Vegan Pudding Recipe (2024)

You’ll love this vegan pudding recipe with options for vegan vanilla pudding and an easy vegan chocolate pudding. Made with only five ingredients, this pudding is so easy to make. Serve your pudding in fancy glasses with a dollop of vegan whipped cream on top!

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Oh, how I love creamy pudding. Are you with me? For example, this vegan chia pudding is so creamy and divine. This vegan creme brulee is another go-to favorite.

I just get a thrill dipping that spoon in for each bite, especially when there’s some vegan whipped cream involved! Sometimes I’ve been known to crumble an ice cream cone or add some peanut butter granola on top.

It’s all so good!

How to Make Vegan Pudding

You can find the full printable recipe, including ingredient quantities, below. But first, here are some explanations of ingredients and steps to help you make this recipe perfect every time.

1. Stir together the sugar and cornstarch and then pour it into the saucepan.
2. Add cocoa powder if making chocolate pudding.
3. Slowly stir in the plant-based milk.
   
4. Stir occasionally while bringing it to a low boil, then reduce heat and simmer until thickened.
   
5. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and vegan butter.
   
6. Transfer to serving dishes and refrigerate until cool.
7. Top with your favorite topping, such as coconut whipped cream.

Key Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe, including substitution ideas:

• Sugar — We’ll be using granulated sugar (see below for sugar options).
• Cornstarch — This is my favorite thickener for the perfect pudding texture. You can substitute arrowroot powder, but I find the texture is different.
• Plant-based milk— Use your favorite plant-based milk, such as oat milk, soy milk, pecan milk, vegan evaporated milk, cashew milk, and more!
• Vegan butter — We’ll add buttery-rich flavor with a bit of vegan butter.
• Vanilla extract — For vegan vanilla pudding, you’ll stop with this ingredient. Note: If your plant-based milk is already vanilla-flavored, you may not need to add any vanilla extract.
• Cocoa powder — If you want vegan chocolate pudding, add some cocoa powder with the sugar and cornstarch. Or go super rich and ad some dairy-free chocolate chips!

Vegan Pudding Sugar Options

If you’re worried about your vegan pudding being too sweet, I have options for you. You can try different sugar ratios, such as:

• For a less sweet pudding, reduce sugar to 1/2 cup.
• For refined sugar-free pudding, substitute 1/2 cup maple syrup.
• Another refined sugar alternative would be to substitute 1/2 cup pitted dates. Cook them along with the rest of the ingredients in the saucepan. Then run it all through a food processor until smooth.
• For sugar-free pudding, start with 1/4 cup of your favorite zero-calorie sweetener. After the pudding cools and you can taste it, add more to taste if necessary.

Frequently-Asked Questions

Serving Suggestions

Serve this vegan pudding with dollops and drizzles of any of the following:

• Coconut Whipped Cream
• Vegan Chocolate Syrup
• Protein Granola
• Vegan Caramel Sauce

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That’s it for this tasty vegan pudding recipe. Enjoy!

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