Healthy Vegan Chocolate Oat Pudding
Did you also like to eat chocolate pudding when you were little? And do you miss it now but wish it could be healthier and better for you? This vegan chocolate oat pudding recipe comes to the rescue! 🙂 Best of all, we won't sacrifice the taste. I sweetened this pudding with dates and oat milk - no added sugar. Oats give it thickness, cocoa and vanilla give it chocolate taste, and almond butter and a blender make all those ingredients perfectly creamy.
Equipment
- Blender
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 litre oat drink oat milk
- 150 g rolled oats
- a bit of vanilla powder about ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon
- 50 g pitted dates about 5 dates
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
for sprinkling on top:
- 20-30 g dark chocolate 70% cocoa
- 20-30 g shredded coconut
Instructions
- Start by grinding the rolled oats in a blender until you get a flour-like texture.
- Add the pitted dates, cocoa powder, and initially half a litre of oat milk to the blender. Blend everything into a smooth mixture. Add the remaining oat milk and blend until the mixture is uniform.
- Pour the mixture from the blender into a saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring regularly, until the pudding thickens.
- Once the pudding has thickened, add the vanilla and almond butter, and mix well.
- While it's still warm, pour the pudding into four small bowls and sprinkle shredded coconut and grated dark chocolate on top.
- Serve warm or cold. Allowing it to cool a bit will result in a firmer pudding, while serving it warm will be more liquid.
Tips and Info
Instead of almond butter, you can use tahini for a nut-free version. If you're using a less sweet milk (oat milk is naturally sweeter than, for example, almond milk), then add 1-2 more dates.