Deeply delicious & satisfying 4 ingredient Chocolate Walnut Pudding … gluten free, egg free

Chocolate Walnut Pudding … with just 4 simple ingredients to make a deep, delicious, most satisfying pudding, this gluten free and eggless recipe uses pantry staples and comes together in minutes! Make sure you use the best quality ingredients you can find!

Sometimes a pudding is all you need, often a quick desert option with minimum fuss, one that is make ahead and is a crowd pleaser. Think chocolate, thinks nuts, think a biscuit pudding, think matcha, think fruit, perhaps coffee! Infinite possibilities, delicious results! This dark Chocolate Walnut Pudding ticks all the boxes and more. It’s light set, packed with good ingredients, is indulgent and quite versatile.

Walnuts have long been one of my favourite ingredients that I use generously in the kitchen, both sweet & savoury recipes. Soft, flavourful, addictive, buttery, walnuts add so much flavor and goodness, so easily, to recipes! For example, that Broccoli Walnut Soup below definitely a winter favourite, while I always have a batch of rosemary walnuts on hand! They make great cocktail snacks, salad toppers, quick bites and taste great in wraps.

Generously packed with walnuts, one of the most nutritious tree nuts rich in omega-3s, antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and minerals, desserts with walnuts or similar nuts are honestly the best kind of desserts! I always always try and sneak nuts into dessert, be it into the batter or biscuit base, a blended filling like in this Chocolate Walnut Pudding, a topping, a scattering to add texture in layered cakes etc.

Walnuts compliment chocolate beautifully in dessert especially in puddings like these. With only 2 other ingredients, milk and cocoa powder, how much more simpler can dessert get! The charm of puddings as easy as this makes them so versatile, allowing you room to play with tweaks to accommodate either ingredients on hand or dietary needs.

You could always use pecans or cashews if you like, maybe buttery Brazil nuts, even hazelnuts. Make the pudding vegan by opting for a vegan chocolate and a plant based milk of choice. Throw in a dash of coffee or vanilla, perhaps fresh orange zest to lift the flavours. You would definitely need to experiment a little to get the right set. I made a cashew version recently with a few adjustments and it turned out earthy, deep and extremely satisfying!

If you’re up to experimenting, I think you could sneak in a drizzle of your favourite liqueur if that’s something you’d like in your dessert. Do bear in mind that the consistency will change each time and that’s the joy of creating desserts. Make it yours!

For a pudding like this, a high speed blender works best to get the consistency nice and smooth. I use my Blendtech and it works really well. The Ninja should work well too. If doubtful, you could always soften the nuts in the warm milk for a couple of hours {or overnight} to get the pudding even smoother, and use a small wet grinder {I absolutely love this one} just to get the nuts smooth. I plan on doing a cashew white chocolate version soon, so do keep an eye out!