4 Ingredient Avocado Pudding
This 4-ingredient vegan avocado pudding is so luxuriously creamy – it makes a delicious and healthier summer treat and can be customized to fit into even a keto diet.
**This recipe for avocado pudding was first published back in August 2013. I have updated the pictures and post and I am re-sharing this favorite of our’s here today.**
What are the FOUR ingredients to make avocado pudding?
• Ripe avocados,
• Lemon juice,
• Sugar or sweetener of your choice,
• Almond/coconut milk or milk of your choice,
blended up together result in this delicious treat!
Long before Kourtney Kardashian was chomping on her infamous poosh-approved, Avo Pudding, my mom was making avocado pudding for my sister and me when we were crazy toddlers.
I gotta confess, back in the day any green pudding was eyed suspiciously by us kids.
Green pudding always had me thinking what kinda sneaky shenanigans was my mom up to?!
But – one taste of her avocado pudding would perish all sorts of illusions of a healthy treat!
My Mom’s Avocado Pudding Dessert!
My mom never used a blender to get her avocado pudding smooth. When we were in Sri Lanka, my mom would get her hands on some of the tastiest ripe avocadoes. She would remove their skin and throw the flesh into a bowl. Then, she would grab a fork and mash away!
Into the mashed avocado, my mom would add in a few splashes of milk, a few squeezes of lime juice (limes were plentiful in Sri Lanka), and cane sugar to sweeten it. She would then bring bowlfuls to us and we would gobble that pudding up – even licking the bowl clean!
The avocado pudding my mom made was deliriously delicious. Rich and creamy, to me that avocado pudding was better than ice cream!
And, since I got out of college and graduated onto a diet that included more than ramen noodles, I have been making avocado pudding. So, it made sense to share it on this little blog of mine.
Why we love this vegan pudding?
- So Creamy (IMO it’s creamier than ice cream),
- So Tasty,
- So Healthy,
- So Easy (no cooking or baking involved), &
- So Adaptable!
This pudding you see here today is so luxuriously creamy. It tastes so indulgent. But, it was and always has been, a really healthier snacking option.
When my daughter was a toddler (and before she started attending birthday parties of other little humans) I managed to convince her that this avocado pudding and yogurt were ice cream.
Yes, I know that’s absolutely evil – but, I felt if I played my parenting cards right, she’d grow up and love this pudding as much as I did.
Even though she went through a period when she rebelled against all colored foods once she had the wool lifted off her toddler’s eyes, she did enjoy this pudding.
And, she does enjoy this pudding often – even now. In fact, she even suggested we make these into popsicles this summer!
How to make avocado pudding?
This plant-based pudding is so incredibly easy to make!
• Gather the avocados, almond milk, sugar (or sweetener). lemon juice, and salt and place it in a blender
• Blend until well processed.
• Chill for about an hour…aaaannnnd
• Enjoy!
The avocado pudding my mom makes calls for the use of milk and very ripe avocadoes. But, the one I am sharing here today uses full fat coconut milk which makes this a vegan avo pudding.
If you’d like to leave the lemon juice out, then you have to eat this as soon as you whip it up as it will turn an ugly shade of greyish brown.
However, if you do add in the lemon juice, you can chill this for a couple of hours and enjoy it as a healthier dessert option to ice cream. Sometimes, we even top this with whipped vanilla coconut cream.
Adaptations To Make This Keto-Friendly:
If you’d like to tailor this to fit into a keto-friendly diet, you could sub the sugar with a keto-friendly sweetener and use heavy cream for the coconut milk.
Adaptations To Make This Sugar-Free:
If you are avoiding or restricting sugar, you can still enjoy this creamy delicious pudding. My mom is diabetic now and still enjoys this pudding. She uses this birch sweetener (Amazon affiliate link) to sweeten this. Or, you could use any keto-friendly sweetener as well.
If green isn’t your color, then check out this easy squash pudding.
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Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 2/3 cup almond milk or heavy cream for Keto diet
- 3 tablespoons sugar or Xylitol for Keto/diabetic diet
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- pinch of salt optional
Instructions
- Place the avocados, almond milk, sugar. lemon juice and salt in a blender and blend till well processed.
- *Can also use an immersion blender to cream all the ingredients together.
- Then chill about an hour and enjoy!
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I can’t resist anything avocados. This is so so good!!
Thank you Kiran! Lately I have been craving them like crazy!
Yummm yum yum yumooo. This looks delicious, and if it brings peace..count me in!
Haha You’re in!
Thanks Brittany!
