Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Okay, stay with me here. I know its a little freaky to think about avocados in your dessert, but you’re just going to have to trust me. Why, you ask? Because this pudding is quick, easy, nutrient-dense, and super decadent. 

All it takes is a few simple ingredient to make this dreamboat of a dessert. Creamy, buttery avocado blends with ripe banana, cocoa powder, almond milk, and maybe a teensy bit of melted chocolate if you’re into that. If you’re used to super sweet desserts, a drizzle of maple syrup or honey would be welcome here, too. 

Admittedly, this tastes a bit like avocado. To me, that’s a good thing. Avocados are packed with monounsaturated fats, are higher in potassium that bananas, and are full of other essential nutrients that you need to be your happiest, healthiest self. If you fed this to an unsuspecting guest, I doubt they would guess the secret ingredient. They might detect a unique flavor, but this certainly isn’t a batch of sweet chocolaty guacamole, if that’s what you’re worried about. 

The best part about this nutritious dessert? It requires no cooking, minimal prep, and comes together in minutes with the help of your blender or food processor. It also happens to be naturally gluten-free, vegan, and refined sugar free. This means you can eat it for dessert tonight and pull out leftovers for a chocolate, peanut butter, banana and granola parfait tomorrow morning. A little crumbled up leftover banana bread wouldn’t hurt, either. Wait, why didn’t I think of this earlier? I guess I’m making more pudding, ASAP.

If you make a batch of this pudding, leave me a comment and let me know what you think! Don’t forget to take a picture and tag it #bakedgreens on Instagram so I can see all your creamy avocado creations. 

Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Chelsea Colbath

A quick and easy nutrient-dense dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth. This pudding is rich and velvety thanks to avocados, and naturally sweetened with banana.

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Time 5 minutes mins

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1/2 a ripe banana
• 2 Tablespoons milk almond, coconut, cow's, etc
• 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 Tablespoons dark chocolate chips melted (optional, for a richer dessert)
• 1 Tablespoon maple syrup or honey optional, for a sweeter dessert

Instructions

 

• 1. Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor, and pulse until combined. Scrape down the bowl and mix again until completely smooth.
• 2. Divide pudding into two serving dishes. Can be eaten at room temperature, or refrigerated until ready to serve and eaten cold. Pudding lasts 24 hours in the refrigerator, but after that the avocado starts to brown/break down, and the flavor isn't as delicious.
• 3. If desired, serve with a dollop of whipped cream or coconut cream and an extra drizzle of chocolate.

Notes

I recommend making the recipe as written, with the optional melted chocolate chips. If you taste it and find it to be less sweet than you'd like, add in maple syrup or honey to achieve your desired level of sweetness.
This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, etc, for larger quantities.

All the chocolate, please!