High Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Acai Bowl

Name: High Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Acai Bowl
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 16 ounces frozen strawberries; 1 medium banana; 2 tablespoons peanut butter; ¾ to 1 cup almond milk (adjust for texture and ease of blending); 1 packet Sambazon frozen acai; 64 grams chocolate protein powder (1 scoops Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard chocolate protein powder per serving); 1 medium banana (sliced); ⅔ cup peanut butter granola; 6 medium strawberries (sliced); ¼ cup dark chocolate chips; Honey (optional topping); Toasted coconut flakes (optional topping)

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With 39 grams of protein per bowl, these high protein chocolate peanut butter acai bowls are a fresh, filling, and healthy start to the day that take just 10 minutes to make!

An acai smoothie bowl topped with fresh strawberries, banana slices, dark chocolate chips, and granola served in a black stone bowl.

We love making acai bowls at home for a fun change-up to our standard breakfast staples. Especially when it gives us a reason to start our day off with a little chocolate! This rich combination of flavors is always Nicole’s go-to when we get bowls out. So we decided it was time to make our own recipe to enjoy at home!

What To Expect

Great for: A refreshing, healthy breakfast or brunch during the warm summer months.
Ready in: 10 minutes
Makes: 2 bowls
Flavor profile: Fruity, sweet, and rich. A wonderful combination of chocolate, peanut butter, and flavorful fruit.
How to make it: Blend together the frozen strawberries, acai, peanut butter, chocolate protein powder, banana, and almond milk. Pour the mixture into bowls and top with granola, fresh sliced strawberries and banana, and dark chocolate chips.

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Why We Love This Recipe

Chocolate peanut butter acai bowls make me think of sunshine and the ocean, especially since having one just like this in Hawaii! I love being able to make them myself and bring those tropical vibes to me, no matter where I am.
– Nicole

Key Ingredients

Ingredients for making high protein acai bowls: frozen acai, frozen strawberries, bananas, almond milk, peanut butter, chocolate protein powder, fresh strawberries, granola, and dark chocolate chips.

Acai – We always have Sambazon acai packets in our freezer. They’re by far the best and easiest way to make acai bowls at home. They taste better than the powder, and they add an extra frozen component which makes the texture of the bowl better. And they can be found in almost any grocery store.
Frozen strawberries – To get a thick and creamy smoothie bowl base, you must use frozen fruit. This recipe will not work with fresh strawberries, as they lack the frozen ice crystals that create a slushy texture when frozen fruit is blended. However, we do recommend using fresh strawberries as a topping!
Chocolate protein powder – Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard chocolate protein powder can’t be beat. I originally chose this brand because it scores well in third party lab testing, tastes great, and is a good budget balance for me. I’ve stuck with it because it’s never let me down.
Toppings – We highly recommend topping these bowls with granola, fresh strawberries and banana slices, and dark chocolate chips. Other optional toppings we love are a little drizzle of honey or toasted coconut flakes.

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How To Make High Protein Acai Bowls

A blender filled with frozen acai, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, strawberries, banana, and almond milk.

Step 1: Add the almond milk, banana, frozen strawberries, acai packet, peanut butter, and chocolate protein powder to a blender.

A blender full of freshly blended acai smoothie bowl.

Step 2: Blend on high speed until smooth, occasionally scraping the sides of the blender as needed to ensure all the ingredients are fully incorporated. Adjust the amount of almond milk as needed to achieve a thick, creamy texture.

A black stone bowl filled with freshly blended acai smoothie bowl.

Step 3: Split the smoothie amongst two bowls for serving.

A high protein acai bowl topped with fresh strawberry and banana slices, dark chocolate chips, and granola.

Step 4: Top with sliced strawberries and bananas, granola, and dark chocolate chips, or any other combination of fresh fruit and toppings you like! Enjoy these right away, or else you’ll be drinking your breakfast as it melts…

Expert Tips

Using frozen acai packets – You may need to slightly defrost the acai to get it out of its packaging. We like to run it under lukewarm water for about 15 to 30 seconds until it’s just soft enough to slide out of the plastic, but no more than that so as to keep the smoothie bowl as cold as possible.
Keep it thick – The best acai bowls are thick and frozen. So the goal is to add as little liquid as possible when blending – just enough that the bowl actually blends, but no more. This will ensure that you have a properly textured acai bowl.
Don’t skimp on toppings – This recipe makes a lot of acai bowl mixture, so make sure you have toppings to go with it all! In our opinion, the more toppings, the more fun.
Eat it right away – There’s no way around this one. Acai bowls melt. So make sure to enjoy your delicious breakfast right away for the best experience.
Blenders – Blenders vary a lot in performance. We have the Ninja foodie power blender and it easily handles the frozen fruit. It has these bowls fully blended in about 30 to 40 seconds! We used to have a cheap Oster blender that could barely make these bowls. So if your blender is having trouble, you’ll either need more patience or more almond milk. If you love making acai bowls, we highly recommend investing in a high quality blender.

A freshly made acai smoothie bowl topped with fresh fruit, granola, and dark chocolate chips in a black bowl.

Acai Bowl FAQs

Yes! Protein powder easily blends into the acai bowl along with the rest of the ingredients. We love adding chocolate protein powder into this recipe.

This recipe contains about 39 grams of protein per bowl!

If you don’t want to use protein powder, but still want a chocolatey flavor, you can add cocoa powder instead. While we haven’t yet tried this substitute, a tablespoon or two should do the trick. As always, adjust to your taste!

And if you aren’t looking for chocolatey flavor, this recipe can be made perfectly well without the protein powder at all. Or, check out our tropical acai bowl for a recipe that doesn’t use protein powder at all.

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