Why hello there.
After a weekend away from my computer, it’s sure nice to be back! Less computer time meant more cleaning time. Wwwwwwhhhhhhyyyyyyy?!?!?!
Somehow weekends always turn into a big cleaning fest over here. How is it that my house needs to be clean every-single-weekend? Are we really that messy (yes I am)? Can I blame it on the animals?
I…
Made an awesome hardwood floor cleaner that works great! More to come on that.
Cleaned the shower, downstairs bathroom AND upstairs bathroom. All with homemade cleaners again – I’m on a kick!
Laundry… always
Jacob…
Finished ALL the nursery painting. Mural is done + wall next to it is fully painted. I’ll get pictures up soon!
Took out our old ugly pantry and installed wire shelving over the washer/dryer. It’s so much more organized now!
Hmmm more stuff happened around the house, I guess I just don’t remember it. Plus I ran yesterday which started in sunshine, then ended in hale. CrAzY! Some hunting at Goodwill for frames happened too. I was pooped by the end of the day! Did the time switch mess with you? I think it did me.
With every good weekend, there is always food. Good food. Savory food, sweet food and simple food. Today it’s all about the sweet and simple food. But starting with the savory avocado.
Chocolate avocado pudding
Oh, and it’s also Secret Recipe Club reveal day! For this month I was secretly assigned the blog Gluten Free A – Z Blog to scour through. For the longest time I was set on making coconut flour cookies, but then once I saw the chocolate avocado pudding, I knew it was destiny. There is food destiny after all.
You see, I’ve seen avocado pudding all over the place. It’s been on my must make list, but for some reason I never get around to it. Lucky for me, the SRC helped me get to it and make that avocado pudding!
It’s so simple too. Just 5 ingredients. That’s all you need.
Avocado + cocoa powder + vanilla extract + maple syrup + milk
Blend it all up and boom you’ve got pudding! No heating, stirring or waiting required.
If you’ve been like me and have been putting making avocado pudding off, don’t wait any longer. Take the plunge right now. You will be so happy you did!
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Serves 2
Adapted from here
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocados
- 1 tsp real vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup milk of choice
Directions
- Slice the avocado and remove all the meat. Place the avocado meat along with the remaining ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth.
- If needed, scrape down the sides and add a bit more milk to get things moving.
- Chill if not eating right away!
Notes
- Do as I say, not as I do. Use a fulling ripe avocado here, not semi-ripe avocado. The softer your avocado is the shorter amount of time you have to blend. My blender was starting to smoke by the end since I was running it for soooooo long.
- If you end up having to blend for a really long time, you might want to stick it in the fridge/freezer for a short time to chill it.
- It is highly addictive.
My favorite part with this treat (other than how great it tastes), is that it’s filling! The avocado is full of healthy fats, leaving you feeling satisfied with less. Just like with my fudgy vegan chocolate mousse, you’re left with a satisfied feeling. Instead of avocado there, it’s made silky smooth with tofu. You would never know though!
It’s kind of a sexy treat too. Add in some fruit for dipping and share it with your loved one.
Or be like me and make it on a Sunday when your husband is working and proceed to eat it all by yourself… at least I ate it in 2 sessions and not all at once. 😉
Have you ever made chocolate avocado pudding? What was a highlight from your weekend? Does anyone else feel like they have to clean every weekend (or just me?)?
Hope your Monday is going great!
Heather
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63 comments
I have never made it but have it on my list to try this week. I bought a huge bag of avocados and need to use them up!
Perfect! Let me know how you like it Lindsey 🙂
I love avocado pudding! I’ve only made it once (last month), but I definitely have been wanting to make it more! Need to stock up on avocados! Mine go bad so fast tho.. 😐
They go bad? Bummer! Eat em fast :). So good for you and your lil guy!
Ah! I have a ripeee avocado and was about to eat it as is-totally making this instead! Cleaning is endless. Cant wait to see the finished baby room
Baby room picks up tomorrow!
Yum, that pudding looks great! Can you taste the avocado at all in it? How is the texture?
It looks like you are in nesting mode and getting all things ready for the baby! I can’t wait to see how the mural turns out!
Nope you can’t taste the avocado at all, and if my avocado had been super ripe (like it should be for this recipe), then it would have been suuuppppeer smooth. Still with a semi-ripe avocado it was pretty dang smooth, just some tiny pieces I couldn’t get to break down. I’m definitely excited to make it again once the rest of my avocados get super ripe.
This pudding looks just fabulous. I would have never thought to add avocado but I am sure it adds a real creamy texture!
YUM!
Yup, such a creamy texture!
very nice, I’ve been monkeying around with pudding recipes to make them vegan (or atleast dairy-free) lately and avocados seem like a great idea to try. Perhaps next time I’ll try this. Come check out my one ingredient banana ice cream for the SRC this month! http://itsyummytomytummy.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-ingredient-banana-ice-cream.html
Banana soft serve is delish, great pick!
I don’t know I knew you were in SRC! Fun! Me too as of last month 🙂 This pudding looks amazing, and those are seriously some of the prettiest avocados…love’em!
