I have a huge smoothie for breakfast almost every day, but I've never made a smoothie bowl before and I'm in love! This kind of smoothie is served in a bowl (instead of a jar or a glass) with fruits, nuts or seeds on top and is also thicker.
I don't make or buy peanut butter very often because is really addictive and I can't stop to eat until the jar is empty. I prefer homemade peanut butter because is healthier and tastes better, in addition, it's expensive and hard to find here in Spain. Anyway, if you don't like peanut butter, use another kind of nut butter or remove it.
This smoothie bowl is made with carob powder, but you can also use unsweetened cocoa powder instead. Carob powder is healthier because is caffeine free, but I think cocoa tastes better.
Feel free to use other sweetener instead of the dates, or other plant milk or even water or coconut water instead of the rice milk. Make your own homemade plant milk, they're usually cheaper and taste amazing.
I used 4 bananas to make the smoothie, 2 of them were frozen. If your blender isn't powerful, you can use only regular bananas or just blend the rest of the ingredients before adding the chopped frozen bananas.
There are so many toppings you can add like fresh fruit, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, chocolate or peanut butter. I added a sliced banana, shredded coconut, chopped chocolate (chocolate chips work also great), peanuts and sesame seeds.
In Spain, many kids have a big bowl of store bought breakfast cereals with cow milk every morning and this is not a healthy and nutritious breakfast. This smoothie bowl is a great alternative and the kids like it because they love chocolate and peanut butter. It's also a perfect dessert, because is similar to a vegan chocolate custard.
If you make this chocolate peanut butter smoothie bowl, please leave a comment or tag a picture #simpleveganblog on Instagram or any other social network, we're so happy when you make our recipes!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl
Ingredients
- ½ cup rice milk
- 4 bananas, 2 of them were frozen
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter
- 8 tablespoon carob powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 8 dates
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. If your blender isn't powerful, you can use only regular bananas or just blend the rest of the ingredients before adding the chopped frozen bananas.
- Add your favorite toppings. I added a sliced banana, shredded coconut, chopped dark chocolate, peanuts and sesame seeds.
Rose H. says
Oh my! That was delicious!! I should have taken a picture it was so pretty (lol) I made three substitutions. I used 1% cows milk, almond butter instead of peanut butter (I'm highly allergic), and used 4TB of cocoa powder instead of 8 TB of carob powder/ Even after halving the chocolate it was still very chocolatey.
Since I work nights I made it yesterday evening and stirred in about 2 tsp of chia seeds and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight (which added to its thickness). Before eating this morning, I topped it with slivered almonds, grated coconut, blueberries, & bananas.
Very filling and I will definitely make this again. Thank you for sharing!
Iosune says
Hi Rose! You're so welcome 🙂 I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Robina says
Amazing although I found you don’t need that much cacao. I also added a small amount of LSA. Thanks for this go to breakfast recipe I use all the time!
Iosune says
Hi Robina! You're so welcome 🙂
Wren says
Good recipe, made a few tweaks though. Very sweet so I would halve the dates next time. I added a bit more soy milk and one gluten free weetbix for a breakfast. Also used half the amount of cocoa powder and was definitely chocolaty enough. This would make a great dessert (without the weetbix) and I'll be trying it with frozen bananas next time as I didn't have any this time. Thanks for the great recipe.
Iosune says
Hi Wren! Sounds amazing 🙂 You're so welcome!