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This easy chia pudding recipe is inspired by my love for Almond Joy! This Almond Joy Overnight Chia Pudding tastes just like the sweet treat as it’s made with chocolate, coconut milk, and almonds. You’ll definitely be looking forward to the mornings you have this chia pudding prepared!
This almond joy version of overnight chia seed pudding is full of wholesome ingredients but tastes just like the chocolate bar. If you’ve never had chia seed pudding, it’s essentially dessert but for breakfast! You mix everything together the night before, let it set in the fridge overnight, and in the morning, you’ve got a healthy pudding.
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What is Chia Seeds?
Chia seeds are edible seeds that come from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, grown typically grown in Mexico. Chia seeds are very popular because of their health benefits. They contain healthy omega-3 fatty acids, protein, fiber, antioxidant and calcium. These types of vitamins and minerals keeps your blood sugar lever under control, build lean muscles and helps keep you satisfied until your next meal serving.
What do chia seeds taste like?
Chis seeds have a mild, nutty flavor which makes them easy to add to foods and beverages. They are most often sprinkled on cereal, sauces, vegetables, rice dishes, yogurt or mixed into drinks and baked goods. They can also be mixed with milks or nut milks to make chia pudding.
Why You’ll Love This Chia Pudding Recipe
- It’s so easy. You literally just mix everything together then let it set in the fridge. No cooking required!
- It’s dessert for breakfast. Seriously, you really cannot beat this reason! Who would say no to it?
- It’s healthy. Chia seeds are not only high in protein but also have large amounts of fiber and omega-3 per serving.
What You’ll Need
- Chia seeds — white or black chia seeds
- Maple syrup
- Vanilla
- Coconut milk
- Cocoa powder
- Almonds — you can purchase pre-sliced almonds
- Coconut shavings
- Mini chocolate chips — you can use more chocolate chips as well
How to Make Overnight Chia Pudding
- Make the chia seed pudding: Mix chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla, and coconut milk in a bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic food wrap and leave at room temperature to thicken, for about 15-20 minutes.
- Add in the cocoa powder: Once it has thickened, stir together again, and add a little bit more milk if desired. Add cocoa powder and stir again.
- Add in toppings: Top with coconut shavings, sliced almonds and mini chocolate chips.
- Let set overnight: Store chia pudding refrigerated in an airtight container or in a bowl covered with plastic wrap. Store without toppings for about 1 week. If stored with toppings consume over 2 days.
- To make the layering effect: Simply divide the pudding in two portions once it has thickened. Add cocoa to one half and leave the other half plain. Place in a jar by layering with nuts, almonds, chocolate chia layer and plain chia layers.
Tips and Notes
- Make sure to break apart any clumps in your chia pudding before transferring it to the fridge. You want the chia seeds to be able to absorb the liquid.
- Don’t have maple syrup? Feel free to swap for honey.
- Chia seeds don’t have any taste to them on their own and take on the flavor of the liquid it is in. In this case, your chia pudding will taste like coconut thanks to the coconut milk.
- If you don’t have coconut milk, you can use almond milk but the taste won’t be super similar to Almond Joy.
- While you can purchase pre-sliced almonds, you can also roughly chop your own if you prefer.
- I suggest using real vanilla extract and not artificial since you aren’t cooking this recipe and you’ll taste the extract.
- You can easily scale this recipe up to multiple servings.
FAQs
There are no nutritional value differences between black and white chia seeds. The only difference is the appearance of the color of the chia seeds themselves.
The ingredients to this chia pudding are naturally gluten-free but some chocolate chips may not be. I would double check the bag as some processing facilities are not certified gluten-free.
This is vegan! Just be sure to double check your chocolate chips if you are making this for someone who is vegan as some may not be vegan-friendly. There are vegan chocolate chips if you want to be super sure.
If you’re storing this in an airtight container, chia seed pudding without toppings can last up to a week and still taste fresh. It’s the perfect grab and go breakfast, especially if you have kids that like to sleep in and have to eat breakfast while on their way to school! You can add the toppings the day of enjoying or the night before.
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Almond Joy Overnight Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 3 tbsps. chia seeds
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup, or more to taste
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
Topping Options
- sliced almonds
- coconut shavings
- mini dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla, and coconut milk in a bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic food wrap and leave at room temperature to thicken, for about 15-20 minutes.
- Once it has thickened, stir together again, and add a little bit more milk if desired. Add cocoa powder and stir again.
- Top with coconut shavings, sliced almonds and mini chocolate chips.
- Store chia pudding refrigerated in an airtight container or in a bowl covered with plastic wrap. Store without toppings for about 1 week. If stored with toppings consume over 2 days.
- To make layering effect of chocolate and plain pudding simply divide the pudding in two portions once it has thickened. Add cocoa to one half and leave the other half plain. Place in a jar by layering with nuts, almonds, chocolate chia layer and plain chia layers.
Notes
- Make sure to break apart any clumps in your chia pudding before transferring it to the fridge. You want the chia seeds to be able to absorb the liquid.
- Don’t have maple syrup? Feel free to swap for honey.
- Chia seeds don’t have any taste to them on their own and take on the flavor of the liquid it is in. In this case, your chia pudding will taste like coconut thanks to the coconut milk.
- If you don’t have coconut milk, you can use almond milk but the taste won’t be super similar to Almond Joy.
- While you can purchase pre-sliced almonds, you can also roughly chop your own if you prefer.
- I suggest using real vanilla extract and not artificial since you aren’t cooking this recipe and you’ll taste the extract.
- You can easily scale this recipe up to multiple servings.
