The Best Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding

Name: The Best Strawberry Chia Seed Pudding
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Cups Frozen Strawberries; 2 Cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk; 5 Tablespoons Agave, or To Taste; 12 Tablespoons of Black Chia Seeds; 3 for Each Container

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Strawberry Chia Pudding is a fresh and sweet meal prep for an easy breakfast every day of the week and it is loaded with fresh strawberry flavor. With just 4 simple ingredients, you can make four meals in just 5 minutes! With a little fresh fruit and your favorite toppings, this pudding makes busy mornings so much easier.

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Hey Internet, ready for a new healthy breakfast (or light dessert or afternoon snack)? Because this strawberry chia seed pudding recipe is just that! With spring ending so fast, we wanted to fit in a few more spring recipes before it's truly gone. Plus, we just wanted an excuse to get more strawberries into our face while strawberry season is still going.

Though honestly, summer is great for strawberries and strawberry recipes too! We've got a bunch perfect for meal prep, summer gatherings, and more. If you love sweet vegan strawberry recipes, check out our Vegan Strawberry Shortcake, Strawberry Mug Cake, Vegan Strawberry Milk, Easy Vegan Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce, or Sugar-Free Strawberry Chia Jam. Feeling savory? Try our Strawberry Tahini Salad Dressing and/or our Vegan Goat Cheese Salad with Strawberries and Pecans.

Anyway, back to our strawberry chia pudding. With just a handful of ingredients, you can easily meal prep your breakfasts for the week in just a few minutes with this recipe.

Chia puddings are also very easy and forgiving recipes. You just blend up your ingredients and then add chia seeds. If you want a thicker chia pudding, you just add some more chia seeds. If you want it thinner, just add more dairy-free milk. Line up a bunch of containers and you can prepare breakfast for multiple people at the beginning of the week easy peasy!

This strawberry chia pudding recipe goes great with a bunch of different toppings. Fresh strawberries are an obvious choice, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries are also awesome. Peanut butter is great drizzled on; it makes this recipe taste like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Some hemp seeds, cacao nibs, granola such as our Coconut Cacao Granola, or mini chocolate chips are also really good on top!

We love chia pudding! It's not just because making them is super easy to do. The heal benefits of chia seeds are numerous. They are filled with Omega-3 fatty acids, which help with brain and heart functions, as well as helps reduce inflammation. They also have protein and antioxidants, the latter can help prevent cancer in your body. They also help provide your gut with many grams of fiber. If you want to learn about all the benefits of chia seeds, this article from Harvard Health Publishing is a great place to start! Also strawberries are loaded with vitamin c and tons of other micronutrients.

We've got tons of chia pudding recipes to help you get your chia seeds in. This Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Pudding is one of the most popular of our chia pudding recipes. Our Easy Viral Tiramisu Chia Pudding is a great way to wake yourself up in the morning. If you want something fruity, we have this Lemon Blueberry Chia Pudding, Peach Chia Pudding, and Apple Chia Pudding that easy to make.

But you can make those other puddings later. Let's dive into this delicious pudding!

Why You'll Love This Easy Strawberry Chia Pudding

Super Easy Breakfast: Blend, pour, add a few tablespoons of chia seeds, and mix. It should only take 5 minutes to get everything into the fridge.
Great Meal Prep: This recipe makes 4 servings and is really easy to scale up (or down if needed). Your whole family can enjoy this healthy make-ahead breakfast the whole week!
Plant-Based Energy: With non-dairy milk, this recipe is vegan and dairy-free!
Super Customizable: With both toppings and add-ins, there's so many ways to make this pudding into a satisfying meal! We'll go into more detail in our Additions and Toppings section.

Ingredients

Pick up the following basic ingredients for this creamy pudding recipe the next time you're at your local grocery store. See the recipe card at the bottom of this post for full ingredients, instructions, and accurate nutrition information (to the best of my ability; please consult your physician, registered dietitian, or healthcare professional if you have specific dietary needs or need to meet certain daily values of any nutrient). I give substitutions for the ingredients in the section below this one, so most people can still make this recipe!

