Cool, refreshing and not too sweet, this delicious Pineapple Slushie is a great breakfast or snack with a fresh fruit kabob on top!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This Pineapple Slushie is made with fresh pineapple, and is great for summer birthday parties & baby or wedding showers, or on a hot summer day when the heat is unbearable.
Here’s some good reasons to try it:
- It’s versatile! Make it for a snack or fruity cocktails (pineapple rum slush, anyone?).
- This recipe can easily be doubled or halved. No need for multiple cups of ice either, since the fruit is frozen!
- It’s a delicious and easy drink to take for a quick breakfast on the run.
- Pineapple drinks are very pretty poured into smaller glasses for the brunch table.
- How about a super refreshing sip in the afternoon by the pool?
- Make an adult version with a little rum for happy hour!
What you can count on with this pineapple slush drink is a clean, tropical flavor and fresh, fruity taste that’s icy cold, not too sweet, and easy to make with just a few ingredients.
All you need is a good blender and you’ve got the perfect drink!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Here’s a list of the key ingredients for this Pineapple Smoothie, but see the recipe card below for full details.
- Pineapple: Cut into chunks yourself, or buy them already cut to make things even easier.
- Nectarine: Also cut into chunks, and when frozen, the nectarines make this frozen smoothie into an almost creamy consistency.
- Coconut Water: For a little background flavor that reminds us of those fabulous vacations in Hawaii.
- Lemon or Peach Sorbet: Just a little bit to amp up the creamy texture we’re after.
- Fresh Fruit: Kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and fresh basil or mint to make an adorable fresh fruit kabob garnish.
Step-By-Step Instructions
This smoothie recipe comes together quickly once you have your fruit prepped (which also takes just a few minutes) and the steps are simple:
- Place the frozen fruit chunks in an electric blender on high speed and process until completely smooth
- Add more coconut water to thin the mixture out as needed
- Taste with a spoon and add more honey if you like it sweeter
- Divide into glasses and garnish with a fresh fruit kabob
- Enjoy!
Ingredients You’ll Need for Fruit Kabobs
Fresh fruit kabobs add a really special touch to this frozen pineapple smoothie, and they just take a few minutes to prepare and are so worth the time and effort. Here’s how you do it:
- Wooden Skewers: I had 10″ skewers on hand, and they were easy to cut to 6″ which was perfect for the size glasses I was using. This is very flexible, so make yours bigger or smaller as needed too.
- Strawberries: Find some on the small side, carefully wash them and cut in half keeping the green tops on for a pretty presentation.
- Blueberries: Washed and dried and the biggest you can find!
- Blackberries: Whole and unwashed, and like all fruit, buy organic if you can.
- Kiwi: Peel the rough brown exterior with a sharp paring knife, then slice into half-inch pieces and cut in half again so they easily slide on the wooden skewer.
- Basil or Fresh Mint: To thread in between the fruit, it smells great and looks amazing!
Tips For Making Fruit Kabobs
To make a fresh fruit kabob as a garnish for this pineapple smoothie, here’s what you do:
- Using a 6′ wooded skewer, start with a piece of the fresh kiwi and push it from the pointed end toward the bottom of the skewer, leaving several inches of space on the bottom.
- Thread a full leaf of fresh basil or mint on the skewer, just above the kiwi slice.
- Add a big, juicy, organic blackberry and another piece of kiwi.
- Add a couple of plump blueberries next.
- Followed by another fresh leaf of basil or mint.
- Carefully thread a cut strawberry half next.
- Finish with a small, uncut strawberry on the very top!
Tips and Serving Ideas
This recipe is easily adaptable, and you can really be creative with your choices of fruit.
This slushie is extra good alongside Nectarine Toast with Honey Goat Cheese for example, or a Roasted Grape Hazelnut Breakfast Bowl or maybe a thick slice of California Fig Banana Bread in the morning.
Other delicious pairing ideas for later in the day are Naan BLT’s with Sundried Tomato Mayo, or with a couple of healthy salads like Modern Carrot Salad, Simple Chickpea Salad or Celery Salad with Hazelnuts. So good!
- Use frozen peaches instead of nectarines, you can’t go wrong with this substitution.
- This recipe can be doubled or halved, depending on how many people you are serving.
- Want it sweeter? Add more honey. Less sweet? Leave the honey out completely.
- Add more coconut water if the mixture is too thick.
- Buy already frozen and cut fruit if you don’t want to cut and freeze your own.
- Add a little vodka if you want to make this an adults-only version to sip by the pool.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use a fresh pineapple slice cut into a wedge instead!
Pineapple chunks, either fresh or purchased frozen are the best way to make this smoothie, and give a much better flavor than juice mixed with ice cubes.
More Recipes to Try:
- Summer Fruit Crisp: A wonderful dessert with fresh seasonal fruits.
- Starbucks Strawberry Acai Refresher: This is a fabulous drink, especially when it’s hot outside.
- No Dairy Hot Chocolate: A rich, delicious warm drink.
- Fresh Cherry Blackbottom Milkshakes: A very tasty drink, with ganache on the bottom.