SRC is so fun, too bad we’re in different groups, we’ll never get the chance to secretly be assigned each other. I still make things from your site though, just not sneakily 😉
This sounds great. I make an avocado/banana smoothie that is pudding like, which I love. Now I’ve got to try this.
Mmmm sounds delish
Oh my goodness. Yum!
I just read Judee’s article about the pudding yesterday. great that other people are trying it as well. Looks tasty!
It is tasty Dan, you’ve gotta try it!
I have to admit I’d be skeptical of this if I hadn’t tried it, but once I tried it, I was hooked! I don’t even really like chocolate flavored things but I love the creamy texture of this pudding! Great choice!
Yay, glad to hear someone else tried it and liked it too!
I’ve never heard of anything like this before but I’m so curious – I think I may need to make it to test it out!
You definitely should Corina!
i just saw another version of chocolate avocado pudding on julie’s blog (peanut butter fingers), and i LOVE the idea! i’m really trying to incorporate more healthy fats into my diet, so this is perfect! i’ve never made anything sweet from avocado, so i’m intrigued!
I gotta check her version out too! AND you must be being called to make avocado pudding 😉
This is like weird magic!
I made your breakfast quinoa and it is a new addiction. Love your blog.
Thanks Alli, so glad you liked it!
Avocado chocolate pudding has been on “my list” forever, but for some reason I have never made it. I’m moving it up on my list! 🙂
And I feel like I always clean and there is always stuff to clean…
Have a great week!
Move it on up!
How interesting… I would never have thought that this pudding contained those ingredients, especially the maple syrup! I’ll have to give this a try now!
Maple syrup is one of my favorite natural sweeteners… So good in here too!
Lovely recipe and great presentation. Cleaning…. yes every weekend 🙁 BUT!!! I Normally try and get it done on Saturday so I can cook on Sunday!
Nice, get the work out of the way so you’re left with fun time. Love it 🙂
I have been seeing chocolate avocado pudding EVERYWHERE lately! I need to jump on the wagon!
Jump on it, jump on it 🙂
Chocolate Pudding made out of Avocados?!?! What a fantastic idea! 😀
I need to make this ASAP!
This is a wonderful Chocolate Pudding. The addition of the Avocado makes this recipe very exciting. Your photo’s are outstanding! It is fun cooking with you at the SRC and have a great week.
Miz Helen
Oh thank you!
Oh my goodness….What a strange combination of flavors. I can’t wait to try it. Glad you chose that one to post for the SRC.
Strange but delicious!
nothing beats avocado chocolate pudding!!!!!!!!!!! YUM
so rich and creamy 🙂 nothing beats that!
Oh yes if anyone knows how good it is it’s you girls!
Delicious and I love the idea of avocado in the recipe, can’t wait to give this a try.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Group ‘A’ SRC entry: Broiled Sushi.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
Wow, what a great way to make chocolate pudding healthier and I bet you can’t even tell there’s avocado in there.
Nope sure can’t, pure creamy deliciousness.
Yum, this looks so good. I really think I’m allergic to avocado, but I think I’m going to try this recipe anyway and see how I do. I just can’t resist it!!
Allergic to avocados… Oh no! If you do try it enjoy every bite 🙂
I make chocolate avocado pudding all the time. Love it! I make it with dates as the sweetener. Sometimes I add cooked sweet potato, too, and you can’t taste it, but it adds extra nutrition! It’s Meghan’s favorite dessert. 🙂
Love that idea of adding in sweet potato!
Oooh, I love avocado pudding! I’m kind of afraid to admit I’m not usually the biggest fan of avocados but I cannot get enough of chocolate avocado pudding lately. It’s so good 😀 I love the idea of dipping fresh fruit into it(especially strawberries, I’ve been craving them!)
Avocado pudding is soooo much more different than plain old avocados huh?
I’ve never tried avocado pudding before, and unfortunately I do not like avocado, but this looks so delicious! I’m tempted to try it anyways! haha
And yes I feel the same way on weekends! I always feel like I need to clean up the house! I went away this past weekend and am so thrown off with the dirty house and no time to clean! haha
I’m obsessed with avocados but I’ll admit this sounds a little strange. Hey, that’s what the SRC is all about right? Trying new stuff? I hope you’ll stop by Seasonalpotluck.com this month. Its artichoke month, and I’d love if you’d link up your artichoke recipes! http://bit.ly/zRfNjo
One of my guilty pleasures is eating an avacado right out of the shell, but I’ve never heard of mixing with chocolate – can’t wait to try it out!
fI hope you’ll stop by and visit my SRC post for Chewy Oatmeal Raisin and Almond Cookies
🙂
ButterYum
Your cookies sound delish! And what a great guilty pleasure 🙂
been wanting to try this for a while now and have a big bag of avocados…going to make right now! loving your blog Heather!
jeana
I made this today!! It was so easy and a great alternative to pudding from a box! My only issue was that it was kinda bitter so I added some honey to it to make it sweeter! I have a ridiculous sweet tooth!:) thanks for sharing!!
Glad you liked it Jenny! It’s kinda bad how easy it is… I’ve made it so many times now which means I keep gobbling up whole avocados!
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