Chocolate Apple Smoothie Bowl / Vegan
This vegan chocolate smoothie bowl recipe is sweet and creamy thanks to avocado and banana. It has just a touch of cakiness from the rolled oats and is absolutely scrumptious with crushed peanuts and cacao nibs sprinkled on top. Vegan and gluten-free.
Have you ever taken a bite of something and been instantly transported back in time to a favorite place or memory? It’s funny how food can do that. This happens to me every time I taste or even smell a candied apple. The juicy sour apple, covered in rich chocolate and sitting happily on a bed of crushed peanuts takes me right to the county fair.
My favorite childhood treat was a once-a-year experience. But, by blending those same delicious flavors of sour apple and chocolate into a healthy vegan smoothie bowl, you can enjoy a chocolate-covered apple anytime and enjoy all the health benefits too. Think apples dipped in chocolate and rolled in peanuts, only in smoothie bowl form.
It’s quickly becoming a breakfast favorite around here and I hope you enjoy it too!
This Chocolate Covered Apple Smoothie Bowl is:
Quick, taking only 10 minutes to make
Healthy and nutrient-dense
Vegan, whole food, gluten & oil-free
Delicious, tasting more like dessert than a superfood
Did you know?
Raw organic cacao powder is the superfood of all superfoods, having more calcium than cow’s milk, (at 160mg per 100g vs only 125mg per 100ml of cow’s milk) and is the highest plant-based source of iron known to man, (a whopping 7.3mg per 100g) and boasts over 40 times the antioxidants of blueberries!
Ingredients for The Chocolate Apple Smoothie Bowl
2 large very ripe bananas
1 large ripe avocado
½ cup (4 oz.) of oat milk, unsweetened
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1 large granny smith apple (or other sour apple) cored and quartered
2/3 cup (60 grams) of rolled oats
¼ cup of raw cacao powder
¼ teaspoon of fine sea salt
4 large medjool dates, pitted
Top with crushed peanuts and cacao nibs
Makes 2-3 bowls.
Method for Making The Chocolate Apple Smoothie Bowl
Step 1:
1. Add the bananas, avocado, oat milk and vanilla to a blender container, followed by the apple, oats, cacao powder, salt and dates.
Step 2:
2. Securely attach the lid to your container and blend until creamy, starting at low speed and working up to medium speed. You may have to stop and scrape down the sides of the container or use the tamper (with a Vitamix) to push the food down and around toward the blade. This will take about a minute or more, depending on what type of blender you are using.
Step 3:
3. Scoop the creamy chocolatey mixture, which will be the consistency of textured pudding, into two or three bowls and top with crushed peanuts and cacao nibs.
Enjoy as a superfood breakfast or a healthy dessert!
Other healthy chocolate recipes to fall in love with:
Chocolate Apple Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add the bananas, avocado, oat milk, and vanilla to a blender container, followed by the apple, oats, cacao powder, salt, and dates.
- Securely attach the lid to your container and blend until creamy, starting at low speed and working up to medium speed. You may have to stop and scrape down the sides of the container or use the tamper (with a Vitamix) to push the food down and around toward the blade. This will take about a minute or more, depending on what type of blender you are using.
- Scoop the creamy chocolatey mixture, which will be the consistency of textured pudding, into two or three bowls and top with crushed peanuts and cacao nibs.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
457.44Fat (grams)
12.58Sat. Fat (grams)
1.75Carbs (grams)
83.04Fiber (grams)
14.87Net carbs
68.17Sugar (grams)
43.30Protein (grams)
7.79Sodium (milligrams)
185.88Cholesterol (grams)
0.00Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators.
