This decadent, vegan Avocado Chocolate Pudding is full of nutrient-rich ingredients! Dark chocolate is bursting with antioxidants, and avocado is a great source of fiber. I love making this pudding for my picky 6 year old!
Love healthy chocolate desserts? Try this Chocolate Quinoa Cake (entirely date sweetened!), or these crave-worth Chocolate SunButter Bars.
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The Best Vegan Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate pudding is one of those things that brings back memories of childhood!
Of course, when I was a child, it was a snack pack in my lunch box. Boy, did opening my lunch box and seeing one of those brighten up my day.
I won’t buy my son packaged pudding cups, but I will make it for him out of whole, fiber-rich ingredients!
Avocados work great in desserts. They have a rich, creamy texture, and a mild flavor, meaning they lend well to being flavored by CHOCOLATE!
If you’re on the fence about this one, I strongly recommend you try it! 100%, my son would not eat this if the avocado was at all detectable.
You’ll Love this Recipe Because:
- Avocados are a fiber-rich food, high in beneficial fats. They are satiating – meaning this pudding recipe will actually keep you full rather than lead to a glucose spike and crash!
- The rich chocolate flavor masks the avocado flavor – if you don’t love avocados, you’ll still love this pudding!
- It’s adaptable to your nutritional needs – gluten free, vegan, paleo, and can even be made sugar free and keto!
- Chocolate is a superfood! Just keep your chocolate low in sugar (or sugar free), and in the most natural state possible. Use a natural cocoa powder or raw cacao powder for the most benefits here!
What You’ll Need
- Avocados (ripe – even a little overripe is okay here!)
- Sweetener (maple syrup, date syrup, or a powdered monk fruit sweetener all work!)
- Almond Milk (or coconut milk, to keep nut-free)
- Natural Cocoa Powder (or use raw cacao powder for even more antioxidant powder!)
- Vanilla
- Sea Salt
- Unsweetened Chocolate (optional, but gives this avocado chocolate pudding an extra silky texture and rich chocolate flavor!)
How to Make Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Step 1: Add the avocados, almond milk, cocoa powder, vanilla, sweetener, and sea salt to a food processor bowl. Process the ingredients until super smooth and creamy.
Step 2: Drizzle in the melted chocolate while the processor is still running. Fully chill the pudding prior to serving!
How to Serve Avocado Pudding
Garnish the pudding with:
- Raspberries or strawberries
- Whipped cream
- Chopped nuts: Almonds, pecans, or walnuts
- Seeds: Hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds add nutrition!
- Shaved dark chocolate
- Coconut
- Greek Yogurt (this adds protein to make this even more filling!)
Storing Chocolate Avocado Mousse
This healthy chocolate mousse can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It is made with avocados, which don’t last long. The pudding will start to turn bitter after 3 days.
Can this be frozen? Yes! Avocados freeze great. Allow the frozen pudding to thaw in the refrigerator and stir well prior to serving.
OR – hop on over to this recipe for Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream!
FAQ & Variations for the Best Avocado Pudding
- Make it Gluten Free: The great thing about avocado pudding is that you need no thickener – the avocados lend enough creaminess to keep it nice and thick!
- Keep it Vegan: The recipe is vegan as written.
- Make it Paleo: I love using date sryup in this recipe, but swapping maple syrup or raw honey will keep this avocado chocolate pudding paleo approved.
- Make it Keto for a Sugar Free Chocolate Avocado Pudding: Use 1/2 cup of powdered monk fruit sweetener in place of liquid sweetener, and add 1-2 tablespoons of almond milk until the consistency is good!
- For the Family: I use 1/3 cup sweetener in this recipe, and 100% dark chocolate (no sugar added). To make it sweeter for family members who are used regular desserts, either up the sweetener to 1/2 cup, or use a 70% dark chocolate bar instead.
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Avocado Chocolate Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 avocados ripe or overripe
- 1/3 cup almond milk unsweetened
- 1/3 cup date syrup or sub maple syrup or powdered monk fruit sweetener
- 3 tablespoons natural cocoa powder or raw cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 80 grams 100% dark chocolate
Instructions
- Add peeled and scooped avocado to a blender. Add almond milk, spinach, date syrup, cocoa powder, sea salt, and vanilla to the blender, and blend until the mixture is very smooth and creamy.
- Add almond milk, sweetener, cocoa powder, sea salt, and vanilla to the blender, and blend until the mixture is very smooth and creamy.
- Melt the dark chocolate bar in a small bowl in the microwave. Alternatively, use a double boiler to melt the bar.
- Add the dark chocolate to the blender, and blend into the pudding mixture.
- Fully cool for the thickest and richest pudding.
- Top with berries, coconut whipped cream, or toasted coconut, if desired.
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Notes
- Make it Gluten Free: The great thing about avocado pudding is that you need no thickener – the avocados lend enough creaminess to keep it nice and thick!
- Keep it Vegan: The recipe is vegan as written.
- Make it Paleo:Â I love using date sryup in this recipe, but swapping maple syrup or raw honey will keep this avocado chocolate pudding paleo approved.
- Make it Keto for a Sugar Free Chocolate Avocado Pudding: Use 1/2 cup of powdered monk fruit sweetener in place of liquid sweetener, and add 1-2 tablespoons of almond milk until the consistency is good!
- For the Family:Â I use 1/3 cup sweetener in this recipe, and 100% dark chocolate (no sugar added). To make it sweeter for family members who are used regular desserts, either up the sweetener to 1/2 cup, or use a 70% dark chocolate bar instead.
This is one of my favorite things to indulge in, ever! I make my pudding with an extra touch of sea salt 🙂
The extra touch of sea salt sounds like something I would do too!
How much spinach? It does not say in ingredients list
Thanks
I toss in a handful or two, similar to what you would add to a green smoothie! Maybe 2-3 cups.