Chocolate Banana Chia Pudding with Hazelnuts

Chocolate for breakfast? Count me in! Chocolate, Banana Chia Pudding with Hazelnuts is a delicious and healthy breakfast to start your day. It’s filling and packed full of protein, fibre, antioxidants and it’s vegan and with no added refined sugar.

Ingredients you will need to make this Chocolate Banana Chia Pudding:

• A very ripe banana, the black spots are your friend here! You want this banana to be really ripe, soft and sweet.
• Cocoa powder, I use good quality unsweetened
• Hazelnut milk, for that slight nutella taste, chocolate and hazelnuts taste sooooo good together! I know sometimes this can be hard to find in some grocery stores so you can also use almond milk or any other kind of dairy free milk to keep this recipe vegan. For non vegans, you can just normal, whole milk.
• Chia seeds
• topping, sliced banana and chopped hazelnuts

Instructions to make this chia pudding:

Start by mashing the banana with the cocoa powder until no more lumps of cocoa powder remains. Add the hazelnut milk a little at a time then add the chia seeds. Stir well and let it sit for 5 minutes and stir again until the lumps are gone. Cover and refrigerate over night.

Serve with sliced bananas and some chopped hazelnuts if desired.

Enjoy!

TIPS FOR MAKING CHIA PUDDING:

• Make sure the chia seeds are mixed in well to prevent a lumpy result. Stir well and then stir again!
• For best results, let these chia pudding cakes cill out in the fridge overnight. If you are short on time, chill for a minimum of 4 hours.
• Taste the chia pudding and depending on the ripeness and sweetness of your banana, you might want to add a little maple syrup. I don’t like mine so sweet, I don’t add any extra sweetener at all. Agave syrup or coconut sugar can also be used.

For more quick and healthy chia puddings, check out this recipes:

Warm Chai Spiced Chia Pudding with Cinnamon Apples

Creamy Coconut and Banana Chia Pudding

Mango, Turmeric and Coconut Chia Pudding

Blueberry Chia Pudding

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Enjoy!