I could tell you that I came across a recipe for chocolate coconut pudding and decided to try it, but I’m not. Truth is, I was walking down the street, minding my own business when suddenly, a stranger shouted ‘CHOCOLATE PUDDING!’ and shoved them into my face. They got stuck in my nose and mouth and I couldn’t breathe. Someone called the ambulance and I was in the hospital in no time. The doctors worked on me and sucked all the pudding out. 3 minutes later, I was breathing again. Couple of hours later, it was lunch time at the hospital and guess what was dessert? You betcha, chocolate pudding!
I wish the story was true. At least in my head it was.
Fine. Let me tell you the boring truth.
I did find a recipe online. It called for cocoa powder, coconut sugar, coconut milk and chia seeds. All I had on hand was chia seeds. Bad news. But the good news was, I had chocolate chips, cane sugar, maple syrup and almond milk on hand. Good enough.
I made it. Put it in the fridge to ‘let it set’. While we wait for the result, I want to take a moment to talk about pudding.
What is pudding?
#1 A custard like dessert.
#2 A gelatin bouncy bounce like jello.
#3 A creamy, thick liquidy thing.
For me, pudding is #1. So when the recipe said ‘let it set’, I thought that my pudding would BECOME a beautiful custard like yummy dessert. I waited. And waited some more. I decided to Google Image “pudding” just to be sure. Have you ever Google Image this word? O.M.G. The deceit. The confusion. This did nothing to help. But then I remembered someone on TV making edible paint made out of pudding. Ah Ha! So, apparently, there are different types of pudding. This explains everything.
So my wait was over. I tried a bite of my chocolate chia pudding. Oh, wow. It was fabulous! Mr. V didn’t like it, but who cares. Me and eight other people I guinea-pigged did.
It was so delicious. At first, we didn’t know who made it. But when we tasted ‘healthy’ in there, we knew it was you. – one of the guinea pigs
See pictures. Left: Just after blending. It was still warm, very soft and creamy. Right: After chilling in the fridge overnight. Look how it has set beautifully and the color has darken a little.
Since I substituted 4/5 of the ingredients and adjusted the ratio, that means in theory, I came up with this, right? My recipe. My pudding. After all that pudding trauma, I mean… drama.
Quick recipe Serves 2
what you need:
1 cup almond milk (or any of your favorite milk)
1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (or 3 tbs cocoa powder)
1/3 cup chia seed (more or less depending on how thin/thick you like your pudding)
1 tbs maple syrup (or any sweetener)
1 tbs cane sugar (optional)
directions:
- Put all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high until chia seed is no longer grainy.
- Eat it right away or refrigerate for 2 hours to overnight to set. Eat as is or with any favorite topping (bananas, whipped cream, fruit, more chocolate chips or grated chocolate)
What is your kind of pudding?
