Peanut Butter Chia Pudding (Dairy-Free)

Chia pudding is a great snack to meal prep and have stored in your fridge. It's high in protein, quick to make, and easily customizable with your favourite flavourings. This peanut butter chia pudding packs tons of flavour and really only takes 5 minutes to make!

Quick and simple to make
Satiating
Perfect for meal prep
Delicious peanut butter flavour!

Ingredients For Peanut Butter Chia Pudding

This Harvard Health article on "Chia Seed Benefits" refers to chia seeds as "nutritional heavyweights". If these little fibre, protein, and antioxidant packed seeds are new to you; then make sure to give that article a read! There are so many delicious ways to incorporate chia seeds into your diet with chia pudding being a great one!

For this peanut butter chia pudding recipe I use:

1. Chia seeds
2. Plant milk (you can use water but plant milk will make a creamier/tastier pudding)
3. Peanut butter
4. Maple syrup (alternatively use chopped dates or a sweetener of choice)
5. And a dash of vanilla extract

When chia seeds are mixed with a liquid they expand in size and a gelatinous coating forms around the seed. This coating makes the chia seeds stick together like a pudding and makes them easier to digest as well.

How To Make Peanut Butter Chia Pudding

This 5 ingredient recipe is essentially ready in just 5 minutes. Simply mix all of the ingredients together and the pudding is ready to eat right away. However, with a tiny bit of patience and 10 to 15 minutes in the fridge the pudding will be nice and thick.

Chia seeds will want to really stick together as soon as any liquid is introduced. For this reason you need to stir the seeds and milk mixture a couple of times to make sure the seeds disperse. Otherwise, you could end up with one big hard clump of seeds.

1. Mix the chia seeds and milk with a wire whisk or a fork. (I prefer to not use a spoon since it's not as effective at breaking up any clumps that may try to form).
2. Stir in the maple syrup, liquid sweetener, and vanilla extract.
3. Allow the pudding to sit and thicken in the fridge for 10 - 15 minutes.
4. Then give it another stir to ensure no seeds have sunk to the bottom or clumped together.
5. And enjoy!

Feel free to use an alternative sweetener in this recipe. If your plant milk is sweetened you may find that you can use less sweetener (or none at all). Chopping up 2-3 pitted dates and stirring them through the pudding is a great way to use an even more natural sweetener.

How Long Does Chia Pudding Last?

All of my chia pudding recipes including this peanut butter flavour last well for 5 days in the fridge.

You can store the pudding in one larger container and draw from it as you need. Alternatively, I like to separate the pudding into individual 4oz jars once it has firmed up. Either way, make sure to store the pudding in an airtight container and it will last well for you throughout your week.

Recipe Cost

Finally, the cost. Chia seeds have become quite easy to find in most large grocery stores and bulk stores. If you happen to have a membership to a wholesale grocery store then make sure to check there for the best price.

This peanut butter chia pudding makes 600 grams and costs me $2.70 Canadian if I use chia seeds purchased from my wholesale store. My cost increases to $3.50 with chia seeds purchased from my local grocery store.

I tend to separate this recipe into four 150 gram servings. That means that each serving costs me less than $1. If I were to buy chia pudding from a cafe it would likely cost me $4.99 - $6.99 per portion.

One more great thing about chia seeds is that they tend to last for quite awhile. This means that you can be on the lookout to buy them when they are on sale. I always store my chia seeds (and all of my seeds and nuts for that matter) in the fridge. The cool environment of the fridge really helps to extend the shelf life of seeds and nuts without damaging any of their nutritional value.

Let me know in the comments below if you try this peanut butter chia pudding! Get creative with your flavours and try making this Chocolate Chia Pudding for an even more decadent treat.

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