Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl

Last Updated on January 8, 2024 by Christin Gillespie

This Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl is rich, creamy, and tastes like soft serve ice cream! It’s a vegan smoothie bowl recipe that is perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack. Top it off with your favorites for a simple, yet satisfying treat that will satisfy your sweet tooth and curb all chocolate cravings!

This delicious Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl tastes like a creamy chocolate dessert. Other than it tasting super decadent, you’d be shocked to know that this chocolate smoothie is packed with healthy fats, superfoods, and fibre-rich carbohydrates. What’s more, is that it’s an easy smoothie recipe that only requires minutes to make!

Why You’ll Love This Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl

• Tastes like soft serve ice cream.
• This breakfast is sweet, creamy, and healthy. It contains wholesome ingredients such as frozen avocado, frozen banana, frozen cauliflower rice, Medjool dates, creamy peanut butter, and cacao powder.
• Plus, you can customize this smoothie bowl recipe, by adding your favorite toppings.

Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl Ingredients

This recipe only requires 7 ingredients to make this tasty smoothie bowl.

• Organic Frozen Avocado: Adding a ripe avocado makes this smoothie bowl extra creamy. It also provides healthy fats, potassium, fiber and plenty of B vitamins. Don’t worry, thanks to the other delicious & nutritious ingredients, you won’t even taste the avocado.
• Organic Frozen Banana: A frozen banana adds more sweetness and creaminess to this smoothie bowl.
• Organic Frozen Cauliflower: I know it sounds crazy, but adding frozen cauliflower is where the thick texture comes from. Don’t worry, you can’t taste it. I recommend using store bought frozen cauliflower, or even frozen cauliflower rice, because it blends up nicely.
• Organic Medjool Dates: Adding a couple of dates makes this smoothie bowl extra creamy and sweet. Also, be sure to make sure that your dates are pitted.
• Organic Unsweetened Non-dairy Milk: You only need a little liquid to blend, since it’s a smoothie bowl. I used unsweetened cashew milk, but you can use any non-dairy milk that you enjoy.
• Organic Peanut Butter: A scoop of creamy peanut butter is key to tying this smoothie bowl together. I recommend using creamy peanut butter, made with 1 ingredient, peanuts!
• Organic Cacao Powder: To make the smoothie chocolatey! To be clear, cacao powder is different from regular dutch cocoa powder. Cacao powder is pure, raw cacao versus processed. Plus, cacao is rich in magnesium.

How to make this Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl

All it takes is 3 simple steps to achieve your chocolate ice cream!

1. Add: To begin, add the non-dairy milk, cacao powder, creamy peanut butter, frozen avocado, frozen banana, Medjool dates, and frozen cauliflower rice, in a high-speed blender.
2. Blend: Starting on a low speed, use a tamper to help ingredients blend. Pausing & scraping down sides of the blender as needed. If necessary, add additional non-dairy milk in 1/4 cup increments, until a thick, smooth texture is achieved.
3. Serve: Then, transfer your ice cream smoothie to a chilled bowl. Garnish with cacao nibs, coconut flakes, creamy peanut butter, and chia seeds, if desired. Enjoy!

Smoothie Bowl Toppings

Anything goes for topping this chocolate ice cream smoothie bowl. A sprinkle of cacao nibs, coconut flakes, chia seeds, and a drizzle of creamy peanut butter, are my personal favorite toppings for this smoothie recipe.

Healthy Smoothie Bowl Toppings

• Fresh Organic Berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, etc.
• Sliced Organic Banana
• Chopped Organic Medjool Dates
• Toasted Organic Nuts/Seeds: almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, pecans, walnuts, etc. 
• Organic Nut Butter: almond butter, creamy peanut butter, hazelnut butter, cashew butter, SunButter, pecan butter, etc.
• Granola: use your favorite granola. Try my vegan gluten-free & nut-free granola, peanut butter granola, coconut cashew granola, chocolate coconut granola, or almond joy granola.
• Organic Coconut Yogurt

Dessert Style Smoothie Bowl Toppings

• Organic Coconut Whip Cream
• Organic Cacao Nibs or Organic Dark Chocolate Chips
• Chopped or Melted Organic Dark Chocolate

Tips for making the perfect smoothie bowl

To make the perfect smoothie bowl, make sure to follow these tips!

• Be sure to use frozen fruit and frozen cauliflower to achieve a thick consistency.
• Start with a little liquid as possible, and add more only as needed. You can always add more, but once you add too much, you can’t go back! Pausing in between blending to scrape down sides helps as well.
• Use a high-speed blender, with a tamper, to ensure that your smoothie bowl achieves a thick and creamy texture.
• Make sure that your creamy peanut butter is made with one ingredient, peanuts!
• Place your serving bowl in the freezer before you begin preparing this recipe and remove it when smoothie is ready. This will ensure that your smoothie bowl stays cold as you enjoy it.

Fresh versus Frozen Ingredients

The key to making smoothie bowls is using frozen ingredients. By adding frozen banana & frozen cauliflower to your smoothie, you will achieve a thicker result, so that you can add toppings, without them sinking. I usually start with a little non-dairy milk and add more, if needed, until I reach the desired thickness. 

Smoothie Bowl FAQ’s

Can I make this Smoothie Bowl a Smoothie?

Definitely! This smoothie bowl can be as thick or thin as you want. Add extra non-dairy milk, about a cup, to make this smoothie bowl a smoothie.

Can I add Protein Powder?

Absolutely! Increase the protein content of this smoothie bowl by adding a scoop of your favorite protein powder. I suggest using an organic cacao protein powder for this smoothie bowl recipe.

What if I don’t want to use Peanut Butter?

If peanut butter isn’t your thing, replace with SunButter, cashew butter, or almond butter! 

Can I make this smoothie bowl in advance?

I do not recommend making this Chocolate Avocado Smoothie Bowl in advance. Nonetheless, you can certainly prep all the ingredients, the night before, by adding them to a freezer safe bag. Thus, in the morning, all you need to do is add the ingredients, along with non-dairy milk, to your blender.

More Chocolate Smoothie Bowl Recipes:

• Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie Bowl
• Chocolate Hazelnut Smoothie Bowl
• Chocolate Almond Butter Açaí Smoothie Bowl
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl
• Chocolate Orange Smoothie Bowl
• Snickers Smoothie Bowl 
• Chocolate Cherry Almond Smoothie Bowl
• Red Velvet Smoothie Bowl

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Xoxo.

Christin.

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