This chia and flaxseed pudding is a fun and delicious light breakfast or afternoon snack. Made with pantry staples, it's an easy 5 ingredient recipe with very little hands-on prep time. Top with sweet fruit, nuts, seeds or jam to make it feel extra indulgent!
Love chia pudding? Also love a flaxseed pudding? How about a fun combination of the two with this creamy chia and flax seed pudding! It's easy to make with ingredients you may already have to hand, and customizable with fun toppings.
Soaking the chia and ground flaxseed gives a gooey, creamy texture, with a hint of nutty flavor. Similarly to my chia and hemp seed pudding recipe, I like to add a pinch of spice to make it even more tasty!
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🥣 Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes on a few of them:
- Chia Seeds - we use whole chia seeds to make this pudding, so they absorb the liquid and swell up.
- Flaxseed - this recipe uses ground flaxseed, also known as milled flaxseed or milled linseed. It has a lovely nutty flavor. You can grind whole flaxseeds yourself in a coffee grinder.
- Plant milk - you can use the type of milk that works best for you. If you're gluten free, then check ingredients labels if you're using oat milk as not all are suitable for that dietary requirement.
🍎 Ideas for Toppings
If you're like me, then a chia or flax pudding has to have some fun toppings! Some ideas:
- Fresh fruits and berries. Blueberries, blackberries, diced apple or peach are all sweet and delicious.
- Nut or seed butter. This will depend on which nuts and seeds work for you, but I love a good spoonful of macadamia nut butter or pumpkin seed butter.
- Granola. I love to sprinkle on some of my turmeric granola.
- Jam. Cook up my blueberry chia jam to spoon on some sweetness!
🔪 How to Make Chia and Flaxseed Pudding
It's so easy to make this high fiber breakfast recipe with pantry staples, and all you need is a mason jar or container that can be sealed.
All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Combine ingredients
Add the chia seeds, ground flaxseed, maple syrup and spice (if using) to a dish or mason jar that can be sealed. Pour in the plant milk (image 1).
Step 2: Stir and set!
Place the pudding in the fridge for about 2 hours to thicken and set (image 2). If possible, stir the pudding after about 30 minutes to break up any clumps of chia seeds. Add your toppings to serve!
💭 Recipe Tips and Notes
- Don't overdo the milk! I recipe tested this pudding using more milk, and it was soupy and overly loose. It kind of looked like tadpoles swimming in light brown liquid, which isn't what we want . . .
- Give it a stir. If possible, giving the chia and flax pudding a stir after about 30 minutes helps it thicken and makes sure the seeds are distributed through the milk.
- Add more sweetness. Simply add a little more maple syrup for sweetness, or fruit toppings.
📋 Frequently Asked Questions
The pudding needs about 2 hours to set in the fridge, although 1 hour may be long enough. You don't need to soak them overnight, and I would suggest that low histamine readers would likely be better not doing this due to histamine formation. The SIGHI guide to food storage is helpful.
I don't recommend to use whole flaxseeds as they won't soften, absorb the liquid or go gelatinous. Ground flaxseed is required to make a creamy pudding, and you can grind whole flaxseeds yourself in a coffee grinder or food processor.
🍽 More Breakfast Recipes
Find so many ideas for chia pudding and overnight oats here on my breakfast ideas page, including my chia oatmeal pudding and these tasty recipes:
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📖 Recipe
Chia and Flaxseed Pudding
Equipment
- mason jars or glass dish that can be sealed
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1.5 tablespoon ground flaxseed also known as milled flaxseed
- 2 teaspoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom or cinnamon, optional*
- ½ cup plant milk
Instructions
- Add the chia seeds, ground flaxseed, maple syrup, cardamom or cinnamon (if using) to a mason jar or container that can be sealed. Pour in the plant milk of choice.
- Use a spoon or whisk to stir the mixture so the chia seeds and flax are distributed through the milk.
- Place the pudding in the refrigerator for 2 hours, giving it a stir after 30 minutes if possible, to break up any clumps of chia seeds and mix them into the milk. Top with fruits, jam or nut or seed butter to preference to serve!
Notes
- If using oat milk, check that it is gluten free, if you have that dietary requirement.
- To thin the pudding, simply add a dash of milk.
- Nutritional information is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- plant milks have different scores, so use the type that works best for you.
- cardamom scores 0, but has a note, in French, that some varieties may not be well tolerated.
Tari says
Thank you Claire for this yummy pudding recipe! It is my first Chia/Flaxseed recipe I have tried & I am so impressed!
I have systemic mastocytosis & have adopted a low histamine diet & your recipes have been extremely helpful 😘!
Claire says
You're welcome, and so glad you enjoyed it!