This Chia Seed Chocolate Pudding is an amazing fake out dessert! It is so easy, all you do is mix the ingredients and let it sit for at least 20 minutes (I chilled mine in the fridge so it would mimic chocolate pudding). I stumbled on this recipe at fooddoodle.com and now that I have tried this Chia Seed Chocolate pudding, I am sold on Chia Seeds!
Chia Seeds need to bloom in liquid and when they do, they lose their hard, crunchy, dotty appearance and become like a cousin to tapioca--soft, squishy and more like a thickening agent. I was skeptical about this recipe at first, but now it has inspired me to experiment with Chia seeds. I am going to try adding Chia seeds to Coconut milk and coconut milk yogurt and mixing in shredded coconut along with the cocoa powder to make a chocolate coconut pudding. I also want to try adding Chia seeds to juice and making a smoothie. I saw some Chia seed smoothies at Whole Foods and now I know what they were talking about! I am sold on how nutritious Chia seeds are for you and I love how they pack a punch with protein, fiber, potassium, calcium, manganese, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids!
This Chia Seed Chocolate pudding leaves you satisfied (it's not too sweet, which I like) with only a 1/2 cup serving, and it doesn't make your blood sugar spike because regular white sugar is swapped out for agave, which has a lower glycemic index. Bonus: if you can get your kids to eat this, even better! Dip some strawberries in it and you are all set!
Ingredients:
2 tbsp chia seeds
1/2 Cup unsweetened almond milk(or your favorite alternative)
2 tbsp agave, brown rice syrup, maple syrup or stevia to taste
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
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