I like to think that when life hands you lemons, you whip out the tequilla & salt but making avocado pudding sounds pretty ideal too ;)! I love the addition of citrus- it’s a nice change to the chocolate avocado pudding that has become quite popular!
Haha Khushboo! 🙂
Thank you!
Lately I will eat or drink anything with avocado in it! Cannot seem to get enough of it!
oh this looks delicious- i agree this truly is good comfort food for the soul. so healthy, and so satisfying- im going to have to make this!! have a great weekend!
Thank you so much Charlotte! I hope you find total peace at the end of the bowl 😉
Hope you have a great weekend too
Avocado can do no wrong. I love it in puddings and smoothies, but I have yet to try it with a “squeeze” of lemon 😉 Love the idea!
Thank you Amanda! So may times it’s a “Squeeeze” or a “pourrrr” or a “smidgeon” and “spalsh”… I really need to work on measuring better eh?! 🙂
I’ve been meaning to make pudding with avocados for a while now and your short list of ingredients and instructions are making it look so easy! I already have all the ingredients, so this MUST happen this weekend!
Thank You Julia! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 🙂
i will take a bowl or five of these please 🙂
Thanks Dixya – I know what you mean – today would be a good day for a blender full of it to kick off the weekend! 🙂
I could go for a nice sized bowl of this!
Have a great weekend, enjoy it! 🙂
Thank you bunches Pamela – hope you have a GREAT weekend too 🙂
One bowl is not enough for me.
Haha! It wasn’t for me either! Thank you 🙂
Looks so good.. i’ve never tried avocado pudding without chocolate. do you taste the avocado at all?
Thank you bunches! Yes, in this you definitely taste the avocado – great if you adore avocados, not so much if you dont 🙂
Oh how I love avocados!!! They’re are so amazing, and you can use them in so many different things! This avocado pudding sounds awesome and I can’t wait to try it out!
Thank you so much Holly 🙂
This sounds so creamy and comforting! I have yet to use avocadoes in dessert but I need to soon.
Thank You so much! Yes Avocados are wonderful in desserts!
ooooh yum! I’m thinking some cocoa powder or chocolate protein powder may be a great addition to this! Have a wonderful weekend lady 🙂
Oooh coca powder sounds AWESOME!!! Thank you so much Davida! Hoping your weekend is wonderful too 🙂
I love avocado mousse and have yet to try avocado pudding…I didn’t know it existed. Thanks for a yummy recipe that I can feel good about eating!!!
You are so welcome AND thank YOU!
This looks amazing, I’ve always wanted to make avocado pussing! It seems so smooth and silky 🙂
Thank you Consuelo! 🙂
I love this… I always enjoyed this in Sri Lanka as a drinl with regular milk!
Thank you so much Sharmila! MI haven’t had it as a drink yet…Oooh what an awesome idea!
Shashi, this truly IS a bowl of bliss! So healthy, too. I love everything avos and I always have almond milk on hand. Love that there is a squeeze of lemon. Could probably do part lime juice as I have a bunch of them in a big ol’ bowl right now. Cannot wait to make this! Thanks for sharing, girl! And, have a wonderful summer weekend! xo
Thank you bunches Stacy – lime sounds awesome! You could even throw a little zest in the pudding and on top for garnish – GREAT idea! Hope you have a wonderful summer weekend too!
xo
What a great idea for a pudding. I’ve had avocado cake and shake but not a pudding! 🙂
Thank you so much Lorraine – I gotta try some avocado cake! yum!
I’ve never thought to prepare avocados this way! So simple and tasty.
Thank You Joanne! But credit goes to my mom – it was THE SNACK in Sri Lanka 🙂
oh wow, I am so trying this…thanks for sharing.Have a great day….happy Saturday Sharefest
Thank you so very much! Happy Saturday Sharefest to you too! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Avocados do make a great pudding base seeing as they’re so rich and creamy! I made a chocolate avocado pudding once, and it was some of the most decadent pudding I’ve ever had! Love this simple lemon version. 🙂
Thank You so much Alex! I lurrrve avocado and chocolate! I made some muffins – posting tomorrow – but I need to check out your avocado-choc pudding – I am gonna have to stalk out your blog now…
Oh man… This sounds delicious!!
Thank you so much Brittany 🙂
in my opinion, avocados can do no wrong–i’ll eat them in any form i can. this one happens to be particularly appealing and delightful!
Aww-thank you so much Grace
An interesting pudding! I’ve never prepared desserts with avocados…
Cheers,
Rosa
Thanks so much Rosa!
