Vegan Chocolate Pudding is a super quick and easy plant-based dessert. Each spoonful is full of plant-based nutrition and packed with chocolatey deliciousness.
All you need is four ingredients!
A packet of silken tofu, cocoa powder, maple syrup (or your preferred syrup) vanilla extract, and a few tablespoons of water. And a means to blend all the yumminess together. That's it.
This dessert makes for an amazing show-stopping simple pudding to serve at a dinner party when accompanied by little shortbread biscuits and strawberries. As well as being the perfect family dessert for every-day enjoyment.
For an extra special Cinco De Mayo dessert add a few pinches of chilli powder to the chocolate pudding! The Mexican celebration is on the 5th May 2022.
I usually prepare this pudding at least once a week as it satisfies a sweet craving without feeling like I'm missing out.
At just 134 calories a serving this vegan chocolate pudding has less fat, sugar, and calories than a traditional chocolate pudding prepared with dairy and eggs. But retains all off the scrumptious, deliciousness texture and flavour of a rich dark chocolate pudding.
If your interested, this article from Webmd.com about the health benefits of tofu is a good read for nutritional information.
Historically Chocolate Pudding has been enjoyed for at least 100 years. Its a dessert that will never go out of fashion especially in our household!
Recipe Notes And FAQs
Chocolate pudding will keep fresh in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. If keeping for a few days place a cover over the serving dishes.
Add any toppings just before serving.
Yes!
Although do check all your ingredients just to be on the safe side.
Vegan-friendly chocolate sprinkles, hundreds and thousands and other cake sprinkles.
Desiccated coconut, coconut shards/chips, dried coconut chunks.
Toasted desiccated coconut is so tasty. Simply dry fry the coconut in a non-stick pan, shaking it around until its lightly golden.
Melt a few squares of chocolate and add to the rest of the ingredients and whip.
Add some vegan chocolate shards, grated chocolate, chocolate buttons or drops to the top of the pudding before serving.
A flavoured chocolate such as mint, orange or raspberry is particularly delicious.
Or mix pieces of chocolate through the pudding before placing in the fridge.
A few drops of peppermint essence or almond essence is a tasty addition instead of the vanilla
Fresh or frozen berries.
Any fruit of your choice such as slices of mango, kiwi, banana, or pear.
A wee homemade Scottish shortbread biscuit for a crunchy satisfying texture with the pudding.
A few mint leaves.
The difference between different types of tofu including regular, soft silken and firm silken is the amount of water that has been pressed out of them during the making of the tofu.
Soft silken tofu is difficult to pick up as it is quite loose in texture whereas firm silken can be picked up but is easily broken or mushed. Regular tofu can be sliced into cubes and used in a savoury recipe as it tends to hold its shape well.
This recipe uses firm silken tofu as this kind of tofu is so much easier to whip to an ultra smooth consistency. Soft silken tofu would be fine to use if that's all you can source. Regular tofu would be too gritty or bitty.
In the UK silken tofu is commonly found on the regular supermarket shelfs (not the chilled section) as it is a long-life product that doesn't require storing in the fridge. Unless its been open of course.
How To Prepare Whipped Tofu Chocolate Pudding
For an extra special summer treat freeze the chocolate pudding in ice-lolly moulds.
Stop a few times to mix and scrape down the sides.
More delicious vegan puddings
British Eve's Pudding (stewed apple sponge pudding)
Vegan Chocolate Pudding (Whipped Silken Tofu)
Equipment
- Food blender/mixer
- 4 small serving dishes
Ingredients
- 349 grams silken firm tofu the pack used was 349g but this can be rounded to 350g!
- 40 grams cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoon maple syrup Or an alternative syrup such as agave/date/rice
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Or essence
- 2 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor/blender and whizz until smooth.
- Decant into your serving dishes. Smooth down the top.
- Place in the fridge to chill and thicken up for at least an hour.
Notes
- Nutritional information is provided for guidance only and is not a strict calculation as ingredients vary.
- Chocolate pudding will keep fresh in the fridge for 3-4 days. If keeping in the fridge a day after preparing do add a cover to the dishes.
- For a mint chocolate pudding variation replace the vanilla with a few drops of peppermint or almond extract/essence. Add more to taste.
- Serve these little puddings with your choice of fresh or frozen berries, fresh fruit, vegan cream, ice-cream or yogurt, crushed nuts, desiccated coconut, vegan grated, drops or button chocolates. Or simply enjoy plain.
- For extra chocolate flavours add some melted chocolate to the food processor or blender.
- Especially delicious is a wee Scottish shortbread biscuit. Slather the chocolate pudding over and take an amazing bite!
Carrie
This is delicious! My littlest one is an extremely picky eater and I’m trying to sneak in tofu and other protein packed plant based foods where I can. He loves this, too, so thank you!
Your very welcome. So glad your picky eater loves the chocolate pudding. Thanks for your lovely comment 🙂
Jess
I love how this only takes 4 ingredients!! So simple!
I know! Me too! Its just so easy to whizz up and have a guilt free delicious chocolate pudding 🙂
Tara
So perfect for my chocolate craving! I love that light texture with the use of the silken tofu. It comes together so easily too!
Yeah this pudding is incredibly light and silky 🙂
Michelle
Looks so soft and creamy! Perfect way to end a meal!
It most definitely is!
Carrie Robinson
This looks so perfectly decadent and creamy! I would have no idea that it is vegan! 🙂
There is no difference in flavour! Just rich chocolate yumminess 🙂
Kechi
This looks so silken and absolutely delicious, wow! What a delight!
It certainly is! And can be prepared so quickly 🙂