You may already know how easy chia seed pudding can be, but I just figured out a way to make it even easier. Blend it! This makes it ready to eat in a fraction of the time! Make vanilla, berry, peanut butter, and chocolate chia puddings in minutes, then store them in little mason jars for grab-and-go breakfasts and snacks all week!

For flavors of chia pudding, blueberry, chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, in small mason jars.

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What is chia pudding?

If you have never heard of chia pudding, it is simply chia seeds that have been soaked in milk until they expand and become the texture of pudding.  No cooking is needed! I make vegan chia pudding by simply using plant-based milk mixed with chia seeds.

Of course, if you want to make regular vegan pudding, I have a recipe for that too, but this makes a healthy dessert that is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

Ingredients and substitutions

  • Chia Seeds – These come dry in a bag or in the bulk section.
  • Milk – You can use any type of milk that you wish. I like to use dairy-free milks such as soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, or oat milk.
  • Sweetner – you can use sugar, maple syrup, agave nectar, or even honey to sweeten the pudding.

Make this even easier

Blend it! This little hack to make chia seed pudding even easier is great for grab-and-go snacks, and kids love them!

Put the pudding in ½ cup-sized mason jars for the perfect little healthy snack!  Sealed with a lid, they will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days!

Why use a blender?

I like to make my chia pudding in a blender because…

  • It chops up the chia seeds, giving the chia pudding a creamier texture.
  • Blending makes the pudding set much faster.  It is ready to eat in a few minutes, not a few hours.
  • The seeds don’t clump on the edge of the glass as they do with the stir-in method
Twelve make ahead chia pudding cups in 4 flavors. put in mason jars for easy grab and go breakfasts.

5 Easy flavor variations

  1. Vanilla – 1 tsp vanilla extract
  2. Chocolate – 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  3. Berry – 3 tbsp berries of choice
  4. Peanut butter – 2 tbsp peanut butter
  5. Chocolate peanut butter – 1 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 tbsp peanut butter

How to make blended chia pudding

Step 1 – Decide which flavor of chia pudding you want to make.  Then, add your milk of choice to a blender with the flavoring, sweetener, and chia seeds, and blend for about 20 seconds.

Step 2 – Let your chia pudding sit for about 3-5 minutes, and then blend again for another 20 seconds.

Step 3 – Pour into a bowl or small individual jars and refrigerate for up to 5 days as grab-and-go snacks.

Note – blending the chia pudding will make it set up much faster than soaking whole chia seeds. It will form a pudding-like texture after about 15 minutes instead of waiting hours.

The process of soy milk, chia seeds, and strawberries in a blender to make chia seed pudding.

Top your chia pudding with almonds, nut butter, granola, fresh fruit, fresh berries like mango, strawberry, banana, blueberry, or fruit compotes. To with a drizzle of maple syrup or a little agave nectar.

Milk-to-chia seed ratio

The ratio of chia to liquid for chia seed pudding is typically 1:4 to 1:8. This means 1 part chia seeds to at least 4 parts milk of choice.  If you use 2 tbsp of chia seeds in 1/2 cup of milk, you’ll get a firm pudding.  (My kids actually prefer a 1:8 ratio, using 1 tbsp to 1/2 cup of milk, making it more of a thick, smoothie-like texture, but less seedy.)  You may want to fiddle around with the ratio to get the texture that you like.

Little chia seed puddings cups made in 4 flavors and put into 4 oz mason jars.
Vanilla and chocolate chia pudding

How to meal prep chia pudding

I purchased a case of small ½ cup-sized mason jars, so I have 12 little cups ready to fill.  (This is also about the amount that my family of 4 will eat in 5 days’ time.)

My kids get bored with the same food quickly, so I usually make 4 different flavors.  Their favorite flavors are vanilla, chocolate, berry, peanut butter, and chocolate peanut butter.

To mass-produce the chia puddings, I simply triple the amount for 1 chia pudding.  Put that amount into the blender, then pour it into 3 mason jars.  Then I give the blender a quick rinse and repeat with the other flavors until I have 12 jars of chia pudding ready to go in the fridge.

More breakfast meal prep ideas

Since I’m not a morning person, cooking in the morning is not my thing. I love to have meals prepared and ready to eat. For hearty breakfasts, I love my veggie tofu scramble, vegan egg McMuffins, or tofu breakfast burritos.

For healthy grab-and-go meals, make-ahead smoothies, vegan yogurt, chickpea-flour egg muffins, spinach muffins, or hidden-veggie muffins are all good options.

Easy chia seed pudding that you can make ahead and keep in the fridge ready to grab and go.

Check out all of my breakfast prep ideas in my guide to Vegan Meal Prep Breakfast!

If you like chia seed pudding, you have to try chia seed jam too!

Vegan chia pudding recipe

Strawberry, blueberry, vanilla, and chocolate chia seed puddings in mason jars.
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Easy Chia Seed Pudding

Yield: 1
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
Author: Monica Davis
A quick and easy way to make chia seed pudding in a variety of flavors for snack or breakfast meal prep.
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Ingredients

The base for 1 serving of chia pudding

  • 1/2 cup soy milk, or any plant-based milk of choice
  • 2 tablespoons chia seeds
  • 1-2 teaspoon sweetener of choice, like sugar, coconut sugar, agave nectar, or maple syrup

For the vanilla pudding

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the chocolate pudding

  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon extra sweetener, (to counteract the bitter chocolate)

For fruit or berry pudding

  • 3 tablespoons berries, or any fruit of choice fresh or frozen

For peanut butter pudding

  • 1-2 tablespoons peanut butter

For chocolate peanut butter pudding

  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon extra sweetener

Equipment

Instructions
 

To make 1 chia pudding

  • Add the milk, chia seeds, sweetener and flavor of choice to a blender and mix for about 20 seconds.
  • Let it sit for about 3-5 minutes and then come back and blend again for another 20 seconds.
  • Pour into small glass jars and seal with a lid. Keep in the fridge until ready to eat.  (up to 5 days).

To make a large batch

  • Triple or quadruple recipe for 1 flavor and make the same as you would a single pudding.  Then pour into 3-4 small cups and store them in the fridge.
  • Rinse out the blender between each flavor and repeat until you have 12 cups of chia seed pudding ready to grab and go.

Notes

  • The amount of sweetener needed will depend on your taste and the sweetness of the plant-based milk that you use.
  • You may want to start with no sweetener and then taste the pudding and add sweetener at the end.
If you want pudding with whole chia seeds
  • Blend all of the ingredients except for the chia and then add the chia seeds at the end and stir. 
  • Then stir again 5 minutes later and then again 15 minutes after that. 
  • Store in the fridge for 3-4 hours before eating. 
Serving: 0.5cup, Calories: 129kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 6g, Sodium: 62mg, Potassium: 220mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 480IU, Vitamin C: 8.7mg, Calcium: 246mg, Iron: 1.5mg
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