You can make your own homemade energy drinks that you’ll like better than ones you can buy. Most of the store bought energy drinks are little more than liquid sugar or caffeine, dressed up with a few healthy sounding vitamins or some slick marketing, at higher prices than your average soft drink or cup of coffee.
These recipes give you the opportunity to make exactly the sports drink you want, with exactly the ingredients you trust, and save money while you’re at it. You can even get a boost of energy without caffeine and sugar, if that’s what you prefer – it’s your choice.
Tools to Make Homemade Energy Drinks
For some of these drinks, you’ll need a blender. I like my Oster Classic Blender. I’ve had it for years, and it is powerful.
You do have to chop up fruits and vegetables before putting them in the Oster to be pulverized. If you want something so powerful that it can pulverize some whle fruits, you need the Vitamix or the Nutribullet.
I have several friends who swear by the Vitamix blenders. With most blenders, you need to chop stuff up before putting it in, and you can’t always leave the skins on.
With the Vitamix, I’m told you can literally stuff whole vegetables and fruits into it and it will totally puree them. You can even include quartered oranges with the peels left on.
This way, you get every bit of the nutrients instead of having any scraps. You can also pulverize nuts into nut flours, make ice creams and soups, etc.
But I have some other friends who say the Nutribullet is the way to go. It’s actually designed for making fruit smoothies pulverizes everything with very little chopping and prepping, and it’s quick and easy to use.
It’s much less expensive than Vitamix, and while it doesn’t do everything it does, not everybody wants a blender that does all those things.
You may also want to get yourself a good smoothie bottle. The Blender Bottle has a little ball whisk inside it that is designed to blend your drink when you shake it up.
Now, it doesn’t have blades, so it’s not going to pulverize chunks of fruit like a blender. But I’ve used it to mix dry powders with liquids, for example.
I used to make lunch smoothies to take to work, and the contents would separate before lunchtime (especially if I used banana). A few shakes of the Blender Bottle, and everything’s nicely blended again.
Check out how to make your own energy bars. They’re great for carrying with you through the day for quick energy and healthy snacking.
Homemade Natural Energy Drinks
This creamy coffee smoothie with banana and protein is perfect for fueling up before a workout. With no additional sweetener.
This is the best combination of fruit juices I've ever found. It's extremely simple to make, with just cranberry juice and coconut water, but it's delicious and so satisfying. It has just enough natural sugar to get you going, plus a number of good nutrients.
A delicious protein-packed smoothie to start your day off right!! Also great before a strenuous workout to give you that extra oomph you need.
Ginger Turmeric Energy Shot Recipe for your regular Immunity Boost prepared in less than 5 minutes out of 5 powerful ingredients.
Mandarin oranges and spinach are the central attraction in this green smoothie. It's has sweet and tangy flavors that are hard to resist.
This banana avocado smoothie comes together in under 5 minutes. It is a power smoothie and is wonderful as a post-workout drink.
A perfect way to rehydrate, this creamy and delicious lemonade Sugar Free Electrolyte Smoothie helps to keep you balanced while managing weight and diabetes.
Papaya milk is a quick, easy 2-ingredient old-school Taiwanese drink that is full of fibre!
This high-protein zucchini smoothie is loaded with energizing ingredients like maca and cacao. It is perfect for breakfast or a post-workout drink.
Healthy Green Juice is loaded with flavor and has many health benefits for you and your family. A great drink also to have before or after a workout.
Creamy Avocado Smoothie with blueberries, spinach, banana, protein powder, and a secret ingredient for a healthy complete meal in a glass! Make this smoothie on a daily basis for a great source of healthy fats, fiber, and protein.
A wheatgrass shot a day will help your digestion and increase your metabolism. You can expect an increased energy level.
Start your day with this energizing matcha pineapple smoothie! It's easy to make and packed with nutrients.
This healthy and nutrient loaded smoothie is also a fantastic pre or post workout drink.
Light, refreshing and energizing - this Mango Spinach Smoothie tastes delicious.
This healthy mango spinach smoothie is an easy breakfast smoothie. Packed with fresh spinach, mango, banana and a scoop of chia seeds. A pure green mango smoothie, full of flavor and vitamins.
Healthy energizing detox smoothie prepared with only fresh fruits. Apple, grapefruit and kiwi will help you get ready for your workout.
Packed with vitamins and nutrients, this matcha smoothie is a powerhouse of a drink. It's a great way to start the day or a post-workout drink.
This vitamin C packed smoothie is made with oranges and pineapple. It's a very energizing drink that takes just 5 minutes to make.
This green smoothie is packed with antioxidant rich ingredients that bring so much energy to your morning. Easy to make using simple ingredients.
This Energizer Green Smoothie will get you going in the morning with nourishing ingredients like kale, blueberries, yogurt, and ginger!
This homemade Pink Latte recipe is a smooth vegan latte made with beetroot powder instead of espresso. It's caffeine-free yet energizing and a great way to get your blood flowing.
Proven to have fatigue-reducing properties, this Cordyceps coffee recipe will have you feeling like a million bucks!
This easy Pandan Milk recipe is a sweet milk drink that can be made in minutes! You can also stir in some jelly to make it more substantial and to amp up the green color.
This filling and naturally sweet Apple and Banana smoothie is a great pre-workout drink!
This blueberry orange smoothie has fresh fruit for a burst of clean energy and yogurt for natural protein.
This Starbucks pineapple matcha recipe tastes just like the original. A healthy blend of matcha and coconut milk, with pineapple juice and a dash of fiery pineapple ginger syrup.
Matcha is like green tea to the max. It has loads of antioxidants and a small amount of caffeine. This drink combines it with yogurt, milk, chia seeds and more for some nice health benefits.
You only need 5 ingredients to make this delicious iced drink with layers of strawberry puree and energy-boosting matcha.
This smoothie is a great way to start your mornings. It’s filing, it has some protein, and it has enough natural sugar to get you started. It's made with berries, oats, banana, milk and yogurt.