Peanut Butter Chia Pudding
on Feb 04, 2021, Updated Aug 27, 2024
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This vegan peanut butter chia pudding recipe is sure to become a new favourite! It’s sweet and salty and easy to prep in minutes.
You will love this addictive sweet and salty chia pudding with swirls of peanut butter and sweet bites of soft, caramel dates throughout. This pudding is:
- Vegan, gluten-free, can be sugar-free, can be peanut-free or nut-free.
- Has a delicious sweet and salty flavour!
- Requires no baking or fancy methods, just stir and let it thicken
- Great for making in advance.
Chia pudding makes a quick, easy and healthy breakfast, snack or dessert. For more flavours, this Easy Mango Chia Pudding, Chocolate Chia Pudding and Peanut Butter Jelly Chia Pudding are all delicious!
Ingredients
- Chia Seeds: Use white or black whole chia seeds
- Plant-based Milk: Use any homemade or carton almond, coconut, cashew, oat or soy milk
- Maple Syrup: Swap for any other sweetener or use stevia or monk fruit for sugar-free chia pudding, you could also use this date paste for sweetening
- Dates: Any kind works as long as they’re soft and moist
- Peanut Butter: Use natural peanut butter that’s either made from just peanuts or peanuts and salt, if it’s unsalted, add a tiny pinch of salt to the recipe to get the sweet and salty goodness!
This list is not complete. Please see the recipe card at the end of the post for the complete ingredient list with measurements and detailed instructions.
How to Make IT
- Step 1. Add the milk to any jar, bowl or container.
- Step 2. Add the chia seeds and mix well until no clumps remain.
- Step 3. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Set in the fridge for 30 minutes or until thickened to your preference. Add any toppings you’d like and enjoy!
Topping Ideas
- chopped nuts – I loved a few chopped salted dry roasted almonds!
- seeds – try pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or hemp seeds
- banana – can also mix chopped banana in to make it peanut butter banana chia pudding
- berries – make it a PB & J!
- additional peanut butter or almond butter
- additional chopped dates
- coconut yogurt
Recipe FAQs
Sure! Swap the peanut butter for almond or cashew butter to make it peanut-free. For a nut-free recipe, use sunflower seed butter or Wowbutter.
You could also try my banana split chia pudding or coconut yogurt chia pudding.
You can store the prepared chia pudding in the fridge for 2 days.
Sure! Double it, triple it, whatever you need! I like to make them in single servings but you could make one large batch if you prefer then divide as needed after it’s ready.
Yes. To make the pudding smooth and creamy, blend the chia seeds and almond milk then transfer to a jar or bowl and mix in the rest of the ingredients.
Sure! To make it chocolate pudding, add 1-2 tbsp of cocoa powder, increase the milk to 2/3 cup and add a little additional sweetener if needed.
Peanut Butter Chia Pudding
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add the almond milk to a bowl or container then add the chia seeds. Stir well until the chia seeds are mixed and no clumps remain. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
- Let sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes until thickened to your preference. It may thicken quicker, it depends on the chia seed and milk used. It may also be prepared in advance and left overnight or up to 2 days.
- Enjoy as is or add your favourite toppings like a scoop of coconut yogurt, a few nuts or seeds and slices of banana or fresh berries.
Notes
Nutrition
Originally published March 3, 2015.
I am so glad you did not listen to your hubby on this one, because this is mine and my hubby’s new favorite mid-day snack! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Is this recipe the base to the variations….for example…you just add cocoa or vanilla and cinnamon or blueberries or do you omit certain items? Also, the sugar comment for Brenda…I am insulin resistant so I have to watch my sugar so I use liquid stevia or light agave nectar in place of the maple syrup. You can find days and/figs with no added sugar. Check out the nuts.com website.
The base is really just the almond milk and chia seeds, you can add in whatever you like from there! 🙂
I use the chia seeds in our nutriblast every morning. Question – do they soften up or remain crunchy in the puddings? Thanks
They completely soften up as they absorb the liquid 🙂
What are dates and how do I buy them? Fresh or canned?
Dates are a fruit and you buy them fresh. I usually buy medjool dates, or just regular pitted dates. You can usually find them in the product department of groceries stores, or just ask!
Any idea what the sugar content would be? It looks so good but with type 2 diabetes I am unsure.
I don’t have the exact sugar content, but with the dates and maple syrup it would be on the higher side, but you could always reduce the amount used no problem. 🙂
This is amazing! I make variations chia pudding and tried yours with dates and almond today.. 10 out of 10!!
Woo!! I so love hearing that 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Deryn,
The Coconut Curry Dahl turned out great & has become a regular weekly take-out lunch for me – make a big batch on the weekend & eat it on the go for lunch etc. tho it doesn’t seem to last long enough!
I’ve been eating a similar breakfast: overnight oats with a few twists – 2 oz Rogers Porridge Oats, Steel Cut blend, 1 tbs chia goodness blend, soaked in 2 oz pomegranate/cranberry juice overnight, add 4 walnut halves, crumbled, 1 tbs fresh ground flaxseed, 1 tbs coconut ribbons, some cinnamon & nutmeg, and 2-3 fresh or frozen fruits 1 tbs each, pomegranate, blueberry, goji berries, 1/2 banana etc, topped with homemade coconut milk sweetened with liquid stevia & vanilla. Yum!
So glad you enjoyed the dahl recipe, it never lasts long enough though, does it?! I love those addition ideas for the overnight oats, thanks for sharing! It sounds delicious!!
What would you change to make the chocolate banana chia pudding you mentioned? I’m new to chia and would love to find a way to eat it that is delicious! Thanks!
Add a scoop of cocoa to the mix and top with a sliced banana when it’s done 🙂
My boyfriend tells me that all the time… I don’t listen to him anymore 😉
Haha, ya I’m getting that way too. What do they know anyways? 😉
I am in love with chia pudding right now!!! And there are so many yummy options for it! I can’t believe I didn’t try it until last week!!! It’s a staple now for sure!