Move over, smoothies ... acai bowls are the next big hipster food. Using a fruit from
Brazil, they're migrating from Hawaii and spreading cross-country. Not seen one?
Fundamentally a big-bowl
smoothie ... made from frozen
acai pulp and soy or other milk
plus bananas, bits of other fruit,
and lots of ice ... with toppings
like granola, chia seeds, chocolate
chips, coconut flakes and peanut
better. You eat it with a spoon
and it tastes fairly close to ice
cream. You also pay about $10
... most often eat it for breakfast
... and possibly skip lunch.
Loaded with nutritive stuff, acai
(photo credit: Pure Green) bowls unfortunately contain
between 60 and 90 grams of sugar ... about what you'd get by chugalugging a 20-oz.
bottle of Coke. They already are franchisors ... and you'll find these bowls at juice bars,
smoothie chains, ice creameries, food trucks, even Jamba Juice. Google searches for
acai bowls have more than doubled this year.