Cacao, Coconut, Granola, and Collagen Smoothie Bowl – RECIPE – Let’s Talk About Cacao!

In this post I will discuss how I made a collagen smoothie bowl with cacao, coconut, and granola. Hope you enjoy!

One of my favorite Thunderbird Bars is the Cacao + Hemp + Walnut. I am a sucker for anything chocolate and this bar wins me over big time! This bar is paleo and vegan friendly. Thunderbird Bar does not mess around with any crap ingredients. What you get in a Thunderbird Bar is REAL FOOD.

I will tell you the ingredients so you can see for yourself:

Dates
Hemp seeds
Walnuts
Coconut shreds
Cacao
Cacao nibs
Chia seeds
Mint
and Himalayan sea salt

But how on Earth can something like chocolate be good for you? Chocolate gets a bad reputation often and gets classified as junk food. If you consume chocolate in it’s purest form it is surprisingly great for you!

I am going to talk about the health benefits now:

Cacao is chock full of antioxidants. Antioxidants combat cancer invasion and can be used as a preventative measure of cancer. It can help prevent a decline in the aging process.
Cacao is an iron powerhouse. Of all the plants in the universe, cacao has the most iron. If you are anemic cacao can be used to boost iron intake.
Cacao is high in magnesium
Cacao is high in calcium (more than cow’s milk!)
Cacao is known to be a mood elevator and can help lift you out of a bad day
Cacao has fiber. The brand that I used has 2g of fiber per tablespoon.
Cacao is free of sugar!
Cacao contains vitamin C. The cacao that I had has 10% of your daily value.

So I got inspired by the cacao in my Thunderbird Bar and made myself a cacao smoothie bowl with shredded coconut and granola. I also added in some collagen & protein with my Primal Kitchen Collagen Fuel.

Here is how I made it… RECIPE!

Ingredients:

2 small frozen bananas
1 tablespoon of cacao powder (I use the brand LivFit)
1 scoop of Primal Kitchen Vanilla Coconut Collagen Fuel
1/3 cup full fat coconut milk
Sprinkle of shredded coconut
Small handful of granola

Recipe:

Place two small frozen bananas in the blender
Add 1 tablespoon cacao powder
Pour in approximately 1/3 cup of full fat coconut milk
Blend
Pour into a bowl and top with coconut and granola
Dig in and enjoy!

Smoothie bowls are always a great way to start the day. They are filling and nutritious. Whenever I consume a smoothie bowl with cacao powder it is so true about it being a mood elevator. I just have a wave of goodness sweep over me and make my day a great, productive one.

The great thing about this bowl too is that there is no added sugar. The sweetness comes from the bananas and the toppings. The cacao powder, as mentioned earlier, does not contain any sugar in it. It is pure chocolate.