5-Minute Avocado Chocolate Pudding Recipe (Paleo | Dairy Free)

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Chocolate pudding made with avocados? Yes, really! This quick and easy homemade avocado chocolate pudding is rich, creamy, and made with simple ingredients. One bite and you’ll see why avocado is the perfect base.

The avocado provides a creamy texture, while the cocoa powder and honey give it a rich, nostalgic chocolate flavor. Made with only wholesome ingredients, there are absolutely no preservatives or refined sugars.

I remember eating pudding snack packs when I was a kid, but once I checked the ingredients list, I knew I had to create my own. This homemade chocolate pudding is like a grown-up, healthier version of those!

why you will love it

When you follow the Paleo diet (or any special diet, really), you have to compromise and give up certain desserts. You typically don’t eat dairy, and you try to avoid refined sugar. This pudding works perfectly!

With just a few wholesome ingredients (avocados, cocoa powder, honey, and a pinch of salt), it gives a creamy, naturally sweetened chocolate flavor that’s almost too good to be true. Before you start thinking that pudding is just for kids… it’s not! At least this pudding isn’t.

What Is in store-bought pudding?

In case you’re wondering what’s in the boxed chocolate pudding, I looked into it. The “Jello” brand of boxed chocolate pudding has the following ingredients:

• sugar
• modified corn starch
• cocoa processed with alkali
• sodium phosphate
• and less than 2% of:
  • tetrasodium pyroposphate
  • natural and artificial flavor
  • salt
  • artificial color
  • mono- and diglicerides
  • red 40
  • yellow 5
  • blue 1

… I think it’s clear which pudding is made with real and natural ingredients, and which is a far cry from the “real deal”!

Ingredients you will need

This pudding is made with three (four if you add the salt) ingredients and couldn’t be simpler to make.

• Avocados – You’ll want them perfectly ripe – or a little over-ripe.
• Cocoa powder – Get this 100% cocoa powder (or cacao powder)
• Honey – I use this raw honey. It has great flavor and is unrefined so the good stuff in the honey.
• Salt – We use this salt because it still has trace minerals that aren’t in refined salts.

Tools you will need

• Immersion blender or food processor – You choose which one you use. I’ve used both, and they both work equally well.
• Pudding or mousse serving dishes (these simple white ramekins work great, or these pudding dishes, or stemless wine glasses would also work.)
• Mason jar for storage – I love this wide mouth size. It’s the perfect size!

How To Make the best Chocolate Pudding

Get your equipment and ingredients out and be prepared to taste something incredible in just a few minutes!

Use your food processor, stand mixer, or immersion blender to blend all the ingredients together.

Here’s a tip: if you use an immersion blender or stand mixer, put the cocoa powder in the bowl first, then honey, then avocados. That way you won’t get a giant puff of cocoa when you turn on the blender (or mixer). Trust me on this one.

Special occasion healthy pudding

This healthy chocolate avocado pudding is perfect for special occasions when you want something sweet! It’s a fun, hands-on dessert to make with kids, and it also makes an easy, impressive dessert for date night.

Looking for a healthy Valentine’s Day dessert? This creamy pudding checks all the boxes while still feeling special!

Oh, speaking of special desserts… if you’re looking for a gluten and dairy free brownie recipe for your next date night, you’ve got to try this guilt free personal brownie (it makes enough for two…if you’re willing to share)!

Serving and storage tips

• Serve your homemade Paleo pudding in a ramekin or a fancier stemless wine glass like this one, if you’re feeling luxurious.
• This pudding will keep well for 3-5 days in a mason jar or these glass pudding jars. Honestly, I can’t seem to keep it in the fridge long enough to know when it goes bad. It’s too good, and we eat it up fast!
• If you find that this makes too much, I have frozen/defrosted the pudding with no noticeable flavor or texture difference.

Variations For this recipe

• Make it vegan: Just swap the honey for maple syrup! It’s an easy swap that won’t change the flavor too much.
• Make it sweeter: If you like a sweeter pudding, add a little more honey or maple syrup and blend again to taste.
• Boost the fiber: Add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed or chia seeds for extra fiber and a thicker texture.

FAQs

Related recipes

Chocolate cravings hit hard around here, and these easy homemade sweets always do the trick. Here are a few favorites:

• Make this avocado chocolate frosting for your next birthday cake!
• Make this rich chocolate almond butter spread (think homemade Almond-Nutella)!
• Just craving something chocolaty? Try these dark chocolate covered almonds!

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