Easy Keto Pudding Recipe - Chocolate or Vanilla • Low Carb with Jennifer (2024)

This is a homemade keto pudding recipe that can be cooked in about 10 minutes and requires only 5 simple ingredients. You can make chocolate or vanilla pudding that will take you back to your childhood and tastes 10 times better than boxed sugar-free pudding mixes!

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Keto Pudding

My readers are huge fans of my quick keto dessert recipes and I know this keto chocolate pudding will be no exception. I think all of us grew up on some version of pudding, whether it be homemade or from a box mix. I remember seeing the bowl of chocolate pudding chilling in the refrigerator and I couldn't wait for it to set. It always seemed to take forever!

Making a keto version of pudding is actually quite easy. It just requires a couple of swaps of ingredients. I adapted my recipe from this Serious Eats pudding because I wanted to use gelatin instead of xanthan gum, arrowroot powder, or cornstarch.

Ingredients needed

For this recipe you will need powdered gelatin, heavy cream, sugar free sweetener, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract. You'll notice this recipe does not contain egg yolks, so it is perfect for those who need egg free.

Powdered gelatin: I just use 1 teaspoon of the little packets of Knox gelatin from the grocery store. Using gelatin will give us a nice and thick creamy texture with a better mouthfeel than using xanthan gum.

Heavy cream: Both traditional chocolate pudding and a pudding mix calls for milk. I like to do a swap of heavy whipping cream and water to make it more keto friendly. Using all heavy cream is just too rich and calorie dense in my opinion.

Sugar free sweetener: Of course, most homemade pudding recipes use sugar. A simple swap for that is a keto sweetener of choice. I prefer Lakanto granulated sweetener which is a monk fruit and sugar alcohol blend.

Unsweetened cocoa powder: I use just regular Hersheys form the grocery store because that's all my local store had. Almost all cocoa powders are 3g total carbs and 2g fiber.

Salt and Vanilla extract: Almost all desserts need these two ingredients to taste their absolute best. They both enhance the flavor in their own way.

Low carb vanilla pudding recipe

If you're making the keto vanilla pudding, you would omit the cocoa powder and you may need less sweetener and salt depending on your tastes.

Tips

• After cooking the pudding, let it cool for 5 minutes, then cover with a sheet of plastic wrap before refrigerating to avoid developing a pudding skin.
• Use different flavor extracts to make keto pudding other than vanilla or chocolate. You could use a teaspoon of banana extract or lemon extract as well.
• If serving to guests, garnish the sugar-free dessert with keto whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

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• Chocolate, Peanut Butter, or Vanilla Keto Mug Cake
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• Keto Cookie Dough
• Crunchy Keto Granola

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