Cherry Parfait with Chocolate Muesli

This easy cherry parfait recipe is a fun way to jazz up your breakfast routine. Our tasty combo of cherry purée and dark chocolate muesli is so delicious it's worth jumping out of bed for.

Cherry Parfait with Chocolate Muesli

Info

Nutrition per serving
NutrientAmountRDA
Net Carbs33.1 g12%
of which Sugars16.1 g17.9%
Fibers6 g21.5%
Fats12.7 g19.5%
of which Saturates2.2 g11%
of which Omega 31.1 g98.4%
Proteins10.2 g22.1%
Calcium186 mg18.6%
Vitamin A3 mcg0.4%
Vitamin C19 mg25.2%
Iron3.6 mg24.6%
Potassium443 mg12.7%
Sodium17 mg0.7%
Cholesterol0 mg0%
Kcal287 14.4%
Macro split
  • net carbs 53%
  • sugars 26%
  • fats 20%
  • saturates 4%
  • proteins 16%
  • fibers 10%
*RDA based on a 2000 kcal diet;
**Nutritional data sources: USDA, food labels.
KCAL
287 per serving
TIME
5m
HEALTH

What if your next breakfast could look and taste like a gorgeous, mouthwatering dessert? Well, dream no more. This cherry parfait with chocolate muesli is a cute, creative, and yet healthy breakfast idea.

This yoghurt pot recipe is so easy and quick to prepare you'll want to make it every day. All you have to do is puree the cherries, mix the muesli ingredients, and layer them with soy yoghurt in your nicest glass. Job done!

Combining muesli with fruit and yoghurt means you'll have a balanced and nutritious meal to fuel your morning.

Oats, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and almond butter are a powerhouse of fibres, proteins, and slow-digesting carbs. They will keep you full for longer, curb cravings and prevent that mid-morning energy crash.

We added a few chunks of dark chocolate chips to the muesli blend for a boost of antioxidants and mood-lifting compounds.

Chocolate and cherry pair together wonderfully — we already used this combo in our delicious cherry smoothie with cocoa!

Just make sure to use dark chocolate with at least 80% cocoa solids to keep the sugars low and enjoy all its benefits without guilt.

Cherries are also rich in antioxidants, especially anthocyanins, a class of plant pigments that give this fruit its unique deep red colour.

You can use either fresh or frozen cherries, so you won't have to worry about not finding them when they aren't in season.

To make this breakfast parfait vegan, we used plain, unsweetened soy yoghurt. If you can't eat soy, we have an easy recipe for homemade oat milk yoghurt if you'd like to try something new!

A generous serving of this parfait has only 280 calories and covers 9% of your RDI for carbs, 25% RDI for proteins, and 25% RDI for fibres. Sweet!

Ingredients

Adjustments
Serves
Measuring System
Cherries (fresh or frozen)160 g
Soy Yogurt200 g
Acai Berry Powder (optional)1 tsp
Jumbo Rolled Oats40 g
Ground Flaxseeds8 g
Pumpkin Seeds10 g
Nut Butter (Almond or Peanut)10 g
Dark Chocolate 90%10 g

Step 1

In a food processor, add 50 g of yoghurt, pitted cherries, acai berry powder, and blitz until smooth.

cherries with yogurt and acai

Step 2

Then, combine the oat flakes with ground flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, nut butter and dark chocolate chunks in a bowl.

chocolate muesli in a bowl

Step 3

Finally, let's assemble the parfait.

Put a layer of chocolate muesli in the base of a serving glass. Spoon over the soy yogurt and then cover with the cherry purée (1).

Repeat this layering pattern one more time and then garnish with the remaining muesli (2).

cherry parfait with yogurt layers in a glass
1
chocolate cherry parfait in a glass
2

Tips

You can swap soy yoghurt with coconut or oat yoghurt or even Greek yoghurt, if not vegan.

You can also make this cherry parfait with cherry jam instead of cherry puree — use our flaxseed cherry jam recipe without sugar!

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