Packed with banana and coconut flavors, this Banana Cream Protein Chia Pudding makes for the perfect treat or breakfast. Healthy, creamy, and absolutely delicious, this chia pudding is such an easy recipe to make.
2Tbspvanilla protein powderor vegan protein powder
1Tbspmaple syrupor honey
1tspvanilla extractuse pure
¾cupcoconut milkor almond milk
1pinchsalt
1ripebananasplus more for topping
1tspcinnamonplus more to sprinkle on top
2Tbspcoconut flakesplus more for garnish
Instructions
Mix all the ingredients, except bananas, in a small bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic food wrap and refrigerate for a couple of hours to thicken or overnight.
Once it has thickened, stir together again, and add a little bit more milk if needed.
Mash or cube 1 banana.
Add to the pudding and mix to incorporate.
Cube more banana and top your pudding with it.
Garnish with coconut flakes and cinnamon.
Notes
Honey can be used in place of maple syrup.
Replace protein powder with vegan protein to make it vegan.
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.
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. So if you use a different non-dairy milk like almond or cashew, it will take on the flavoring.
You can easily scale this recipe up to multiple servings.
The more ripe your bananas, the sweeter they’ll be. So if your bananas have more than a couple of brown spots, then they’re ready to be used!
If you do not have almond or coconut milk you can use another non-dairy milk of your choice. My next best option is almond milk.