This Vegan Chocolate Pudding is our favorite chocolate pudding of all time.  It’s super simple to make and has just the right balance of chocolate decadence and richness.  Is there anything more comforting that homemade chocolate pudding?  

Vegan Chocolate Pudding is ideal for layered desserts, trifles, & pies!

What’s really awesome is it uses staples you most likely already have in your house.

Unsweetened cocoa powder, almond milk, sugar, cornstarch, salt, vanilla and vegan butter are all that are needed for the pudding ingredients.

Almond milk is the best. It’s such a great substitute for milk and the unsweetened almond milk is what we normally use when incorporating it into all of our sweet and savory recipes.  With the exception, my ‘better half’ prefers the vanilla flavored almond milk in his cereal. I love that the unsweetened is 30 calories per cup.  

And for the egg replacer, we used cornstarch to get it to thicken.  Even if you’re not totally vegan, you will not miss the eggs. Lots of puddings are made without eggs anyways.

 The pie crust is made with graham crackers, vegan butter and sugar, but of course, you can use whatever pie crust you want or buy one for a quick shortcut.    

Trust me, you’ll want to make this all the time.  Whip it up on a whim like we do.  Sometimes, we want something chocolatey and this is quick and satisfying beyond belief.

If you like this recipe, you may also like our Easy Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie recipe, our Luscious Vegan Pecan Cream Pie and this awesome round up of 10 Popular Vegan Light & Fluffy Holiday Pies You’ll Love!!

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Vegan Chocolate Pudding

When we want something chocolatey, this super easy Vegan Chocolate Pudding is quick and satisfying beyond belief. Ready quickly and uses almond milk! Eggless, dairy-free yummy!

Prep Time2 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Refrigerate Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 7 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate pudding, home-made pudding, Pudding, vegan pudding

Servings: 8 Servings for Pie, 4 servings for individual

Calories: 263kcal

Ingredients

Vegan Chocolate Pudding

• 1 cup sugar can reduce down to 3/4 cup
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups unsweetened almond milk or milk of choice
• 1 teaspoon vegan butter optional
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional

Graham Cracker Crust

• 1 1/2 packs of graham crackers (vegan, like keebler or nabisco) crushed into crumbs or 1 1/2 cups or 21 crackers, (could also use cookies, reduce vegan butter to 1/4 cup and omit sugar)
• 1/3 cup vegan butter melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

Instructions

Graham Cracker Crust

• Crush graham crackers using food processor into crumbs, add in melted butter and sugar and press into a pie pan. Place in freezer while making pudding or you could use a pre-made crust. Pie crust can also be put in fridge for 15 minutes before preparing pudding.

Vegan Chocolate Pudding

• In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and salt.
• Whisk in 1/4 cup almond milk until foamy and smooth. Continue adding almond milk, 1/4 cup at a time, to cocoa mixture until mixture is smooth and foamy each time.
• Place saucepan over medium-high heat and cook, stirring continuously, until mixture comes to a simmer and starts to thicken nicely, about 5 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat and stir in butter until melted and smooth. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Pour pudding into serving bowls, pie crust, layered pudding dessert and refrigerate until chilled. Refrigerate pie 1 hour. Pudding is also excellent semi-hot after serving too! Add your favorite fruits or vegan whipped cream too!

Notes

To make pudding more milk chocolate flavored instead of dark chocolate, use 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder.

Nutrition for Vegan Chocolate Pudding Pie