Healthy Chocolate Pudding Snack (2 Minute Recipe!)

Need a dose of chocolate? This chocolate snack tastes rich and chocolaty, but it’s just Greek yogurt, cocoa powder, and maple syrup. And it’s done in 2 minutes!

Do you want a dose of chocolate? Here’s one that just happened to come to mind, and it’s not even really a recipe! I mix it when I have a spontaneous craving for chocolate. Here’s the great part: It tastes just like dark chocolate pudding! But that’s just Greek yogurt, dark cocoa powder, and maple syrup. Here’s how to get the protein and probiotics from yogurt And Get your chocolate fix at the same time.

Even better, you can do it in 2 minutes! My mom recently tried it and said, “You gotta share this!” If you’re a dark chocolate lover like us, read on for this irresistible healthy dessert.

Let’s clear up a few things. What is a healthy chocolate snack?

First of all: What does the term mean in good health even say? We used it to mod this “Chocolate Snack” because it’s healthier than most chocolate treats. But healthy is a difficult word to define. If you really want something healthy, eat a salad! But when you need your chocolate fix, this chocolate pudding is indeed a healthier option than most. Here’s why:

• It contains a lot of protein (8 grams). That’s why I prefer this snack to eating a candy bar or chocolate cake. It’s high in protein: 8 grams in one serving! Alex and I have been training more and protein is good for building muscle and staying strong.
• You can benefit from the probiotics in yogurt. The probiotics in yogurt are helpful for gut health. You don’t get that from a cupcake!
• That’s 198 calories (or eat half for less!). I love that this chocolate snack has a reasonable amount of calories! Alex and I don’t count or limit calories. But I wanted to make sure that my “healthy” chocolate snack at night wasn’t stuffed with 500 calories. To reduce further, you can eat half of it and that’s still enough.
• It’s naturally sweet, but it contains sugar! Even though maple syrup isn’t refined sugar, you know what? It still contains sugar! This chocolate snack is not sugar free.

Use processed/dark dutch cocoa powder!

Here’s the gist of this chocolate snack recipe. YOU MUST USE DARK COCOA POWDER! Please tell us you read this? I’ll do it again normally now. That’s right, please use dark cocoa powder, aka Dutch cocoa powder or Dutch cocoa. The packaging may also say “100% cocoa”.

What is that? Dutch cocoa powder is essentially like a dark chocolate version of cocoa powder. It has been treated with an alkali to make it pH neutral, giving it a darker color and milder flavor. Dark cocoa powder gives this snack its dark chocolate flavor. I tried it with regular cocoa powder and it’s not the same taste at all: it tastes almost fruity. The dark cocoa together with the maple syrup results in a chocolaty taste. Please note this notice!

Where to buy dutch or dark cocoa powder?

For this chocolate snack, you should be able to find dark chocolate or Dutch cocoa powder at your local grocery store, in addition to regular cocoa powder. Here are the two brands I’ve used and liked:

• Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder: It’s easiest to find in grocery stores, but here’s a link online. (I stored maybe 4 containers.)
• Ghiradelli Dutch Process cocoa powder: This is much more expensive, but we gave it a try when I ran out of Hershey’s. WOW is the rich, delicious taste! If you have the budget, use this one for the highest quality chocolate snack experience. (Ha!)

My chocolate snack obsession

This post is oddly personal as I often eat it as a “secret” late night snack. So now the cat is out of the bag! There was no way I wanted to share it here on my professional recipe site. However, my mother was visiting and saw how I prepared it. We’re both addicted to dark chocolate. She eats dark chocolate every day. And when she tried that, she couldn’t stop talking about it.

The recipe needs to be shared! she hugged me. People will love this! Even though it’s more of an idea than a recipe and I never measure it, I’ll let you in on my secrets for getting your dose of dark chocolate. In a healthy way. If you’re a dark chocolate lover, let us know if you’ve tried our healthy chocolate pudding and what you think of it. (Otherwise I just eat it between 9 and 10 p.m. while watching Netflix.)

Wait, you wanted real chocolate?

We have that too. Here are some popular chocolate recipes that might qualify as a chocolate snack:

This chocolate snack recipe is…

Vegetarian, gluten-free, naturally sweetened and free from refined sugar. We make a lot of plant-based recipes here, but we don’t recommend trying them with vegan yogurt (sorry!). Try the vegan chocolate pudding instead.