Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding

If you love chocolate and you love pudding, this chocolate chia seed pudding is for you. It's a great sweet treat that will satisfy your chocolate cravings while providing some nutritional benefit! This recipe only requires 5 ingredients - chia seeds, a milk of your choice, chocolate protein powder, vanilla extract, and a sweetener of your choice. Once mixed together and left in the fridge overnight, the chia seeds soak up most of the milk, forming a thick and creamy pudding-like texture. The chocolate protein adds protein (obviously) but also a sweet, chocolatey flavor. This chocolate chia seed pudding will be one of your new favorite desserts that requires little preparation!

We gotta talk about texture

We have to warn you - chia seed pudding has a different texture to it. The seeds soak up the majority of the liquid, which causes them to soften. But a gelatinous "gel" forms around each seed, which will still have a slight crunch to it. This is how the "pudding" is formed! Chia seed pudding isn't silky smooth like traditional pudding because of the individual seeds. However, there is a trick to get it smoother if certain textures weird you out! Simply put all of the ingredients into a blender and blend on high for 1-2 minutes. Then let the mixture sit in the fridge overnight. Boom! You will have a smoother chia seed pudding 🙂

Our favorite way to eat this chia seed pudding is plain with a (heavy) drizzle of peanut butter or mixed in with plain Greek yogurt to add extra protein! This is a great meal prep recipe because you can make a big batch at once and eat it throughout the week as an easy grab-and-go breakfast.

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Health benefits & other flavor ideas

Chia seeds are full of fiber, omega 3 fats, and a small amount of protein. The combination of all of these nutrients make this chia pudding a satisfying snack! You can even decrease the amount of added sugar by omitting the sweetener and reading the nutrition facts label on your protein powder (remember to pick a third party tested protein powder - read more about that in this post!).

If you aren't a big chocolate fan, vanilla protein powder will work just as well! Or any flavor you prefer. We love adding peanut butter powder (you can leave this out of the recipe below if you'd prefer) to ours to give it a peanut butter cup vibe. You can mix in any nut butter, crushed nuts, chocolate chips, dried fruit, sliced banana, diced apple, etc. - the add-ins are limitless! If you try this recipe, please rate and review it below. We also love connecting on social media, so tag us @theperfectpear8 so we can see what you created!

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