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This is actually a go-to for my household. My husband loves taking coconut chia pudding to work as a snack, and I also love eating it as a snack, breakfast, or delicious and creamy dessert.

Ingredients

Canned coconut milk

Chia seeds

Maple syrup or honey

Vanilla extract

Toppings of choice

What kind of coconut milk should I use?

For this recipe, I call for full-fat coconut ilk (this is from a can!), but you can also use lite coconut milk for a lower calorie version. It’s still absolutely delicious using the lite version, although it’ll be a bit less creamy.

Why does it have to be canned?

Canned coconut milk is WAY different from the coconut milk you use from a carton (which is much more runny like the other cartoned milks). The canned coconut milk has more of the healthy, natural fats that are from coconut meat, so it is much thicker, richer, and creamier. It’s also a superfood powerhouse and less expensive than the more processed coconut milk from the carton! That’s a lot of wins in my opinion.

What are the best toppings?

My husbands favorite topping is coconut flakes, but I personally also like adding chopped fresh fruit such as mango, kiwi, berries, etc. I also love mixing in a jam.

Here are my favorite topping combinations:

Blueberry jam and fresh berries (as pictured for the recipe)
Coconut flakes and diced mango & pineapple (honestly my favorite)
Strawberries, coconut flakes, and orange zest or lemon zest
Banana, granola, and nut butter
Banana, cacao nibs, and granola
Kiwi, blackberries, and cherries

There are SO many other options!

Flavor additions to the pudding

Feel free to add other flavors to the chia pudding! For example:

You can sub the vanilla extract for maple extract (1:1).
You can sub honey for the maple syrup.
You can add protein powders or grass-fed collagen for protein (use code christine15 for Further Food collagen!)
You can add spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, allspice, chai spices, etc.
You can blend in frozen berries (such as blending in a cup of blueberries).
You can mix in lemon juice and lemon zest OR orange juice and orange zest
You can mix in a nut butter such as almond butter.
You can make it a chocolate flavor by mixing in cacao powder.
You can add superfoods such as flaxmeal, maca root powder, açaí powder, matcha powder, blue spirulina, etc.

And so many more options! Really, there are dozens of fantastic combinations you can make from chia pudding and they are all delicious.

Please be sure to leave a comment and review on this recipe. I love hearing feedback from you and your support means so much to me!