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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 238kcal
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.
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 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
Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 53mg | Potassium: 371mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 193mg | Iron: 3.9mg
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