Name: Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 13.5 oz canned coconut milk; 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk; 1 cup chia seeds; 1 cup cocoa powder; 1/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet (or my sweetener)

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When you are craving chocolate and need something without a lot of fuss turn to this easy Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe. Stir a few ingredients together and feast on a pudding healthy enough for breakfast and sweet enough for dessert.

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Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe – Low Carb, Keto, THM S, Dairy-Free, Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free

Chia seeds are magical. Did you know that? Stir them into some sweetened liquid and a few hours later you have pudding. It’s just as easy as the instant pudding mixes of your childhood. I chose to make my dark chocolate chia pudding dairy free but you don’t have to. Swap out some coconut milk for cream if you’d like. I make my chia pudding with coconut milk and almond milk to keep it dairy free. If I’m not careful I consume way too much dairy and stall my weight loss.

A polka dot bowl on top of a flowered towel filled with Chocolate Chia Pudding

This Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe is so filling. It is a perfect quick breakfast for busy mornings. You can prep on Sunday for a week’s worth of breakfast in just 5 minutes.

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What are chia seeds?

Chia is the edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around 1 millimetre (0.04 in). The seeds are hydrophilic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked and developing a mucilaginous coating that gives chia-based creams and beverages a distinctive gel texture. Source: Wikipedia

Can chia seeds help you lose weight?

This is debatable. They have a lot of fiber and can help you feel fuller longer. So as part of a healthy way of eating there are benefits to chia seeds. But, they aren’t a magic diet pill. Adding chia pudding to an unhealthy diet won’t do much good.

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To be honest I don’t chew my chia seeds. I don’t mind them in my Chocolate Chia Pudding but don’t love the taste when I chew them. They have so many health benefits that I use them anyway and just eat my pudding without chewing. The same way I don’t bite raspberries or blackberries because I don’t like the seeds stuck in my teeth. It is not mandatory to chew pudding. Full disclaimer I never liked tapioca pudding either. Rice pudding I love. But tapioca is a bit strange of a texture to be.

Chocolate Chia Pudding in a green polka dot bowl on a burlap place mat

I’m sure you can tweak this Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe to make it into other flavors. I like using stronger flavors in dairy-free recipes so they don’t all taste like coconut all the time. Chocolate, coffee, peanut butter can all help hide that coconut flavor. Or you can play it up and add some toasted coconut flakes and coconut extract. Maybe a few drops of pineapple extract too and make a pina colada pudding.

I hope you enjoy my dairy-free chocolate chia pudding recipe!

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Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

When you are craving chocolate and need something easy turn to this easy Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe. Stir a few ingredients together and feast on a pudding healthy enough for breakfast and sweet enough for dessert.

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chia pudding

Servings: 8

Calories: 238 kcal

Author: Taryn

Ingredients

13.5 oz canned coconut milk
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup chia seeds
1 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet or my sweetener

Instructions

In a large bowl whisk the coconut milk until smooth. Add the other ingredients and stir thoroughly. Chill until thickened.

Recipe Notes

Notes on Sweeteners:

I use my own blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia in my recipes. This is twice as sweet as sugar. It is comparable to Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet and Truvia.

To sub in Swerve use 1.5 to 2 times the amount of sweetener called for.

To sub in Pyure or Trim Healthy Mama Super Sweet use half the amount of sweetener called for.

Substitutions will work in most recipes. They may not work in candies, such as caramel.

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 238 Calories from Fat 171

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 19g 29%

Saturated Fat 11g 55%

Sodium 53mg 2%

Potassium 371mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 17g 6%

Dietary Fiber 11g 44%

Sugars 1g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 0.2%

Vitamin C 2%

Calcium 19.3%

Iron 21.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Jan Bates says
October 2, 2018 at 2:17 pm
Taryn, your recipes are like finding a pot of gold, thank you! May I draw upon you "mad skills" to ask, how would you convert this recipe to make it peanut butter chocolate?
- Taryn says
  October 2, 2018 at 2:33 pm
  I'm not so sure about the mad skills (lol) but I'd just whisk some peanut butter into the coconut milk in the first step. I think 1/4 to 1/2 cup depending on how peanut buttery you want it. You may want to add an additional tablespoon or two of sweetener as well. Enjoy!
Lori says
September 17, 2018 at 6:40 pm
What is a serving size so I can use the right container to store the pudding to add two lunches etc
- Taryn says
  September 17, 2018 at 9:13 pm
  1/8th of the recipe which is approximately 1/2 a cup.
Patty in CO says
August 24, 2018 at 8:20 pm
Taryn .. thank you sooo much for all your recipes. They never fail to impress me with the flavors and ease of preparation. I have found a number of Chia Pudding recipes on line and have tried them all. Yours is no exception.....however, I, too, am not a fan of the chunky, tapioca-like texture, so I grind my chia seeds in a high speed blender before incorporatiing them into the recipe. Works like a charm.....smooth pudding with all the fiber! Worked extremely well with your recipe too! Thank you!

Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe Dairy Free Low Carb