This coconut lime combination has become one of our favorites. It’s one of those combinations you don’t expect to fall head over heels for when you’re a ‘dyed in the wool’ chocoholic, but what can you do!?! It all started with my Coconut Lime Ice Cream which has become Tyler’s most requested dessert.
And from there I started using the combination in so many different ways. For lots more coconut lime inspiration, be sure to check out the recipes at the end of the post. But this particular recipe started when I mentioned something about make a coconut lime chia pudding in a comment thread somewhere on the blog.
Someone read through that comment thread, and emailed to ask me for the recipe. So I knew I had to get on it! Well long story short, I got the recipe written down and sent off. But that was last October, and it’s taken me this long to actually get the recipe published to share with you as well!
My only excuse(s) is I got distracted with holiday recipes, and then in the beginning of the year I ended up photographing a cookbook of 70 recipes. So needless to say, I’ve been a little distracted, but finally I have another coconut lime recipe to share.
This recipe starts with placing all the ingredients except the seeds into a blender…
… and then you blend until smooth and creamy.
From there I always stir in the seeds because I don’t want them pulverized by the blender. This chia pudding keeps really well for 3-4 days. If you’re looking for one that keeps all week long, check out my Tropical Coconut Chia Pudding.
I originally made this pudding for breakfasts on the go, but it’s so decadent that it really works when I’m craving sweets as well!
And finally for more coconut lime inspiration:
- Tropical Spinach Salad with Creamy Coconut Lime Dressing
- Mango Lime Green Smoothie, (there’s coconut in there too)
- No Bake Coconut Lime Tart
- Limesicle Pudding
- Tropical Quinoa Salad with Coconut Lime Dressing
Creamy Coconut Lime Chia Pudding
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 5 cups pudding 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut water
- 1 can coconut milk, 13.5 ounces, I used Native Forest
- 1/3 cup Grade A amber maple syrup, I buy mine from Costco
- 1 small ripe avocado, mine was 7 ounces whole, peeled and pitted
- 1 Tablespoon lime zest, from 2 limes
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, from 3 limes
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 cup baby spinach, 1 ounce, (this is for color and you can’t taste it)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
- 1/2 cup hemp seeds
Instructions
- Place everything but the seeds into a blender in the order listed.
- Blend starting on low and working up to speeds 5-6 on a Vitamix, blending until smooth.
- Stir in the chia and hemp seeds by hand, and transfer into containers with lids.
- Refrigerate for 2-3 hours to let the pudding thicken up before serving.
- This pudding keeps great for 3-4 days in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
I bet this flavor is so good! Love that beautiful vibrant green color too! So beautiful!
Thank you, the flavor is addicting!
I have a big bag of chia seeds! This is going down! Looks so amazing!
I hope you enjoy it!
This chia pudding looks so good ! It’s creamy and refreshing and it has my favorite color GREEN !
Thanks so much, I hope you get to enjoy it sometime!
Anything with lime gets my vote at the moment, I seem to be addicted to it! Great pudding, thanks for a wonderful recipe 🙂
Me too, it’s such a unique flavor and so addicting!
I love the combo of lime and coconut – can’t wait to try this! I think my kids are going to love it as a snack too. Yum.
It makes such a good snack, sometimes I portion it out into mini mason jars (about 1/4 cup) just for snacking purposes!
The color is so gorgeous! I love how adding an avocado just elevates a dish, whether it’s sweet or savory!
I agree, adding a little avocado just makes so many thing so much better!
Yum! I would love to snack on this when I’m craving some sweets!
It’s perfect because it’s not chock full of sugar like lots of sweets, but it really does the trick!
Love the avocado in there! Awesome! And I’m a die hard choco fan too but this looks so refreshing and delicious!
There’s nothing like chocolate for sure, but the refreshing factor is hard to beat!
ohhh! Lime and coconut sounds even better to me than PB&J!! Pretty spectacular! I am excited to try this!
Coconut lime has been and unexpectedly amazing combo for me, it’s now one of my favorites right next to chocolate!
So pretty! I love this flavour combination and can see that this would be a great recipe to make and have at ANY time of the day!
Thank you, we love it any time of the day too!