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Silky Chocolate Pudding with Dates and Almond Butter

A deep, glossy chocolate pudding sweetened with softened dates and maple, with a caramel-like richness and a smooth, spoonable texture.

Silky Chocolate Pudding with Dates and Almond Butter

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups (590 ml)600 gWhole milk
  • 3 dates72 gMedjool dates, pittedfinely chopped
  • 1½ tbsp30 gMaple syrup
  • ⅓ cup28 gUnsweetened cocoa powdersifted
  • ¼ cup30 gCornstarch
  • 2 tbsp32 gAlmond butter, no salt addedstirred well
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt

Steps

  1. Prep first: finely chop the dates, sift the unsweetened cocoa powder into a bowl and stir the almond butter in its jar.
  2. In a medium pot, combine half of the whole milk with the dates and let them soak off the heat for 10 minutes to soften.
  3. Add the cornstarch, cinnamon and salt to the bowl with the cocoa powder and whisk together, then whisk in the remaining half of the whole milk until smooth with no lumps; this is the cocoa slurry.
  4. Warm the milk and dates over medium heat until steaming, mashing the dates against the pot with a whisk to break them up.
  5. Whisk the cocoa slurry and the maple syrup into the pot and cook, whisking constantly, until the pudding bubbles and thickens, then cook 1 minute more.
  6. Take the pot off the heat and whisk in the almond butter and vanilla until glossy.
  7. Divide among 4 bowls or jars, press plastic wrap onto the surface and chill at least 3 hours until set before serving.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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