A simple vegan and gluten free chocolate pudding dessert made with sweet potatoes.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Diet Gluten Free, Vegan
Keyword Easy, Vegan Dessert
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Refridgerate 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 3
Equipment
1 food processor or blender
Ingredients
3cupssweet potatocooked (about 2 large sweet potatoes)
¼cupcocoa powder
¼cupmaple syrup
3Tbspplant milkwe used sweetened soy milk
½tspvanilla extract
¼tspsalt
Instructions
Cook the sweet potatoes:Stove-top: Place peeled and cubed sweet potato in a pot with enough water to cover the potatoes. Cover and bring to a boil, then uncover and let it cook for about 10 minutes or until you can easily pierce a potato with a fork. Once cooked, strain the liquid.Microwave: Pierce the whole sweet potato a few times, place on a microwave safe dish, microwave for 5 minutes, continue to microwave in 1 minute increments until fork tender.
In a blender or food processor, add 3 cups sweet potato (cooked), ¼ cup cocoa powder, ¼ cup maple syrup, 3 Tbsp plant milk, ½ tsp vanilla extract, and ¼ tsp salt. Blend until smooth and all ingredients are incorporated.
Transfer to individual serving cups, cover and refrigerate.