- Dark Cherry Smoothies: A delicious smoothie any time of year!
- Travel Breakfast Ideas: Some great recipes to take on the road.
- Strawberry Almond Milk Smoothie: A really great smoothie, a keeper!
- Memorial Day Food Recipes: A round-up of great recipes for a holiday weekend.
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Pineapple Slushie
Ingredients
- FOR THE SMOOTHIE
- 3 cups Pineapple cut in chunks, frozen
- 1 cup Nectarine cut in chunks, frozen
- 1 ½ cups Coconut Water
- ½ cup Lemon or Peach Sorbet
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- FOR THE FRUIT SKEWERS
- ¼ cup Kiwi, peeled, sliced
- ¼ cup Blueberries, whole
- ¼ cup Strawberries, cut in half
- ¼ cup Blackberries, whole
- ¼ cup Fresh basil or mint leaves, whole To add in between the fruit
- 4 Wooden skewers, 6 inch
- 4 Colorful straws as garnish, optional
Instructions
- FOR THE SMOOTHIEPlace the frozen pineapple and nectarine chunks in a blender, along with the coconut water, sorbet and honey. Mix the ingredients in an electric blender on high speed until completely smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape the mixture down from the sides, about 2 minutes. Add more coconut water in small amounts if the consistency is too thick.Add more honey if you want the slushee sweeter. Divide into glasses and garnish with a fruit skewer and straws, if desired.
- FOR THE FRUIT SKEWERSCarefully thread one or two of each fruit onto a 6" wooden skewer, including a basil or mint leaf randomly when threading the fruit, leaving about 2" of space on the bottom.Repeat to make four skewers.
Notes
- For the pineapple and nectarine, cut them into rough chunks, put in a freezer bag and freeze for an hour or two. Or use pre-cut frozen fruit.
- Add a little more coconut water if the mixture is too thick when blending.
- Add more honey if you like it sweeter.
- Add vodka or rum if you want to serve this a party slushee.
- Cut the wooden skewers to 6″ from a larger skewer if you can’t find 6″.
Nutrition
- Super important to read the whole recipe before you begin
- Pay attention to the ingredient list and photos for the recipe
- If possible, prep your ingredients a little before you start
- Always use a sharp knife for safety
- Use the size of pan called for in the recipe
- For savory recipes, taste and season as you go
- Buy fresh, organic ingredients, locally sourced whenever possible
This post was updated with new text in July, 2024.
Oh wow – what a refreshing, nourishing way to start the day – so perfect for those hot summer days when it’s already too warm by breakfast time! And no doubt – those pretty fruit skewers are what make this recipe extra-special. I can absolutely see serving this for a ladies’ brunch or baby shower – sure to be a hit!
Thanks so much!
What a healthy, delicious and refreshing drinks, I am going to make this for everyone. I love it!
Enjoy!
This smoothie is going to be my new favorite go-to breakfast. Love your recipe, have all the ingredients and I am making it this morning! Thanks so much!
That’s great news! 🙂
You still have nectarines available?! Lucky! My kid is 3 and still asking for them 2 months after they disappeared from shops. This looks amazing! Will just have to try without the nectarines. 🙂
Buy frozen nectarines year round! Enjoy 🙂
I like the vodka idea! I’m going to go with that. It’s been a hard week. Or… year. 😉 I bet this is so refreshing with the coconut water!
haha…do it! 🙂
These slushees look so refreshing and so healthy! I love the exotic and tropical flavours, so this is just perfect for me! Fruit skewers are a great addition too!
Thank you!
This smoothie looks so refreshing! I am picking up some pineapple today so I can make this. Can’t wait to try it.
Great…hope you enjoy!
This is a delicious way to start my day. I had a bunch of fruit from the farmer’s market, and with some other goodies, I made this for a nice healthy breakfast. Yummers!
Great, thanks 🙂
My goodness these look AMAZING! What a wonderful treat!!
Thank you!
Delicious! Pineapples were on sale and this smoothie was perfect for our still warm mornings! Thanks for a great recipe!
Love it! 🙂
We made these for Sunday Brunch and everyone loved how fresh they tasted. I kept the serving small and the made a great side for our breakfast casserole and were so pretty on our table.
Oh that sounds so GOOOD!
This smoothie recipe just screams summer to me! Which is great, because I’m holding onto every last little bit of summer that I can. We make smoothies quite often around here and we really need to switch things up and this recipe just jumped to the top of the list. Next summer, I totally want to make this and spike it with some Prosecco!
Sounds like a plan! Enjoy 🙂
I’m a huge fan of pineapple drinks and fell in love with this smoothie. I love the idea of the fruit skewers to go along with it to jazz it up! Definitely a keeper. Thank you!
Thanks and enjoy!
I made this recipe over the weekend. It was perfect Saturday morning while we were all headed out the door for the day – perfect on the go breakfast!
That’s great…thanks! 🙂
this is wildly refreshing – i live in florida so this could be in my rotation year round. it could be dangerous! 😉
haha! Thanks 🙂