So healthy! My grandparents used to add avocado to our banana smoothies. It really is good in everything 🙂
Thank you – You are so right Cass!
Oh I’d forgotten about that recipe Sashi. But I’m glad you’ve re-published it. Such stunning photographs and such a delicious pudding too, I bet!
Looks like ice cream to me! 😀 Terrific recipe — thanks.
So much Yaaaaaaaassss to this pudding, Shashi!!! I am absolutely swooning over the green color!!! But, much like you, I probably would have given it a suspicious look when I was younger! Just goes to prove how crazy we were when we were children. 😉 I can’t believe this beauty is only 4 ingredients too!! Such a delicious snack or dessert! Pinning! Cheers!!
Hahaha – you were sneaky with the whole ice cream thing 😉 Though, I do bet that this tastes AMAZING! Looks so creamy dreamy, Shashi! What a fantastic way to use one of my favourite things – avocado! Imagine a lil’ chocolate shavings on top?? Hope you have a fabulous weekend, my friend! XOXO
You are so funny. And evil. Avocado pudding is ice cream. YAY!!! Ha ha. You could only get away with that one for so long. This does look very creamy and delicious. Avocado is wonderful about making things creamy – great in smoothies too. Great recipe and to think your mama was making this forever ago. Good for her. (and all of us!) XO
So rich and creamy this avocado pudding looks! I am liking how this recipe uses a very few ingredients and is easy to whip up. Totally in love with your photography as well.
So creamy, rich and delicious. Have you ever poured these into an ice lolly mould and made popcicles? In the Philippines we call this avocado ice candy? Just pinned!
I’ve never had an avocado dessert and have no idea why! This looks so creamy and decadent and that color is beyond beautiful!
OK, Shashi, it’s about 10:00 pm here and I can’t wait until morning so I can make some of this avocado pudding, I have all the ingredients and I’m supper excited! PS: This will demonstrate about the dark corner of the world that i sometimes inhabit: I have never heard of this stuff!!! That said, it’s probably the most delicious looking treat that I have seen all day. Thanks for republishing this post!
I have ingredients similar to these that I definitely NEED TO USE TO MAKE THIS RECIPE TOOOOODAYYYY!!!
OK, Shashi, it’s about 10:00 pm here and I can’t wait until morning so I can make some of this avocado pudding, I have all the ingredients and I’m supper excited! PS: This will demonstrate about the dark corner of the world that i sometimes inhabit: I have never heard of this stuff!!! That said, it’s probably the most delicious looking treat that I have seen all day. Thanks for republishing this post!
I’ve never had an avocado dessert and have no idea why! This looks so creamy and decadent and that color is beyond beautiful!
So creamy, rich and delicious. Have you ever poured these into an ice lolly mould and made popcicles? In the Philippines we call this avocado ice candy? Just pinned!
So rich and creamy this avocado pudding looks! I am liking how this recipe uses a very few ingredients and is easy to whip up. Totally in love with your photography as well.
Hahaha – you were sneaky with the whole ice cream thing 😉 Though, I do bet that this tastes AMAZING! Looks so creamy dreamy, Shashi! What a fantastic way to use one of my favourite things – avocado! Imagine a lil’ chocolate shavings on top?? Hope you have a fabulous weekend, my friend! XOXO
So much Yaaaaaaaassss to this pudding, Shashi!!! I am absolutely swooning over the green color!!! But, much like you, I probably would have given it a suspicious look when I was younger! Just goes to prove how crazy we were when we were children. 😉 I can’t believe this beauty is only 4 ingredients too!! Such a delicious snack or dessert! Pinning! Cheers!!
Oh I’d forgotten about that recipe Sashi. But I’m glad you’ve re-published it. Such stunning photographs and such a delicious pudding too, I bet!
I have ingredients similar to these that I definitely NEED TO USE TO MAKE THIS RECIPE TOOOOODAYYYY!!!
Do u have to use the creamer blender to make it like yours?
Could you use normal milk instead of almond milk?
Hi Ella – any blender would work, you don’t have to use the blender I have. In fact, even an electric handheld mixer should work – that’s what my mom used to use when we were little when she made us avocado pudding. Also, yes, you may use regular milk as well.
Just made this today
. Tastes amazing and an easier way for me to eat them. Thanks.
delicious and so easy!
Thank you so much for this lovely recipe! It is unbelievably easy to make and tastes surprisingly good! Can’t wait to check out the rest of your posts.
OMG! I used to have this when I lived in Brazil! Thanks for posting the recipe!