This light and refreshing chis pudding recipe has only three ingredients and takes just five minutes of prep work. It's light, refreshing, and perfect for an easy make-ahead breakfast, snack, or dessert.
This recipe is perfect for an easy make-ahead breakfast, a refreshing snack, or a lighter dessert.
I love that it has only a few ingredients and a few simple steps making it a beginner-friendly recipe.
Be sure to try my Chia Seed Parfait next!
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Reasons You'll Love This Recipe
- Vegan & Vegetarian: We don't use any animal based products in this recipe such as dairy, eggs, etc. which makes it a great option for a vegan, vegetarian, or plant-based diet.
- Gluten-Free: This recipe doesn't contain any wheat/gluten making it a gluten-free friendly recipe.
- Great Variety: You can easily change up the flavors or add more ingredients to make this recipe a variety of different flavors!
Ingredients
Chia Seeds: I usually buy a big bag and use it up over several months (I make this a lot). They can be tricky to find, but I can usually find them in the "health food" section of a grocery store, near protein powders.
Check out these health benefits of chia seeds and why this is a great option for a healthier snack or treat.
Plant-Based Milk: I alternate between using oat milk and almond milk. You can use whatever vegan milk option you like best or have on hand.
Using a sweetened or flavored version will cut out other ingredients that you might use. If you do use a flavor (vanilla, chocolate, etc.) or a sweetened version it's a great way to add extra flavor.
Vanilla Extract: This will give things a nice vanilla flavor if you don't have a flavored yogurt.
Maple Syrup: An optional ingredient to sweeten things up. You can also use agave nectar or organic cane sugar instead. Again, feel free to omit if you use a sweetened plant milk.
Plant-Based Yogurt: Adding a scoop (roughly ¼ cup) to this recipe will make it extra rich and creamy. I prefer to use a flavored yogurt for flavor and variety when I make this recipe.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Combine all of the ingredients to a mason jar or similar container that has a lid.
Step 2: Mix all of your ingredients together really well.
Step 3: Wait 2-3 minutes then mix it all up again really thoroughly. This is really important because things will get really clumpy if you skip this step. Cover the container and place it in the fridge for at least an hour until it really thickens nicely.
Step 4: Remove the chia pudding from the fridge, mix one last time if needed, add any toppings you prefer, and enjoy!
Substitutions and Omissions
As mentioned above, you can use any plant-based milk that you prefer. I like using oat milk the best.
If you use either flavored or sweetened plant-based milk or a flavored or sweetened plant-based yogurt (by the way, the yogurt is not a substitute for the milk, just an optional addition) you can omit the maple syrup and/or vanilla.
You can also add any type of flavor to your chia pudding that you would like. For example, you can stir in matcha powder and make matcha chia pudding. I also like to use powders like spirulina, dragon fruit, and acai to make spirulina chia pudding, dragon fruit chia pudding, etc.
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Chia Seed Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat milk
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- ¼ cup vanilla yogurt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar or similar container.
- Mix everything until well combined.
- Stir again after 2-3 minutes to prevent clumping. Cover the container and place it in the refrigerator for about an hour.
- Remove once a thick consistency has formed, top with your favorite fresh fruit, granola, or anything you prefer, and enjoy!
Erica G says
Kelsey 's recipes never disappoint!
Kelsey says
Thank you so much Erica!!! I'm so glad you're enjoying the recipes 🙂 I really appreciate you taking the time to leave this positive feedback!
Felice says
It looks delicious but I think that in the ingredients and directions you should be more specific that you mix the yogurts with powders to get the parfait look and different colors. It be much more helpful for people that are not that familiar with plant based diets etc. Otherwise it looks wonderful.
Kelsey says
Hi Felice, thanks for your comment I appreciate your feedback! This is the recipe specifically for the chia seed pudding, not the entire parfait. I'm making a recipe for the parfaits soon so stay tuned.
Lynsey says
So how do you get the colorful stuff in the pudding? In the layers?
Kelsey says
Hi Lynsey! The colorful layers are made using different flavors of yogurts. The blue is vanilla yogurt mixed with blue spirulina powder!
Sarah says
This looks great!!
For calories, is that per serving? And if so, how much is the serving? Trying to do a better job at tracking my calories each day!
Kelsey says
Thank you! Yes that is calories per serving 🙂 this yields two servings so 167 for half of the container and 334 if you were to eat the whole container. I hope that helps!
Melissa says
This is sooo delicious!
Kelsey says
Thanks Melissa! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Kathryn says
So in the photo of it looking like a parfait, what is the blue and purple layers?
Kelsey says
They are yogurts 🙂 both are vanilla yogurt, one is mixed with blue spirulina powder, one with acai powder.
Sandra says
I love the chia seed pudding! My five year old also loves this delicious treat, beautiful and tasty!
Planted in the Kitchen says
Hi Sandra, I'm so glad that you are both enjoying the chia pudding!!
The Dragon's Picnic says
Beautiful pictures!
Planted in the Kitchen says
Thank you!!