How To Make A Rich Chocolate Pudding With Avocado In 10 Minutes Or Less

Sometimes, the most delightful desserts can arise from the most minimal efforts. Sure, there's an immense pride that comes with assembling a treat like delicate, decadent chocolate macarons from scratch. Yet, you can also enjoy a chocolate-flavored sweet in an easier, yet still mouth-wateringly rich format: Like an avocado-based pudding, for example.

Although technically a berry, such a cocoa pairing is more unorthodox than ingredients like strawberries or raspberries. However, it's really the fruit's textural effects that make it a valuable addition. Keep it in a food processor long enough, and it takes on an ultra-soft, homogeneous consistency that's perfect to showcase chocolate. So no, this isn't a dessert guacamole: It's truly a pudding. And if you flavor the chocolate carefully, no avocado flavors shine through, either.

Several techniques accomplish such a creation, all straightforward in nature. You could just combine avocado and accompanying flavorings in the blender, then spin until homogenous. It's all said and done once smooth, entailing basically no prep. However, modify the recipe with one added step, and the consistency will delight with richness even further — all while still landing under the 10 minute mark.

Before you dive into preparation, you'll first need to pick out optimal ingredients. To make sure the pudding's flavors hit the spot, select a high quality cocoa powder; after all, this dish's success lies entirely in the chocolate's taste. And when it comes to the avocado's composition, make sure to grab fruit that just has a touch of softness. Once it starts to brown, the flavor becomes noticeable in the pudding.

Combining exclusively avocado and cocoa powder doesn't make for the tastiest pudding, so you'll want to zhuzh up with further flavorings, too. Some sugar's necessary — either white, brown, or in a syrup — as is a dash of vanilla, and a touch of salt. Now, to really get that rich, silky consistency, here comes the alternate technique: Craft a cocoa-flavored sugar syrup.

Liquify the cacao on the stove for just a few minutes, and your pudding texture rapidly improves. Not only will chocolate notes become better distributed through the avocado, but the pudding takes on a glossier sheen. And sure, there's a bit more required labor, but the process still takes under 10 minutes. So if you're a fan of such pudding hacks, then consider whipping up a two-ingredient silken tofu rendition, too. After all, chocolate pudding can be made vegan, dairy-free, and quickly through various means.