2 Cups Frozen Strawberries
2 Cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
5 Tablespoons Agave Syrup, or To Taste: It easy to adjust the sweetness as needed. Just stop the blender, use a spoon to taste the liquid, and add more and blend again if you need to!
12 Tablespoons of Black Chia Seeds; 3 for Each Container

Substitutions

Almond Milk: Most non-dairy milks will work with this recipe. So soy milk, cashew milk, and oat milk are great choices. The only one you need to be careful with is coconut milk, as it has a much higher fat content. You may need to mix plant milks to get coconut milk to not to be overwhelming.
Agave: Maple syrup is an excellent choice as an agave replacement. You just need a liquid sweetener for this recipe, as granulated sugar will not dissolve well in cold liquids. If sugar is all you have, you can make a simple syrup out of it. After it cools, you can add the syrup to the chia mixture.
Strawberries: You can use fresh strawberries if you like (fresh strawberries do tend to have the best flavor!). The water content will likely be different compared to frozen strawberries. You may need to adjust the amount of chia seeds you need to add to the recipe. What you can do is check on your chia puddings 30 minutes to an hour after you place them in the fridge. You can determine whether or not you need to add more liquid or chia seeds to get the texture you want.
Different Berries: You could easily make this a raspberry chia pudding or Blueberry Chia Pudding if you prefer! There are a lot of different ways to customize this recipe. That's another great thing about chia pudding!

Additions and Toppings

Below are some fruits, nuts, and other ingredients that you can use to make your chia pudding an even more filling breakfast. Remember you may need to make adjustments to the chia seed amounts if you are adding these to the mixture before the seeds have a chance to soak up the liquids.

Pure Vanilla Extract
Lemon Juice
Protein Powder
Granola: Our Easy Coconut Cacao Granola would be great with this chia pudding
Fresh Strawberries
Dairy-free Strawberry Yogurt (or Vanilla or any other flavor! Great way to add a few more grams of protein)
Peanut Butter: Drizzle some on top of everything and your chia pudding will taste like a PB&J!
Blueberries
Strawberry Compote
Melted Chocolate
Chocolate Chips

How to Make Strawberry Chia Pudding

Blend: Add the frozen strawberries, the almond milk, and the agave to a high speed blender or food processor. DO NOT add the chia seeds. Blend for about 30 to 45 seconds, stopping to scrap down any material that flies up the sides.
Divide (Optional): (If you don't want to divide it, you can just put it all into one storage bowl or container with all 12 tablespoons of chia seeds.) In four resealable glass containers, slowly add the strawberry milk to each container. Make sure that each one is as even as possible.
Add Chia: Using a measuring spoon, add three tablespoons of chia seed to each container. Mix well.
Refrigerate: Cover containers and add them to a refrigerator. Let chill for about 2 hours or overnight.
Enjoy! Add the chia pudding to a bowl and add whatever toppings you desire.

Storage Instructions

You can store them in the same container you made them in. They should last about a week in the fridge. You can freeze chia pudding in freezer safe containers for about 3 months.

Frequently Asked Questions

I accidentally blended the chia seeds. Now what?

So we did this once during our tests. By blending the chia seeds, you are allowing them to gel the liquid more. This made for an gelatinous mixture instead of the nice mix of liquid with pops of chia bubbles that normal chia pudding has. On it's own, it was not a pleasant meal, but it can be salvaged! Adding more liquids, like non-dairy milk, and a mix of peanut butter, fresh fruit, and granola made our failed batch into a good breakfast. Add some more liquid and you'll have a very creamy texture!

I added too much/too little chia seeds. What can I do?

Chia pudding is a very forgiving recipe. If you added to much chia seeds, just mix in some more liquids. If you added too little, add some more chia seeds and wait about 1-2 hours for them to soak up more of the liquid.

What is the difference between black chia seeds and white chia seeds?

Effectively, not much. They both have about the same nutritional value (black chia seeds have slightly more benefit due to polyphenols from the darker color) and they work the same in a culinary sense. White chia seeds are a little more expensive, but that's because there are fewer producers of it. They look nice aesthetically, but that's about it.

What if I want to make even more puddings?

On the recipe card below, we have a multiplier feature that will adjust the amounts of ingredients you'll need. That way you can make a bunch of these puddings for you and your whole family!

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