Recipe- Celebrate Birthday In Lockdown With Chocolate Chia Pudding

This Chocolate chia seed pudding is made with coconut milk and cocoa powder and is perfect for a healthy and filling breakfast or snack. Deliciously sweet but good for you, and so easy to make ahead of time! Vegan and gluten-free.Ditch store-bought pudding. Make this Chocolate Chia Pudding, with chia seeds that expand 9 times in your stomach to help you feel fuller longer. Talk about feel good food for dieting! I make the regular 3-ingredient Chia Pudding on the regular! But sometimes, I love adding cocoa powder to turn this healthy snack into a dessert. It’s rich, decadent and chocolatey, so it always hits the spot!

Ingredients

1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup coconut milk carton refrigerated kind
1/3 cup chia seeds

Method

* Sift cocoa powder into a medium deep mixing bowl.

* Add maple syrup, vanilla extract and pinch of salt.

* Whisk to combine until smooth.
add the coconut milk on top and whisk to combine.

* Pour the chia seeds on top of the mixture and whisk to combine one more time.

* Cover and refrigerate until the mixture thickens, and becomes pudding like, at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight.

* Enjoy with fresh coconut whip cream and berries, if desired.