An Acai Bowl is a quick and delicious breakfast or snack!
Frozen acai is combined with banana, berries, juice, and yogurt for hearty bowl. Garnish with fruit and toppings to serve.
What is an Acai Bowl?
The acai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is a fruit that comes from Brazil’s acai palm and makes a great smoothie base. It’s known as a superfood because it’s packed with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein. The flavor of acai is a bit earthy with a tart berry like flavor and some say a hint of chocolate.
Acai bowls are a type of smoothie bowl – in this version, I add banana, milk or juice, and a bit of yogurt. To serve these acai bowls, add fun toppings like nuts, granola, or sliced fresh fruit.
Ingredients for Homemade Acai Bowls
Acai – To get that deep purple color, use frozen acai puree (above left in the image) or acai powder (above right). You can find Acai packets in the freezer section of almost any grocery store. It’s often with the frozen fruit or with the organic or healthier items.
Liquid – I use apple juice most often, but any fruit juice or or any type milk like coconut milk or almond milk.
Yogurt – Use plain or flavored yogurt, any kind will work.
Fruit – I added banana for sweetness and berries for flavor, although almost any fruit tastes great in this bowl.
How to Make an Acai Bowl
Make this homemade acai bowl recipe in minutes!
- Prepare the smoothie base in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Divide the acai mixture over bowls.
- Sprinkle nuts or seeds on top and drizzle on some honey or blue agave syrup, if desired.
Now for the fun part! You can top this acai bowl recipe with almost anything – create a DIY Acai Bowl Bar and put out small bowls of all of these incredible toppings!
Toppings
- Berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
- Melon chunks: cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon
- Nuts: walnuts, pecans, pistachios, nut butter (like almond butter)
- Seeds: chia, hemp, flax, sunflower, pumpkin
- Other: banana slices, granola, honey, coconut flakes, chopped dark chocolate
Breakfast in a Bowl
Did you love this Acai Bowl? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below and let us know what your favorite toppings are!
Easy Acai Bowl Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup frozen berries
- ¼ cup ice or extra frozen berries
- 3 ½ ounces frozen acai packet or 2 tablespoons acai powder
- ½ cup apple juice or milk, or as needed to blend
- ½ cup vanilla yogurt optional
Instructions
- Break up the acai packet into chunks and put it in the blender.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth adding more liquid if needed.
- Pour into a bowl and top with toppings. Serve immediately.
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Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast, Snack
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this recipe is the best
Thank you for this recipe . It’s the first I’ve tried Açai & love it!
You have been my “Go To” for recipes the past 2yrs. Without fail I’ve not been disappointed & neither have my guest.
Aww thank you, Carol! So happy you are enjoying our recipes ❤️
Sounds good. I’ve never put yogurt in my acai bowl but it’s worth a try!
Can you tell me what type of frozen berries you used? Also, did you not add ice? The blender ‘before’ pic looks like there is ice under the fruit… thanks!!
I used a mixed blend of berries that had raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. Sorry for the confusion with the ice, I do sometimes add ice or a few extra berries depending on what I have on hand.
Thank you! I’ll be trying it soon – previous attempts hadn’t turned out too well but your recipe looks like it’ll definitely change that! I appreciate your reply and will definitely rate as soon as we try it!
You’re welcome Natalie! I hope you enjoy it.