After trying the OWYN Chocolate powder, and hearing good things about the KOS brand from a friend, I decided to try KOS’s vegan vanilla flavored protein powder. Two scoops of it has 20g of protein for 160 calories. A great ratio. But how does it taste?

With OWYN, I liked it just with room temp water, so that’s how I tried it at first (even though I realize now it does not recommend that). The powder itself smelt delicious. Like vanilla ice cream. Smelling that lovely odor…I was so excited to taste it. I put it into the glass, mixed it with water, and it seemed so thick, puffy, and luscious….but then the smell turned weird and it did not taste good at all. I couldn’t finish it at all.

So it sat in our pantry, unused…until I decided I wanted to try it as a cold smoothie. And that’s where KOS’s vanilla protein powder shines—as a cold smoothie. Two scoops, ice, water, banana, and some strawberry jam…all together amazing! It’s creamy, sweet, and so…filling. It tastes so wonderful that I replaced my normal breakfast with it and kind of crave it in general. It’s been great on hot days.

So I started off being worried that I’d give a pretty negative review and now I’m glowing and obsessing over this stuff. I highly recommend it for those wanting vanilla protein powder for smoothies/shakes or mixed with something else cold. It’s fantastic that way. Otherwise…not so much. Haven’t tried baking with it, though, but I don’t want to since the smoothies taste too good!