Rich & creamy paleo chocolate pudding made with 7 good-for-you ingredients in 5 minutes of active time; no cooking required. Chill in the fridge or freezer before serving for luscious chocolate bliss!
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Chilling time:: 30 minutesminutes
Total: 35 minutesminutes
Servings: 6small but rich servings
Ingredients
1 ¼cupsfiltered water (or half water, half plant milk such as almond milk)
1cup(70 g) raw cacao powder, natural cocoa powder, or dutch-process cocoa powder
½cup(130 g) well-stirred runny tahini such as Seed and Mill, Soom, or Kevala(or any creamy nut or seed butter)
¼cup+ 3 tablespoons (130 g) maple syrup (or more, to your taste)
For serving (optional): tahini, whipped coconut cream or coconut yogurt, chocolate shavings
Instructions
Combine the water, cacao or cocoa powder, tahini, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt in a blender.
Blend on medium speed until well combined, about 30 seconds, scraping down the sides of the blender once or twice.
Add the melted coconut oil and blend until combined, 20 seconds or so. The pudding will be very runny at this point, but it will firm up as it chills.
Pour the pudding into individual cups or jars. Place in the freezer to chill until firm, 20-30 minutes, or refrigerate for 2-3 hours or up to 4 days.
Serve with toppings if desired.
Notes
Substitution suggestions:
In place of tahini, use any creamy nut or seed butter you like (cashew, peanut, almond, hazelnut, sunflower, etc.)
In place of maple syrup, use another liquid sweetener to your taste such as honey or coconut nectar.
In place of coconut oil, use another oil that's solid at room temperature palm oil, ghee (which won't be vegan), or try cacao butter. You may need to experiment with the quantity of oil since these vary in firmness.
Since ingredients can vary, if for some reason your pudding is too soft once it's been chilled for several hours, you can melt it back down and whisk or blend in a tablespoon or two more melted coconut oil, then chill again.The puddings tend to get more firm as they hang out in the fridge. If your puddings are *too* firm when you go to serve them, let them sit at room temperature for 15 minutes or so before serving. Nutrition values are for 1 of 6 servings.