Chocolate Cashew Pudding
This Dairy-Free Chocolate Cashew Pudding is a favorite in our home. It involves no baking or cooking and I’m hoping it will become a favorite in your home as well!
This chocolate cashew pudding is a rich and delicious treat. With just 7 ingredients, you can whip this up in a jiffy! And, what I mean by “jiffy” is throw all the ingredients into the blender, blend until smooth, top with dairy-free topping if you like, and dig in!
If you have a good blender, this dairy-free pudding can be blended until it is lusciously creamy. However, if your blender has a hard time grinding nuts, then this dessert might end up a bit “textured”.
But, creamy or textured, this is a delicious, dairy-free treat that we have enjoyed over and over again.
In fact, when my daughter was in high school, the teacher in her home economics class had the students make this dish for one of their demos. She even wrote and told me that she and her students enjoyed it immensely!
*This post on Chocolate Cashew Pudding was originally published in September 2014. I have updated it with new photos and I am republishing it today. The content below is from the original post.*
I have found that sometimes sitting on a fence can get quite comfortable…minutes turn into months…and yup, I am still sitting there!
I got on the fence regarding making a big purchasing decision between a nut-grinding blender or a high-powered food processor months ago! I have been doing so much research…
And, I am still using my no-name, quirky blender. It was getting the job done just fine, which made me just put off making a decision; but lately, it’s not doing so well with nuts.
So, last Thursday, when I posted this Mystery Ingredient Chocolate Pudding, I sure was hoping y’all would see the grainy texture of cashews in that spoonful…
And, Helen @ Scrummy Lane did!!! Kudos lady – virtual fist bump and high fives and hugs and hip hip hurrahs all around!!
To all of y’all that entertained my need for games and played along – thank you ALL!!!
As a kid, my mom fixed me avocado pudding on a regular basis, when I was able to make it for my self I started adding chocolate to it (a few times, I even added protein powder to it and amped it up – so, all of y’all that guessed avocado – y’all were right about most of the chocolate pudding bowls I make.
But this time, after making this Non-Dairy, No Bake, Chocolate Cashew Cake, I figured I would experiment some more with cashew cream, and ooh-la-la – this was one delightful bowl of chocolate!
So sorry to have kept y’all waiting so long for this reveal – I attended my very first Food Blogger Conference on Friday and did not pre-plan a post.
As for the conference, it was AH-MAZING to meet in person some lovely people who comment on here and who I have interacted with online…and…there was so much delicious food…and…so much information…I don’t think 8 hours have ever gone by as fast for me, as they did on Friday!
Happy, Happy New Week Y’all! And thanks again for playing along!
If you love this, then also check out this easy 3-ingredient chocolate mousse!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups soaked cashews cashews immersed and soaked in water overnight
- 3 tablespoons cocoa or can use 3 tablespoons of melted dark chocolate
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- Sprinkle of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup almond milk
Instructions
- Add the cashews and almond milk to a blender or food processor and blend till smooth and creamy
- Add the cocoa/chocolate, honey, cinnamon, salt and vanilla and blend till well incorporated
- Chill for and hour at least before digging into
I have made pudding some times, They are so delish!!
My secret recipe is adding chia seeds. I’d like to try your recipe soonnn 🙂
How did you know I was craving chocolate today?? This looks divine!
Ah, I remember when this one made it’s first appearance. Oh, the ‘mystery ingredient’ days…I remember that series fondly! You should do another post like that sometime. 🙂 Also, these photos? You killed ’em! They’re amazing. And that little bit of chocolate sauce dripping down the side. Perfection!
Saw this on Instagram Shashi and could’t wait to check it out! No wonder it’s worth re-publishing (although I’m pretty sure your original photographs would have been perfect!) again. Yum double, triple yum yum!
This is looking so creamy and yummy Shashi. I want to try it ASAP. Have a lovely weekend my friend. 🙂
First of all, these photos are gorgeous! Second of all, this pudding sounds so perfectly creamy, nutty, and satisfying! Can it work for breakfast?? 😉
This pudding looks so good!
OMG! I’m drooling all over this pudding! Love the clicks!
I have got to give this beauty a try! Love the layers and it looks so creamy dreamy!! Plus, your photos are gorgeous, Shashi! Hope you’re having a lovely week, my friend! XO
Loving your photos. I enjoy eating cashews so I am sure I’d love them in this pudding!
I think this is the first recipe you’ve ever posted where I actually have all the ingredients on hand, but I don’t have a food processor! One of these days…
Tara – I don’t have a food processor either – I just threw it all in my blender!
What an amazing pudding! I never would have guessed cashews! Love the pudding and the process.
Thanks so much MJ!
Reading this and looking at the pictures I just kept nodding my head like “uh uh, this looks delicious, uh uh, must have”. MAJOR YUM GAL!
Need to try this cashew fun dish!
Haha – thanks so much Pamela – beware – cashew chocolate cream can be addicting! 🙂
Cashews!!! Such a great idea!! And yay for your 1st conference! I just attended my 1st one as well and it was awesome! Hopefully we’ll get to meet at one of those sometime soon!
Thanks Chris!!! BlogHer (even though your are a “HE”) Food 2015 – be there! 🙂
Yay – for your first conference too!!! Which one was it?? Cannot wait to read the recap…
I never would have though cashews! Way to go Helen. You rock.
Have a happy Tuesday Shashi!
I thought that last photo would surely give it away – I though everyone would guess this … oh well…next time right?
Hope you have a wonderful day and weekend Melanie!
Gah I really thought i might have been right this time! Oh well always next time 🙂 And cashews- wow, i never would have guessed that and i LOVE that idea! It just made already delicious looking pudding look even yummier!
GAH – I though you and a whole bunch of y’all would get it right too … one of these days I am gonna put a Mystery Ingredient recipe up and y’all are all gonna get it…one day…
Btw, Thanks lady!