Vegan Black Forest Chia Seed Pudding

Why You'll Love This Recipe!

My top 3 favorite reasons:

• All The Flavors of Black Forest Cake Without the Guilt: this delicious plant-based dessert delivers the traditional cherry + chocolate combination without refined sugar and dairy!
• Easy Preparation: this no-bake + no-cook recipe can be prepared in about 10 minutes...simply mix, layer, chill and enjoy!
• Made With Clean Ingredients: no dairy, soy, tofu!

Karielyn

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In this Vegan Black Forest Chia Seed Pudding Parfait recipe, I've combined a classic chia pudding with a dark cherry + chocolate combination.

It has a thick, sweetened plain chia pudding layer + dark cherry chia seed jam layer + dark cherries + melted chocolate layer - twice!

Then it's topped with a drizzle of even more melted chocolate 🙂

It only takes a few minutes to make each step, and I used my Vitamix to make both the chia pudding and chia jam in a matter of minutes.

The recipe is enough to make one large serving or two smaller servings.  Have fun and make a large serving and share it with someone special!

And don't worry about being precise with the amounts you put in each layer...it isn't critical so feel free to use as much or as little of each as you like.

But...try to use organic cherries, if possible, because non-organic cherries can contain up to 42 different pesticides and please, please, please don't buy or use the red food-colored cherries in a jar with an ingredient list like this: Cherries, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavors. Preserved with: Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate, Red 40, Sulfur Dioxide (Preservative).

This easy and healthy recipe is raw, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, no-cook, paleo-friendly and contains no refined sugar.

Ingredients

Here are the clean, real food ingredients I used to make this recipe. Try to buy organic if possible.

1. Homemade Almond Milk (or non-dairy milk)
2. Chia Seeds
3. Unrefined Granular Sweetener
4. Dark Cherries
5. Lemon Juice
6. Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips
7. Coconut Oil

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Vegan Black Forest Chia Seed Pudding Parfait

Plant-Based | Gluten-Free | Vegan | Dairy-Free | Soy-Free | Tofu-Free | No-Cook | Paleo--Friendly | No Refined Sugar

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Inactive Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Yields: 2 servings

Calories : 613

Equipment

• Vitamix or high-speed blender
• Medium Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

For the chia pudding:

• ▢ 2 cups homemade almond milk
• ▢ ½ cup organic chia seeds
• ▢ 2 tablespoons organic unrefined granular sweetener

For the dark cherry chia jam:

• ▢ 2 cups organic dark cherries pitted
• ▢ 2 tablespoons organic chia seeds
• ▢ 2 tablespoons filtered/purified water
• ▢ 1 tablespoon organic lemon juice freshly squeezed

For the chocolate add-in:

• ▢ ¼ cup Enjoy Life mini-chocolate chips
• ▢ 1 teaspoon organic coconut oil

For the dark cherry add-in:

• ▢ 1 cup organic dark cherries pitted

Instructions

Prepare the chia pudding:

• Add all the ingredients for the chia pudding to a Vitamix and pulse 5-6 short times, only long enough to mix the ingredients together, but taking care not to over process.  You don't want the chia seeds to be broken down.
• Transfer the mixture to a small bowl and refrigerate for about 15 minutes, or until it firms up.

Prepare the dark cherry chia jam:

• Add all the ingredients for the dark cherry chia jam to a Vitamix and pulse or blend until the cherries are broken down but taking care not to over process.  Set aside. I gave you the ingredient list for a full batch of dark cherry chia jam, but you won't need to use but about ¼ of it for this recipe.  Just store the extra in an air-tight BPA-free container in the refrigerator.

Prepare the chocolate add-in:

• Add all the ingredients for the chocolate add-in to a small saucepan and melt on lowest heat, stirring until it is smooth and well blended, taking care not to let it burn.  Set aside.

Assembly:

If you are making (1) large serving, just layer everything in one large glass or mason jar:

• Layers starting at the bottom: ½ of the chia pudding --> 3-4 tablespoons dark cherry chia jam --> ½ cup dark cherries --> 3-4 tablespoons chocolate add-in --> other ½ of the chia pudding --> 3-4 tablespoons dark cherry chia jam --> ½ cup dark cherries --> 1-2 tablespoons chocolate drizzle

If you are making (2) smaller servings, just divide the (1) serving ingredient amounts between two serving glasses:

• Layers starting at the bottom: ¼  of the chia pudding --> 2-3 tablespoons dark cherry chia jam --> ¼ cup dark cherries --> 2-3 tablespoons chocolate add-in --> other ¼ of the chia pudding --> 2-3 tablespoons dark cherry chia jam --> ¼ cup dark cherries --> 1 tablespoons chocolate drizzle

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1g | Calories: 613kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 342mg | Fiber: 24g | Sugar: 36g | Calcium: 688mg

Course:Breakfast,Desserts

Cuisine:American

Recipe Author: Karielyn Tillman

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