Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe

This Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding is my go to recipe when my kids or I are feeling a bit low on iron, zinc or calcium. It’s such a highly nutritious recipe, and the best part is that it’s chocolate – so I guarantee that your kids will happily eat it!

One serve of this pudding contains 4mg of iron – nearly half of your child’s daily requirements. Plus it contains over 2mg of zinc, and 300mg of calcium – both incredibly important nutrients for growing vegan kids.

How to Make this Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe

One of the best things about this pudding is so quick and easy – it takes literally 5 minutes to throw together. Plus it keeps for up to 4 days in the fridge, so you can make a big batch for the week, and have a healthy snack on hand whenever you need it.

Simply place the chia seeds, cocoa powder, pumpkin seeds, maple syrup and soy milk in a blender, and blend until smooth. Then pour into a container and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, until set.

Recipe Tips and Substitutes

If you have an allergy to soy, then you can replace the soy milk with any other plant based milk. I recommend a calcium fortified milk to keep the calcium levels high in the recipe.

If you have kids with sensory issues who don’t like texture, then you can leave the pumpkin seeds out of the recipe, as they do give it more texture. I also recommend blending the pudding for longer to make sure it is nice and smooth.

This recipe contains 10mg of caffeine per serve. If you have young children, and you’re concerned about caffeine, then you can leave the cocoa powder out, and replace it with 1 tsp vanilla extract. This will reduce the iron content by approximately 1mg per serve.

Chocolate Chia Pudding

This Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding is a quick and easy make ahead kid friendly snack that is high in iron, zinc, protein and calcium.

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Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Setting Time 4 hours hrs

Ingredients

  

• ¼ cup Chia Seeds
• 1 cup Soy Milk
• 1 Tbs Pumpkin Seeds
• 1 Tbs Cocoa Powder
• 1 Tbs 2 tsp Maple Syrup
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

 

• Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
• Place in a sealed container in the fridge for at least 4 hours, until set.

Notes

If you prefer a textured chia pudding, leave the chia seeds out when you blend, and then mix them in before you refrigerate the pudding.