Creamy Chocolate Avocado Pudding (Dairy Free, Gluten Free!)

Step apart avocado toast – we’re saving our ripe avocados for this straightforward and scrumptious chocolate avocado pudding. A creamy and decadent wholesome dessert made with lower than 10 elements. 

If you happen to suppose that avocados are only for toast or guacamole, you’ll be shocked if you discover out they’re the key ingredient for this wealthy and scrumptious chocolate pudding. That’s proper, you’ll be able to create decadent pudding with out dairy! 

You may’t style the avocado within the completed pudding both – I promise! They simply present the creamy texture that you’d anticipate in a chocolate pudding recipe or mousse. Even higher, there are tons of nice advantages of consuming avocados!

This chocolate avocado pudding makes an awesome after dinner deal with, however you may additionally pack it as a snack. (The proper afternoon pick-me-up). The wonderful thing about this straightforward recipe is that it’s simply customizable. 

You may make it vegan or keto and you can even add different flavors like peanut butter, mint or espresso to make it your personal. As written under, this avocado chocolate pudding is a gluten-free dessert. 

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Components For Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Use these easy and recent elements filled with dietary worth to make this scrumptious chocolate avocado pudding recipe. Be sure you take a look at the recipe card for the precise quantities of every ingredient you’ll want. 

• Avocados: you’ll want 2 ripe and unbruised avocados for this pudding recipe. Choose up Hass avocados if they’ve them at your retailer for this pudding. They’ve a milder taste and are creamier texture than different varieties. 
• Milk: use your milk of selection for this avocado pudding – dairy milk, oat milk, soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk, and cashew milk are all nice choices. 
• Cocoa powder: you’ll use a mixture of unsweetened cocoa powder and melted chocolate so as to add tons of chocolatey taste to this pudding and canopy the avocado style. You too can use cacao powder. 
• Maple syrup: a go-to pure sweetener, add a little bit of maple syrup to sweeten your avocado pudding. You may substitute with honey, agave, or 2-3 pitted medjool dates. If utilizing a sugar free sweetener like monkfruit or stevia, use a liquid one reasonably than the powder for one of the best outcomes.
• Chocolate chips: along with the cocoa powder, I feel this pudding has a greater texture and wealthy chocolate taste when utilizing some melted chocolate as effectively. You should use melted chocolate chips or a bar of darkish chocolate you probably have it available. 
• Vanilla extract: provides a touch of taste that enhances the chocolate and helps masks any avocado style. 
• Pinch sea salt: provides stability and enhances the chocolate taste. 

Variations

Use these variations to customise your avocado pudding to your liking.

Make it vegan or paleo: this yummy recipe is well adaptable to make a vegan chocolate avocado pudding or perhaps a paleo model. Simply use a plant-based milk and dairy free chocolate chips. 

Make it keto: avocados are naturally low in carbs, so with a few easy swaps you can also make a keto chocolate avocado pudding, swap the maple syrup to your go-to sugar free sweetener. You’ll additionally wish to use keto pleasant chocolate chips or darkish chocolate. 

Add different flavors: for those who’re a fan of mint chocolate, you’ll be able to add ¼ teaspoon of peppermint extract to the pudding. Espresso additionally works effectively, attempt substituting the milk with brewed espresso (cooled) or add 1-2 teaspoons of espresso powder to the blender earlier than pureeing. You too can attempt including in a tablespoon or two of peanut butter or a number of raspberries. 

Methods to Make Chocolate Avocado Pudding

This wholesome chocolate avocado pudding recipe is straightforward to place collectively in a number of steps. 

Soften your chocolate: soften your chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate bar) in a small bowl within the microwave (or double boiler). Microwave for 30-second intervals, stirring between every, till chocolate is melted. 

Mix: Place all elements (melted chocolate, avocado, milk, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla, and pinch of salt) in a high-powered blender or meals processor and mix till effectively mixed and creamy, about 2-3 minutes. Cease a few times to scrape down the edges. 

Serve: Divide this chocolate dessert into 5 dishes and garnish. Eat straight away or chill in an hermetic container within the fridge earlier than serving.

Methods to make chocolate avocado pudding thicker

Relying on the dimensions of your avocados, some batches of this pudding could also be thinner than others. If you wish to thicken up your avocado pudding, think about including extra avocado (¼ to ½), a pair tablespoons of coconut cream, or some ripe banana. 

How lengthy does chocolate avocado pudding final?

You may retailer this avocado pudding in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as three days. You too can freeze it for as much as 3 months. Permit to thaw within the fridge earlier than serving from frozen.

I don’t like freezing it as a result of it adjustments the feel barely. You too can attempt freezing it in a popsicle mould for wholesome fudgesicles!

Chocolate Avocado Pudding Toppings

The topping choices are limitless for this chocolate avocado pudding. Listed below are a number of of our favorites: 

• Recent berries like strawberries or raspberries
• Chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
• Whipped cream
• Peanut butter
• Nuts
• A sprig of recent mint

Is Chocolate Avocado Pudding Wholesome?

Sure! This chocolate avocado pudding could be a welcome addition to a nutritious diet. Avocados provide a number of potential well being advantages from weight administration and coronary heart well being to raised digestion.

They’re supply of coronary heart wholesome fat, wealthy in fiber, filled with antioxidants, and supply important nutritional vitamins and minerals like potassium, vitamin C and E, in addition to loads of folate. 

How Many Energy are in Avocado Pudding?

Avocados are a better calorie meals since they’re wealthy in coronary heart wholesome monounsaturated fat. A serving of this avocado pudding has 230 energy.