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Stewed Pear Vanilla Chia Pudding with Chocolate

Creamy vanilla chia pudding layered over soft, cinnamon-warm stewed pears and finished with crunchy chopped dark chocolate and walnuts.

Stewed Pear Vanilla Chia Pudding with Chocolate

Ingredients

  • 2 medium360 gPearsdiced
  • 2⅛ tsp10 gUnsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp40 gMaple syrupdivided
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp30 gWater
  • 1½ cups (350 ml)400 gAlmond milk, unsweetened
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gPlain kefir, low-fat
  • 2½ oz72 gChia seeds
  • 2 tsp8 gVanilla extract
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • ¼ cup40 gSemisweet chocolate chipsroughly chopped
  • 3½ tbsp chopped24 gWalnutstoasted and chopped

Steps

  1. Dice the pears, roughly chop the chocolate chips and chop the walnuts before you start.
  2. Melt the butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Add the pear, half of the maple syrup, the cinnamon and the water; cook, stirring, 8–10 minutes until the pear is tender and glossy. Transfer the pear to a bowl and let it cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
  3. In a clean bowl, whisk the almond milk, kefir, the remaining half of the maple syrup, the vanilla and the salt.
  4. Whisk the chia seeds into the milk mixture, rest 5 minutes, then whisk again to break up any clumps of chia seeds.
  5. Cover the chia pudding and the cooled pear and refrigerate both until the pudding is thick, at least 3 hours or overnight.
  6. Stir the chia pudding, spoon the chilled pear into 4 jars, and top with the chia pudding.
  7. Sprinkle each jar with the chopped chocolate chips and the walnuts just before serving.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts. Some brands contain soy.

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

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