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10min Chocolate Protein Pudding

What's that you say? You want a delicious and healthy protein packed snack that you can make in under 10min? Well friend, you have come to the right place! This recipe is all about protein pudding. And this isn't just any kind of protein pudding. This is chocolate protein pudding, which everybody knows, is the best kind of pudding. Quick, healthy, delicious and packed with protein... can it get any better? I doubt it.

This recipe actually came about by accident. I was trying to create a no bake cheesecake version of my Grasshopper Protein Pie that was featured on proteinpow.com. But I took a wrong turn somewhere and the chocolate base of my cheesecake didn't end up firm like cheesecake. It was actually more like chocolate pudding than chocolate cheesecake. However, it was pretty awesome tasting just the same. And that's when my chocolate protein pudding was born.

Because my chocolate protein pudding was originally intended to be no bake cheesecake, it is pretty unique in terms of pudding. It requires no baking. That's right, it's a pudding (in texture, at least) that requires zero cooking time!

I call it pudding, but its soul is really yogurt and cream cheese. But it's even better than traditional pudding, and not just because you don't have to bake it. The yogurt gives it an incredible tangy flavor that, well, you'll just have to make it and taste it to find out. Seriously, you could serve this up for desert and nobody would ever know that they were basically eating a protein shake disguised as pudding. It is THAT GOOD!

There is one downside to this pudding, if you can even call it a downside. I actually used a little liquor to make it. That might not come as a surprise to those of you familiar with grasshopper pie. But it might seem a little weird to those of you looking for a healthy treat. And what's more, none of the liquor burns off because, well, it's not cooked. Per serving, the amount of liquor is nominal. I guess if you ate a whole bucket of this protein pudding in a single sitting then you might get a buzz. But I'm betting before that happened you would be looking at an entirely different set of problems (like how to keep all that protein pudding below your esophagus).

OK, enough chit-chat. Here's what you want to know.

Ingredients

  • 8oz Fat Free Cream Cheese (I used Philadelphia)
  • 4oz Chobani Fat Free Vanilla Greek Yogurt
  • 2scoops ON 100% Gold Standard Whey - Coffee Flavor
  • 10g Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
  • 32g Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup
  • 10g Agave Nectar
  • 1oz Dark Creme De Cocoa 

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth
  2. Chill

Nutrition Info

Servings: 4 (about 4.25oz per serving)
Calories Per Serving: 193
Protein: 23g
Carbohydrates: 19g; 2g Fiber
Fat: 1g
Sodium: 528g

**It was so good that I ate everything before I remembered to take more pictures.

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