Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl
If you love chocolate for breakfast, you’ll love this Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl! It’s full of plant-based protein, healthy fats, and tastes just like pudding. It’s rich and creamy while being vegan, gluten-free, and oil-free.
Remember when chocolate avocado mousse was all the rage? I still love this simple and healthy dessert. In fact, I love it so much I eat it for breakfast, but in smoothie bowl form! It just took a few tweaks to turn this decadent treat into a fiber-filled, chocolate protein bomb.
If you’re a chocolate lover like me, you’ll be happy to know that this scrumptious smoothie bowl is secretly healthy, made with black beans, raw cacao powder, avocado, and is completely fruit-sweetened.
What’s in this chocolate avocado smoothie bowl?
Black beans
This is where the fiber and protein come in. Black beans are a great source of these nutrients and blend up super creamy in smoothie bowls. I promise you won’t taste the beans! They taste just like chocolate when mixed with cacao powder.
Avocado
Avocado is what makes this smoothie bowl rich and creamy. It blends up silky smooth, like pudding, and makes the bowl extra filling. Thank you healthy fats!
Raw Cacao Powder
Aka, healthy chocolate. Cacao powder is made from finely blended cacao nibs and is loaded with plant-based calcium, iron, and antioxidants. When mixed with a sweetener, it becomes a super healthy chocolate treat!
This Easy Smoothie Bowl is:
Full of chocolatey flavor
Rich and creamy
Healthy & Vegan
Filling
Loaded with protein and fiber
This is one of those smoothie bowls that tastes weirdly good after a workout. If I’m craving chocolate before a run, I’ll set the blender out on the counter so I can pounce on those ingredients right when I get back!
Are you ready to make dessert for breakfast?! Me too!
Keep scrolling for step-by-step instructions with photos!
Ingredients
(1) 15 oz can (425 grams / 1½ cups) of black beans, drained and rinsed
2 large very ripe bananas
1 large ripe avocado
¾ cup of almond milk
¼ cup of raw cacao powder
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1/8 teaspoon of fine sea salt
4 large medjool dates, pitted (6 for sweeter)
Makes 2-3 bowls
How to make this recipe
Steps 1-2:
1. First, if using canned beans, drain off the bean liquid and give them a rinse under cold running water. This keeps your smoothie bowl from tasting “beany”.
2. Add the beans, bananas, avocado, and almond milk to a blender container followed by the cacao powder, vanilla, salt, and dates.
Step 3:
3. Securely attach the lid to the container and blend, starting at low speed and then working your way up to medium or even high speed, depending on how powerful your blender is. You will need to stop and scrape the sides of the container now and then or use the tamper (with a Vitamix) to push the food towards the blade. When the mixture can spin freely in the blender and looks creamy, it’s ready.
Step 4:
4. Scoop the chocolatey mixture, which will be the consistency of pudding, into 2-3 bowls and top with blueberries, cacao nibs, and coconut flakes!
Enjoy as a quick and filling breakfast or a healthy dessert!
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