Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding

Tis the season for pumpkin spice and everything nice! For everyone who loves their pumpkin spice, here’s the perfect little treat for you.

It’s super simple, healthy and vegan. I’ve been trying out a few different pumpkin recipes this fall and realized I haven’t made use of chia seeds in a while, since at least one year or so. There’s so many benefits of eating chia seeds, they’re packed full of fiber, omega 3’s, iron and calcium. This recipe is easy peasy so let’s get started with your ingredient list.

This recipe calls for chia seeds, coconut milk (full-fat from can), almond milk and pumpkin puree. When purchasing coconut milk, be sure to read the ingredient list and make sure it says coconut milk as the very first ingredient.

The recipe also calls for vanilla extract, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice and I decided to add crushed cinnamon.

For the first step, I wanted to use real cinnamon, so I crushed a few small barks into the spice grinder. I really like to use a hand grinder to get the flavors out. You can use bottled cinnamon powder if you like, I just wanted to make the flavor pop a little more. It smells so nice when you grind it too. Purrr-fect for fall! When you use a hand spice grinder, it’s best to place a towel underneath so it absorbs some of the force and you don’t ruin your countertops.

Second step is once you’ve measured out your ingredients, in a small bowl you will pour in all of them together.

Third step will be to combine everything well in the bowl and cover it with plastic wrap aka saran wrap or cling wrap. Keep refrigerated for just about two hours. This will allow the chia seeds to fluff up and be all jelly like.

After two hours, you can take out the bowl and begin to serve into cute glasses. I had mine ready for serving because I adore these two glass ramekins, I couldn’t wait to dish them out! I topped them off with a pinch of pumpkin spice. There you have your pumpkin spice chia pudding, so we can keep this pumpkin theme going a little longer this year. You can fridge store these cutie jars for a few days if you’re not going to eat them right away. They’re a perfect pick me up snack, for dessert or breakfast and highly nutritious.