This 60-second recipe happened as a result of a major chocolate craving over the weekend. If PMS is good for one thing and one thing only it’s for inspiring many of my favourite recipes. This weekend, I was craving a secret-ingredient chocolate pudding like a crazy woman, but I didn’t have a couple of the ingredients on hand.
What’s a crazy woman to do?
I decided to make the best of the ingredients I did have and make a spin-off of this recipe: an all-natural chocolate pudding sweetened only with banana and medjool dates. Dates and banana are popular sweeteners in many raw avocado pudding recipes so I thought I would finally try it out myself. Instead of making this a super rich pudding like my last one, I lightened it up and made it in the blender!
It did not disappoint.
This recipe is a hybrid of a luxurious chocolate smoothie and a decadent-but good-for-you chocolate pudding. Is it a p’moothie or a sudding? Thankfully I dropped those names from the title.
Technically, it can serve 2-4, but if you are like me, you might find yourself eating most of the batch on your own. I understand those days…I really do.
Crazy Woman Chocolate Blender Pudding
Yield
2 cups
Prep time
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
Ingredients
- 1/2 large avocado, frozen (flesh only)
- 1 large ripe banana, peeled and frozen
- 1 cup almond milk
- 2 tbsp raw cacao powder or cocoa powder
- 2 medjool dates, pitted (or liquid sweetener)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- pinch of fine grain sea salt
- shaved chocolate and shredded coconut, to garnish
- 3-4 ice cubes, add until very cold
Directions
- This is the hard part: You need to freeze your banana and avocado beforehand! This results in an ice cream like texture, so it’s always a good idea to have some frozen bananas and avocado in your freezer for desperate times. If you simply cannot wait, then go ahead and make it with room temp ingredients, just amp up the ice so it’s super cold. But honestly, you have to try this with them frozen to really experience it fully! Trust me on this one.
- Add your almond milk first into the blender (always) followed by the frozen avocado flesh, frozen banana, cacao or cocoa powder, pitted dates, vanilla, and a pinch of sea salt (amazing). Process until smooth. Process in ice until very very cold (you don’t want this luke warm). Pour into parfait glasses, mini bowls, or into a huge glass all for yourself. Like I said, I won’t judge. Best served immediately!
Shaved dark chocolate is a very good idea.
So is inhaling some pudding immediately after the photoshoot.
It’s really a miracle I could wait that long.
Ooh I bet this is fabulous – avocado, banana and dates? Sounds like a sweet and creamy treat – amazing!
YUM! Love how you just make things happen. This sounds incredible. I’ve got to try it.
I have got to try this! I’m on a gluten and soy freedom month and love to find recipes like these.
I’ve got a really yummy banana chocolate smoothie that I adapted:
1 whole banana (chopped)
1 cup almond milk
1/2 cup water
1 cup crushed ice
squirt of honey (or agave for the vegans)
1 tsp. cocoa powder
Whirl in the blender. I really like it, it’s not too sweet, and it’s got the right amount of banana and chocolate. I might try it with more chocolate in the future – teehee!
I love the new banner (loved the old one too)!
SO EXCITED because I just re-discovered an avocado that has been hiding in the freezer, feeling neglected. Neglected no longer!
This looks divine! I laughed so hard when I saw this title, I can totally relate…
Sounds awesome Angela! I’m glad I’m not the only one who goes chocolate crazy because of PMS. I am so happy to have found some good vegan/raw brands I like so they keep me in the happy zone. I’m gonna try this pudding very soon!
Sounds amazing! I love when my “smoothies” get so thick I decide to just put it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon :)
This sounds absolutely *DIVINE*!!!! And trust me, I know AAAAAAALLLL about PMS chocolate cravings!!! In fact, I pretty much think we all do!
Ang, this is fabulous! I love the frozen avo idea… and coconut on top, great!
Thank you PMS for giving all us women such BRILLIANT inspiratation! haha.
Your chocolate PMS recipes are the bomb! haha love that you added dates instead of sugar, good call!
hah thanks hun :)
Mmm looks so good!
mmm! This looks amazing!
This looks amazing! I love love love your blog SO much! Your recipes are ALWAYS super delicious AND healthy! I love the new organization and professional layout of it. Also, the new heading is great :)
Thank you Jennifer!
mmm I wish I had all of this on hand tonight! I just may have to make a smoothie out of it and call it breakfast tomorrow. (yay pms!)
I wasn’t expecting that an avocado would be part of this recipe, but it was a good surprise. It looks so good, must try it soon.
how would you make this without banana?
I would probably add an entire avocado instead of half…and then add dates to taste. You will probably need at least 6 to makeup for the lack of sweetness from the banana.
I just made this recipe, and OH MY GOODNESS it is so delicious! Thank you thank you!
I had never thought of freezing avocado! We recently found out that my partner is allergic to bananas, and I had thought our thick frozen smoothie days were over, but this might just be the fix we (mostly I) have been looking for! Thank you!
~Emily~
I’m totally making this tonight! Love it!