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Chocolate and cherries make a familiar, comforting pair—even when breakfast takes only a few minutes. Stir cocoa into Greek yogurt, add juicy pitted cherries and finish with granola, almonds and a little dark chocolate.

This chocolate cherry Greek yogurt bowl is creamy and tangy rather than pudding-sweet. A little honey or maple syrup balances the unsweetened cocoa, and you can adjust it to suit your yogurt and fruit. No stove or blender is needed.

Chocolate Cherry Greek Yogurt Bowl

Serves: 1 · Assembly time: About 5 minutes with cherries pitted and ready · Cook time: 0 minutes

• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup, plus more to taste
• ½ cup pitted sweet cherries, halved and ready to eat
• ¼ cup granola
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped dark chocolate or chocolate shavings, optional

How to Make It

1. Stir the cocoa and honey or maple syrup into the Greek yogurt in your serving bowl. Mix until the cocoa is evenly incorporated, pressing out any small dry lumps with your spoon.
2. Taste the chocolate yogurt and adjust the sweetness if needed.
3. Top with the pitted cherry halves, granola and sliced almonds.
4. Add the optional dark chocolate and eat immediately while the granola is crisp.

Cherries Ready in Minutes

The five-minute assembly estimate assumes your cherries are already pitted and ready to eat. If using fresh cherries, wash them, remove the stems and pits, and halve them before topping the bowl. Pitting a batch adds preparation time, but gives you fruit ready for another bowl.

Frozen pitted cherries are a convenient option. Thaw them according to the package directions and follow any required cooking instructions before use. Drain excess liquid if you want the yogurt to stay thick. Thawing or cooking is separate from the assembly time.

Drained canned pitted cherries also work. Choose sweet cherries if available; tart cherries give a sharper flavor and may call for a little more sweetener. Check that all pits have been removed.

Balance the Cocoa

Two teaspoons of cocoa give a gentle chocolate flavor without overwhelming the yogurt. For a deeper flavor, add a little more after tasting. Cocoa is unsweetened, so extra cocoa may need extra sweetener to keep the bowl balanced.

Vanilla Greek yogurt is an easy swap. Begin with less honey or maple syrup if your yogurt is already sweetened. Whole-milk, low-fat and nonfat Greek yogurt all work; choose the texture you enjoy.

Easy Swaps

Change the crunch: Use chopped walnuts instead of almonds, or pumpkin seeds with a suitable nut-free granola for a nut-free variation.

Keep it simple: Skip the chocolate garnish if you do not have it. Cocoa in the yogurt supplies the chocolate flavor.

Change the fruit: Raspberries or sliced strawberries work with the same cocoa yogurt when cherries are not available.

Tiny Prep for Another Day

Mix the cocoa yogurt ahead of time and refrigerate it in a covered container according to the yogurt label. Keep ready-to-eat cherries refrigerated as appropriate and store granola and almonds separately in a dry container.

Add fruit and crunchy toppings when serving. This keeps the bowl creamy, with a fresh contrast between the soft cherries and crisp granola.

More Easy Greek Yogurt Bowls

This sweet bowl follows the Taco Greek Yogurt Bowl. For another quick sweet option, try the Peach Honey Pecan Greek Yogurt Bowl.

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