Chocolate Acai Bowl

Why We Love This Recipe

• Quick & easy: This chocolate acai bowl comes together in less than 5 minutes with just 7 ingredients.
• Customizable: Once you have your acai base blended, the topping options are endless. Berries, nut butter, chocolate chips, or granola all make for great choices! You can also change up the flavor of your actual smoothie by adding in different frozen fruits, sweeteners and more.
• Antioxidant-rich breakfast: Cacao and acai are both excellent sources of antioxidants, so they make for a powerhouse pairing.

Ingredients

Here's what you'll need to make these chocolate acai bowls:

Ingredient Notes

• Acai (Açaí): For best results, we suggest using frozen acai puree. You can find it in many grocery stores located next to frozen fruit. We typically use this brand, as it's easiest to find! Some frozen acai has other ingredients added (like sugar), so be sure to read the packaging.
  • Can't find frozen acai? You can substitute with acai powder, but the flavor won't be quite the same. If using powder, use 2 tablespoon (1 tablespoon per smoothie bowl) in this recipe. You'll need to increase the quantities of frozen berries and banana since you will be losing a lot of volume from the frozen acai.
• Frozen fruit: Frozen strawberries and blueberries (instead of fresh) are essential for a thick, creamy smoothie bowl. If you'd like, you could also add or sub in raspberries and/or blackberries. For a totally different flavor profile, try frozen mango, pineapple, peaches or any other frozen fruit you'd like.
• Cinnamon: This is technically optional, but we love the extra hint of warm flavor it adds to this chocolate acai bowl.
• Cocoa powder: This adds a rich, chocolatey flavor to the bowl that pairs perfectly with acai. It's a little sweet, super fruity, and delicious! We prefer using unsweetened cacao powder for maximum nutritional benefits, but really any variety is fine. We don't suggest using sweetened, however, as it may change the taste.
• Honey: For a vegan version, feel free to substitute with maple syrup, agave, or even a pitted medjool date or two.
• Banana: If you're allergic (or don't like banana), you can sub it with more frozen fruit of choice. However, banana makes for the creamiest smoothie bowl (in our opinion), and without it, you may have to blend for longer to get the right consistency.

Instructions

(1) Add acai, blueberries, strawberries, banana, cacao powder, sweetener of choice, and cinnamon to a blender and blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.

If your smoothie is not blending, add in a splash of coconut water or milk of your choice until the smoothie reaches your desired consistency.

Divide between two bowls, add toppings and enjoy!

Tips and FAQs

• Go easy on the liquids: there's a fine line between a creamy, thick acai bowl and a watery one that doesn't hold any toppings. It's best to stick to as little liquid as possible, only adding it in when you need something to help blend.
• Don't add ice: Acai bowl not thick enough? Instead of adding ice (which will make your bowl grainy and watered down), add in another handful of frozen strawberries and/or blueberries.
• For best results, let the frozen fruit thaw at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before blending. You can also microwave the fruit for 30 seconds for a quicker option.
• Make it extra creamy: Try adding in ½ cup of yogurt for an extra creamy chocolate acai bowl. It's also great for adding more protein!
• Add protein powder: A scoop of your favorite chocolate protein powder would be a great addition to this chocolate acai bowl.
• Top it off: Some of our favorite toppings for smoothie bowls include fresh fruit (berries, banana, mango, etc.), nut butters, chocolate chips, honey/ agave, and granola. Feel free to customize to your liking to make your perfect acai bowl.
  • Love homemade granola? Try some of our favorite recipes:
    • Berry Granola
    • Brown Sugar Almond Granola
    • Banana Bread Granola
    • Chocolate Hazelnut Raspberry Granola

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