon blue spirulina powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Here’s what you need to do:
- Start by adding the coconut milk and Greek yogurt to a blender.
- Add the frozen blueberries and banana to the blender after.
- Include the blue spirulina, honey, and vanilla extract.
- Blend for 48 to 60 seconds and serve.
Drink it with Travis Scott’s Storm Storm Smoothie. You’ll love it!
Can You Use Artificial Food Coloring?
Yes, you can use artificial food coloring instead of blue spirulina, but we prefer to use the spirulina powder as it is a naturally derived pigment.
Blue spirulina is not a magical health ingredient, but it gives the smoothie that wonderful pop of blue color naturally through phycocyanin, which is why some people like to use it instead of artificial food coloring.
Some Beneficial Tips and Tricks
- Using a ripe banana. A ripe banana adds natural sweetness to the tropical smoothie and increases its creaminess overall.
- Do not add honey. The mango, banana, pineapple, and orange juices have natural sugar. It’s better to taste the smoothie after blending rather than just adding honey blindly, as it might already have the sweetness it needs.
- Making chunks. It’s easier for blenders to break chunks rather than one large frozen piece of fruit, so use chunks of pineapple, mango, and banana.
- Expect the color to be a little different. The fruits contain their own pigment; even after we add the blue spirulina, the color can be from blue to turquoise to blue-green, based on the amount of fruit added.
- Do not heat the smoothie and keep it cold. High temperature will make the blue color fade quickly.
- Drink it with Kali Uchis Erewhon Smoothie if you are craving for a unique treat.
Conclusion
The Ohana Breeze Stitch Tropical Smoothie was a one-of-a-kind limited drink that took a special place in everyone’s heart. Due to its popular demand, we made an exact replica of the Stitch Tropical Smoothie recipe for you.
What you need to make this is some fruits like pineapple, mango, banana, liquids like coconut milk and orange juice, blue spirulina for color, and sweeteners for that additional kick of sugar. It contains somewhere around 400 calories, depending on the ingredients used.
The recipe instructions include making the liquid base with coconut milk and orange juice, and pouring them into a blender. Adding fruits to the said blender. Including blue spirulina and sweeteners, blending for at least a minute, and then including garnish and serving the drink while it stays cold.
