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July 2022
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What healthy treat takes only 5 minutes to make and uses only 5 ingredients? Avocado chocolate pudding! With rich, chocolaty flavor and healthy ingredients, this chocolate pudding is a winning, 5-star recipe for kids and adults alike.
Made with only 5 ingredients, this chocolate avocado pudding is incredibly easy to make. It all comes together in a blender or food processor and is ready to eat in about 5 minutes.
Sweetened with chocolate and maple syrup, this pudding recipe is dessert-like, but you could serve it to your kids as a sweet but filling snack.
Related: Looking for more healthy snacks for kids? Check out our easy-to-follow, kid-friendly recipes.
This recipe is incredibly versatile, so you can adjust the flavorings of your avocado chocolate pudding as necessary to please the different eaters in your home.
Prefer a sweeter dish? Increase the amount of sweetener. Like more of a chocolate flavor? Up the amount of cacao. Need a vegan version? Use non-dairy milk.
The avocado makes this dish filling and creamy, but don’t worry if avocado is not your favorite flavor. The cacao does a good job of masking the avocado flavor in this chocolate pudding.
For adults and older kids who do not want the pudding to taste like avocado, you may need to increase the amount of cacao or sweetener used in the recipe.
Related: Worried about sugar? Get 19 tips for managing your child’s sugar intake.
Avocado chocolate pudding is a great option for kids and families. Kids love the chocolaty flavor and parents are happy to introduce their kids and toddlers to avocado.
Avocados contain B vitamins, like vitamin B6 and pantothenic acid. They are also a source of monounsaturated fat, which is good for kids because it helps to fuel their bodies.
If your child is hesitant about trying avocados, read our article to learn how to get your child to eat avocados.
If you and your kids love avocado, be sure to try our avocado sushi roll recipe. It makes an easy, allergen-free lunch for kids!
To help get your kids interested in new foods and dishes like this avocado pudding, you can offer it to them in a fun serving dish. Try brightly colored silicone muffin cups. Or, serve it with a cool, new kid utensil.
We don’t recommend trying to hide the avocado in your chocolate avocado pudding to get your toddler or picky eater to eat it. Hiding foods can often make picky eating worse.
For help getting your picky eater to eat new foods, download our free picky eating guide. Or, read our top expert tips for dealing with picky eaters.
This chocolate pudding recipe uses simple ingredients. Aside from the avocados, these ingredients are likely fixtures in your home.
Here are the ingredients needed for chocolate pudding made out of avocados:
You can use any milk, but full-fat milk offers a nice, thick consistency and more nutrients. Learn which milk is best for kids on our blog.
Adding peanut butter, nut butter or seed butter is one way to change up the flavor of this chocolate avocado pudding recipe. The peanut butter even helps balance out the avocado flavor.
Play around with the amount of nut butter you add to make sure you still get the consistency you like. Powdered peanut butter can be added without affecting the texture of the original recipe.
Making chocolate avocado pudding is incredibly easy! All it takes is a blender or food processor.
Here’s how to make chocolate pudding with avocado:
In the end, you get a delicious bowl of chocolate pudding to share with your family.
You can serve this healthy chocolate pudding to kids on its own. But to up the ante, you could serve avocado pudding with berries, cherries or any of your child’s favorite fruits on the side or as a topping.
More topping suggestions include chocolate shavings, shredded coconut, whipped cream, and nuts and seeds. Chop or grind nuts and seeds if serving to toddlers. Check out our blog to learn how to modify choking hazards for kids.
To add more protein to this snack for kids, serve it with a cheese stick.
You can safely store your pudding in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Note: the flavor will change slightly after sitting refrigerated for a few days.
If you struggle planning meals and snacks for your family because your child is a picky eater, check out the Real Easy Weekdays meal plan.
It offers a complete meal system with 3 meals and 2 snacks a day for busy families.
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