The best peanut chocolate smoothie bowl

Never doubt the power of a smoothie bowl. It is not at all like a normal smoothie that you’ll drink out of a glass or through a straw. No, this is more reminiscent of ice cream. But for breakfast.

Lucy Johnson

Peanut chocolate smoothie bowl

5 from 1 vote

This breakfast tastes like decadent ice cream but is really nutritious and healthy!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings: 1 bowl

Course: Breakfast

Ingredients

  

Smoothie bowl

• 1 ½ Bananas sliced and frozen overnight
• 80 ml Oat milk or other plant-based milk
• 1 tbsp Peanut butter
• 1 tbsp Cacao powder
• 1 tbsp Maca powder optional
• 1 tbsp Maple syrup

Toppings

• ½ Banana
• 1 tbsp Granola
• 1 tsp Chia seeds

Equipment

• 1 High-powered blender

Method

 

Freeze the banana

1. Starting the night before you want to make the smoothie bowl, slice your banana and spread it out into a container or freezer bag. Make sure to keep a thin layer of banana so it doesn't freeze into large chunks.
2. Place the sliced banana into the freezer and allow it to freeze overnight.

Blend the smoothie bowl

1. Place your frozen banana and all of the other smoothie bowl ingredients into a high-powered blender
2. Start by pulsing together the ingredients a few times until the mix starts to blend together
3. Continue blending the mix until it starts to form a thick liquid that resembles ice cream. It should be a light chocolatey brown colour.
4. If your blender is a little bit old or not as powerful as you'd like, take a few moments to mix everything around inside the blender using a spatula before blending again. If it really struggles, add a splash more plant-based milk.
5. Use a rubber spatula to decant the smoothie mix into your favourite breakfast bowl before adding your desired smoothie bowl toppings

Topping ideas

With this peanut chocolate smoothie bowl, I like to keep my toppings simple – just a sliced banana and a sprinkle of granola. Here is a full list of really tasty smoothie bowl toppings you can try:

• Granola: a good quality granola adds a nice crunch to the chocolate smoothie bowl
• Nuts & seeds: try this breakfast topper by Wellnoa or sprinkle on some chia seeds
• Fruit: I like to use sliced banana but you can play around with other fruit toppings like mango