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5-Minute Flax Seed Pudding (3 Flavor Variations!)

Flax seed pudding breakfast and dessert with 3 topping variations.
This flax seed pudding only requires 5 minutes & 3 ingredients, perfect for breakfast and dessert. A cheaper but still delicious version of chia pudding!
Jem @ The Fruity Jem
Cook Time 5 minutes
Chilling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Serving Size 1 serving

Ingredients

Base Pudding:

  • ¼ cup ground flax seed (25 grams) the same as flax meal
  • ½ cup oat milk (115 grams) or sub with any plant-based milk
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup (5 grams) or sub with agave nectar or any other sweetener of choice
  • a pinch of salt (optional)

Toppings Varieties (Optional):

Option 1: Chocolate and Nuts

  • ¼ teaspoon cocoa powder
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped nuts (for serving, optional) I used walnuts but feel free to use other types of nuts or seeds
  • 1 Tablespoon chopped dark chocolate (for serving, optional) from 1 chocolate square

Option 2: Coconut Mango

  • 2 Tablespoons desiccated coconut
  • 3 Tablespoons oat milk or sub with any plant-based milk
  • ¼ cup cubed mango (for serving, optional)

Option 3: Matcha Blueberry

  • ¼ teaspoon matcha powder
  • ¼ cup blueberries (for serving, optional)

Instructions

  • Add: To a bowl or a jar, add all the ingredients for the base pudding.
    (Optional) If using the toppings, also add either the cocoa powder, the desiccated coconut + 3 Tablespoons of milk, or the matcha powder (depending on which flavor you are making).
  • Mix: Whisk the mixture from step 1 to combine.
    (Optional) If you're making either the chocolate or the matcha varieties, be sure that the cocoa or matcha powder no longer clumps together since they are bitter when not mixed in properly.
  • Mix Again: About 3-5 minutes after the initial stir, stir everything again to make sure that everything is mixed up properly so you won't get any clumps.
  • Chill: Let your flax seed pudding sit in the fridge for at least one hour, but preferably overnight.
  • Toppings Time! (Optional) Depending on which flavor you are making, top with the nuts & dark chocolate, mango, or blueberries just before serving. Enjoy!

Notes

Ingredients Notes:
  • Be sure to use ground flax seeds. The recipe will not work with whole flax seeds. If you can't buy them ground, you can grind them yourselves. Simply use a food processor, coffee grinder, spice grinder, or even a blender. Grind them for 1-2 minutes until they look like the ground flaxseed in the ingredients picture.
  • You can use either brown or golden flaxseeds.
 
Storage and Meal Prep:
  • Store your flax pudding in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
  • If you want to meal prep, make it ahead for up to 4 days.
    • If you want to make it fresher, you can also portion out the dry ingredients (the flaxseed), and then only add the wet ingredients (the maple syrup and plant-based milk) 1-2 days before you want to consume it
 
Other Notes:
  • For simplification purposes, the calorie information is calculated based on just the base recipe, excluding toppings. The following are the additional calories of the toppings:
    • chocolate and nuts: 126 kcal
    • coconut mango: 126 kcal
    • matcha blueberries: 56 kcal

Nutrition

Calories: 657kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 16gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 21gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 0.5mgSodium: 98mgPotassium: 774mgFiber: 19gSugar: 32gVitamin B12: 0.04µgCalcium: 387mgIron: 7mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an estimate.