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This 5 minute pineapple mango smoothie tastes exactly like the McDonald’s version! Made with frozen mangoes, frozen pineapples, and a blend of mango and pineapple juices, it is easy to make a copycat version at home. Refreshing and addictive, you’ll want to have this smoothie every day of summer. Vegan and dairy free so everyone can enjoy!
Of course most types of tropical fruit smoothies are delicious, like this chocolate mango smoothie, apple mango smoothie, pineapple slushie or this chocolate pineapple smoothie.
But the McDonald’s smoothie has a specific blend of flavors and frozen consistency that makes it the best mango pineapple smoothie you can have.
The blend of frozen fruits and ice gives it a slightly slushie-like consistency. And with just a tad more mango than pineapple, the taste is an exact replica.
Ingredients:
Frozen Mangoes & Pineapples: It’s easiest to buy large bags of these at Costco and store them in your freezer to use whenever you want a smoothie. With frozen fruit you won’t have to worry about them going bad.
You could use fresh fruit for this smoothie but the consistency won’t be exactly like the McDonald’s one — it will be a bit more liquidy, and less “frozen”.
Pineapple Nectar: Use a pure pineapple juice — generally this is fairly easy to find.
Mango Nectar: Most of the time mango is sold as a juice mixed with other fruit. Try to find pure mango nectar, which will give the most authentic mango flavor.
Ice: A bit of ice gives this smoothie a true frozen slushy consistency and somehow makes it taste so much better.
How to make this smoothie healthier:
This smoothie is so delicious, but is probably not the healthiest or most nutritious smoothie you can have. If you want to make this smoothie a little bit healthier:
Add in some greens. Spinach works really well with this combo of fruits. Add in a large handful to make this a green smoothie with some vitamins and minerals.
Reduce the amount of frozen fruit. Since you are adding in greens, you will need to decrease the amount of frozen fruit to get the fruit to liquid ratio correct. Plus, you will cut out some of the really sugary fruit.
Replace some of the juice with water. To decrease the calories and sugar even more, replace up to half of the juice with water. You will still taste the fruits, but it will be a bit healthier.
Tips & Tricks:
Use good quality nectar. The quality of the mango and pineapple juices matter a lot. To get the taste right, you need pure nectar. Artificially flavored juices may still taste good but they won’t be quite the same.
Use a high quality blender. A good quality blender makes a huge difference for smoothies.
This smoothie is meant to be thick. Once you blend this smoothie, you may think there is not enough liquid in it. Don’t add more liquid! It is meant to be a thick slushie mixture.
You can easily drink it with a straw. As you drink, it will melt slightly, but the extra thickness will mean it stays nice and frozen even on a hot summer day so you don’t have to rush to drink it all before it melts.
Add yogurt for a creamy smoothie. McDonald’s gives the option to add in yogurt for a creamy version. If you prefer this option, add a few scoops of plain yogurt and adjust to your liking.
If it doesn’t blend well, use the blender cups. There is a lot of frozen chunks in this smoothie and sometimes the large blender base doesn’t crush everything nicely.
If this happens, use the small smoothies blender base to blend all the frozen chunks. You may have to do it in two parts, but it’s worth it for the smooth slushie!
Don’t overblend the smoothie. Blend only until all the chunks are gone. If you blend the smoothie too much, it will start to liquify the smoothie, and it won’t be a slushie anymore.
📖 Recipe
McDonald’s Pineapple Mango Smoothie
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: 1 large smoothie 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This copycat McDonald’s pineapple mango smoothie tastes exactly like the real thing! Make it at home in under 5 minutes.
Ingredients
- ½ cup frozen mango chunks
- ½ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- ¾ cup mango nectar
- ½ cup pineapple nectar
- ½ cup ice
Instructions
- Add the frozen mango chunks, frozen pineapple chunks, mango nectar, pineapple nectar and ice to a blender.
- Blend just until all the chunks have been broken down into a slushie-like consistency. Serve with a straw.
Notes
- This smoothie is meant to be a thick frozen slushie. You may need to scoop it out of the blender. It will melt slowly while you drink it so it doesn’t get too liquidy outside on a hot summer day. Even when thick, you will be able to sip it with a straw, but if you want the smoothie a bit thinner, just let it sit out for a few minutes before drinking it.
- Don’t overblend! Once the chunks are blended, don’t keep blending or you will make the smoothie too liquidy.
- Size: This serving size is almost as large as a McDonald’s large size. One portion would easily make two small smoothies.
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Smoothies
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 large smoothie
- Calories: 318
- Sugar: 63.5g
- Sodium: 16mg
- Fat: 0.7g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 79g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Protein: 1.9g
- Cholesterol: 0g
Jolie
My kids are huge fans of the McDonald's smoothie but we've stopped going there so I'm happy to have found your recipe! I mostly keep it to this original recipe but occasionally I'll swap out the cup of ice for a cup of strawberry/mango/pineapple medley (Kroger) and just a tad bit more of each nectar.
The Littlest Crumb
Great idea for a substitution, thank you for sharing Jolie!
John W
Thanks! - Really good. I'm continuing to experiment with the recipe(s), however one I really like so far is one of the simplest (everything at Costco):
1 1/2 cups frozen pineapple chunks
1 cup frozen mango chunks
1 1/2 cups Langer's Mango Nectar
Makes about 2 16oz 205 calorie servings.
The Littlest Crumb
This sounds great too, thanks for sharing! I love when all the ingredients can be found at costco!
Toni
Such an amazing smoothie!! Healthy, delicious and easy to make, too!
Katherine
Such a zingy, tasty and healthy smoothie!
Pam Greer
Yay! No need to wait in line for take out, when it's so easy to make this delicious smoothie at home! Taste so much fresher too!
Emily Flint
I've had the McDonalds version but I actually like the homemade version better! Thanks for the fun and delicious recipe, we will be making this all summer!