2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie Recipe for Weight Gain (Bulking)

One of the most delicious 2000-calorie smoothies you can drink to gain weight more easily is this apple-based smoothie, created by upgrading our High-Calorie Apple Smoothie from 594 to 2014 calories.

Equipment

To prepare the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie, you need 3 pieces of kitchen equipment:

• Blender
• Knife
• Spoon

Ingredients

• 6 medium (38.52 oz or 1.1 kg) apples
• 2 cup (16.23 oz or 460 g) 2% Greek yogurt 
• 4 tbsp (2.4 oz or 64 g) smooth peanut butter 
• 3 scoops (3.3 oz or 96 g) whey protein powder 
• 3 ½ cup (29.6 fl oz or 875 ml) apple juice

Role of each ingredient

This smoothie has the same ingredients as our original High-Calorie Apple Smoothie but in greater quantities.

Specifically, we tripled the amount of apples to keep the smoothie's main flavor.

Secondly, we added 4 times more 2% fat Greek yogurt to keep the slightly thicker texture.

Also, we quadrupled the quantity of peanut butter to really boost the smoothie's calories.

And, of course, we added 3 times more whey protein powder to keep the protein level high.

Ultimately, we put 350% more apple juice for drinkability and a more intense apple flavor.

Ingredient substitutions

If you are vegan, on a dairy-free diet, or allergic to nuts, you need to substitute some of the ingredients in the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie to make it satisfy your needs.

For vegans and dairy-free diets:

• Substitute whey protein powder with plant-based protein powders, like pea, soy, or spirulina powder;
• Replace the 2% fat Greek yogurt with a plant-based yogurt, like cashew yogurt.

For nut allergies:

• Substitute peanut butter with seed butters, like sesame seed butter or pumpkin seed butter.

Instructions

1. Wash and slice the apples

2. Adapt ingredients to blender size

3. Add ingredients

4. Blend

5. Serve

You're done!

The smoothie has a fine texture that merges a pleasant apple flavor with nuances of peanut butter.

How to store

Unless you share it with somebody else, you'd probably want to split this smoothie into multiple portions scheduled during the day.

Why? It has almost 3 liters.

For ease of use, after pouring the smoothie into different recipients, you can store them in the fridge for around a day.

Nutrition facts

• Volume: 87.5 fl oz (2587 ml)
• Calories: 2014
• Protein: 132 g
• Carbs: 287 g
• Fat: 46 g

On top of being a treasure of calories, the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie is rich in proteins and carbohydrates while having only a slight amount of fats.

Therefore, this smoothie will give you energy, help you build muscle, and boost your weight gain efforts.

Also, because it's low in fats, this smoothie counts among the low-fat high-calorie foods.

Continuing, let's see how each ingredient contributes to the overall nutrition facts of the smoothie.

Benefits of drinking this smoothie

The 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie has plenty of health benefits, from gaining weight to improving health and saving money.

Explore the smoothie's main benefits below.

1. Gain weight easier

First of all, the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie makes you gain weight easier by increasing your caloric intake without satisfying your appetite for too much time.

As social proof, according to the ranking of best weight gain foods for females, 91% of the females who gain weight successfully drink smoothies as part of their diet.

Boost calories

Without a doubt, the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie can boost anyone's caloric intake by a great amount because it has 2014 calories.

All of these calories will ease your efforts to achieve a daily caloric surplus, the essential condition for gaining weight according to the International Society of Sports Nutrition.^[6]

Ability to eat more

Another helpful characteristic of our smoothie is that it will keep your appetite satisfied for a shorter time than if you were to eat its equivalent in solid food.

Therefore, the 2K Apple Smoothie brings convenience to the weight gain process by helping you eat more food in a briefer period of time.

To establish this fact, a University of Bristol study compared fruit smoothies with fresh fruits and other drinks in terms of satiety. They concluded that fruit smoothies are more filling than drinks less alike to food (e.g., water and milk), but less filling than solid foods.^[7]

2. Build more muscle

The 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie can enhance your ability to build muscle because it has 132 g of proteins, which come mainly from the whey protein powder and the Greek yogurt in the smoothie's composition.

As proof, a pre-workout serving of 20 g of protein, according to a University of Birmingham trial on protein ingestion effects, is enough to aid in muscle-building.^[8]

Yet, drinking all of the 132 g of protein in one sitting will make you miss much of the muscle-building fuel lying in this 2000-calorie smoothie.

According to a scientific review on daily protein distribution, the maximum number of proteins you can eat and process effectively for muscle-building in one sitting is 0.55 g per kg of body weight.^[9]

For example, if you have 80 kg (176 lbs), you shouldn't eat more than 44 g of proteins in one sitting.

Fortunately, the solution is simple. Split the smoothie into two or more portions scheduled around the day, depending on your weight.

3. Increase energy

Our apple smoothie increases energy levels because it's full of carbs, which come mainly from the apples and apple juice in its composition.

In the end, as stated in a University of Lausanne study on the energy potential of carbs, carbohydrates are the main energy source for humans.^[10]

4. Strengthen bones

The 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie is great at strengthening bones because it's made with Greek yogurt, a source of calcium.

The low-fat Greek yogurt in the smoothie brings 529 mg of calcium, which is around 53% of the daily recommended intake of calcium.

5. Improve immunity

Another benefit you get out of consuming the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie is a boost of antioxidants, given the blend is made with two good sources of antioxidants: apples and peanut butter.

Apples, according to a Cornell University study on apples' health benefits, contain a variety of strong antioxidants.^[11]

Antioxidants, according to a scientific review of antioxidants, increase health protection and disease prevention.^[12]

6. Combat colon disease

On top of enhancing immunity, the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie may be proficient at combating colon diseases.

According to a German study about apple smoothies' effects on the colon, apple smoothies may be more efficient at protecting against colon disease than apple juice or apple cider.^[13]

7. Save money

You also benefit financially from adding the 2000-Calorie Apple Smoothie to your diet. The ingredients required to make one such smoothie cost only $11.9.

After all, two of the smoothie's ingredients, peanut butter and apple juice, count among the list of cheap high-calorie foods.

Recipe summary

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Now, why don't you explore other smoothie recipes below?

Other high-calorie smoothie recipes for weight gain

If you want to try other homemade smoothies that can help you gain weight, visit our full list of high-calorie smoothie recipes,

And if you want to get creative, you can build your own high-calorie smoothie recipes. Learn what can you add to your smoothie and how to bring extra calories to it from our guide on how to make high-calorie smoothies for weight gain.

Bored with smoothies?

Try switching high-calorie smoothies for high-calorie shakes or some other beverages with plenty of calories. If you don't know the difference, check our smoothie vs shake comparison.