This avocado chocolate pudding recipe is a Sweet entry in the BIG Snackable Recipe Contest (over $3500 in cash prizes available) submitted by Carly Hanellin (photography by Shane Stolz). It uses whole food ingredients and is lighter than many other similar recipes.
The contest is a celebration of our new FREE Snackable eBook with delicious, original Sweet, Savory and Sippable Dairy-Free Recipes. Download and enjoy it now via PDF, iTunes, Kindle, Google Play or Kobo: www.godairyfree.org/snackable-ebook
And doesn’t it look amazing? To give this avocado chocolate pudding some extra pizzazz when serving, Carly topped it with CocoWhip, fresh mint, fresh seasonal berries, and a smattering of nuts. Of course, it will taste pretty darn good on its own, without the garnishes, and is a relatively nutritious dessert.
To qualify for the contest, this recipe uses Almond Milk Beverage from So Delicious Dairy Free.
Special Diet Notes: Avocado Chocolate Pudding
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based, vegetarian, optionally raw, and optionally paleo.
For nut-free avocado chocolate pudding, substitute coconut milk beverage for the almond milk beverage, and of course, skip the optional nuts.
Raw cacao powder? Raw cacao powder is made by cold-processing the beans. It’s becoming more readily available with brands like Navitas Naturals. If you don’t have any on hand, you can substitute your favorite, good quality cocoa powder.
- 2 medium bananas
- ½ medium avocado
- ¼ cup So Delicious Dairy Free Almond Milk Beverage
- 3 tablespoons raw cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- Vanilla bean or extract, to taste
- Fresh mint
- Fresh Berries
- Chopped nuts
- So Delicious Dairy Free CocoWhip
- To make the avocado chocolate pudding, place the banana, avocado, almond milk, cacao powder, maple syrup and vanilla in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
- Put mixture in a container, cover and refrigerate for an hour or longer.
- To serve, optionally top with fresh mint, berries, nuts and/or CocoWhip.
- Blend all ingredients in food processor and put in fridge to chill for an hour or so, then serve and enjoy!
- *So delicious Cocowhip, fresh mint, berries, nuts (optional toppings)
11 Comments
This Gluten Dairy Free Chocolate Avocado Pudding Recipe is perfect for you kids! You no longer have to worry about the mystery ingredients that store bought pudding cups contain!
Since I jsut went back to peing Paleo I am SO loving this dessert! I am a chocoholic and have a hard time finding sweets that I can eat on this diet. I have found some really good, high-fat, cocoa powder at Pensey’s spices. It is so rich tasting. I am using is quite a bit now that I might need to order it by the pound:)
Good to know – I didn’t even realize Pensey’s had cocoa powder!
I have never had an avocado dessert before, but I love avocado in savory preparations so I definitely want to give this one a try!
Avocado and chocolate…two of my favorites all in one lovely dessert. Great idea!
Oooh I LOVE avocado in pudding – it makes it so creamy and delicious!!
I love the combination of avocado and chocolate, it’s so incredibly creamy. I’ve made a similar recipe with milk – this looks like a wonderful dairy-free variation.
We often used Avocado for dessert in the Philippines so I am sure to enjoy this delightful pudding! 🙂
I love avocado and chocolate… I have one that needs to be enjoyed, perhaps this is where it will end up tonight! 🙂
..and you read my mind. You had mentioned using avocado with chocolate and I’ve been very curious. Now, I have no excuse but to give this a try…nut free style of course! This photograph just oozes creamy yum! I must try it!
Yes, you must! It’s so seamless and avocado has a natural pudding consistency when pureed.