1 1/2 cups dark rum
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons frozen whipped topping, thawed
Stir all ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth on high until very well blended. Ice and freeze overnight. Strain into glass and serve immediately.
A smoothie has to have some thickness and texture, and this recipe calls for no frozen fruit or ice, so in that respect, its not really an easy smoothie to make, and it took a lot longer than 2 hours to complete. There are a lot of steps involved in a smoothie, and I'm not sure how easily it would be completed in an afternoon, especially if you didn't want the finished product to sit around in a squashy ball in the fridge for a week. I did add quite a bit of crushed ice, though. I think that after tasting it, I would have added more cinnamon and possibly some crushed almond or cranberry pieces, but this was my first attempt and I wanted to get it right from the start.
A smoothie has to have some thickness and texture, and this recipe calls for no frozen fruit or ice, so in that respect, its not really a smoothie to me, just a fruit-yogurt drink. I did add quite a bit of crushed ice which didnt dilute the flavor it too badly, used vanilla Greek yogurt and pomegranate-blueberry juice (both what I had on hand) and was quite happy with the taste. As I always do with smoothies that have oatmeal, I first ground/pulverized the oats in the blender and then added the rest of the ingredients. Pretty good, but it does either need frozen blueberries or ice IMO and at least for me, I'll cut the cinnamon in half if I make this over coffee.
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