Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Breakfast Parfait Recipe (2024)

Published: Aug 27, 2014 · by Nicole · Updated: Aug 5, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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If it tastes like a dessert, but I can eat it for breakfast, I am all in. Once in a while, I like a savory breakfast, but for the most part, I like to get my day started with something sweet. If there's chocolate involved, that's even better. Chia pudding appears frequently in my breakfast rotation because it's easy to whip up a batch before I go to bed and it's a good way to work protein, fiber, and fresh fruit into my morning.

This particular chia breakfast parfait recipe is kind of like eating a peanut butter cup for breakfast. A peanut butter cup made with chia seeds! Chocolate chia pudding is layered with a creamy peanut butter sauce and topped with banana slices. Some chia parfait recipes are pretty intense and require a lot of prep work, but this one is fuss-free in order to accommodate my morning grogginess.

If you haven't had chia pudding before, they're all built upon the same idea: chia seeds soak up liquid and become gelatinous. (Gelatinous! That's a fun word!) By adding just enough liquid for them to absorb, you end up with something similar to a rice or tapioca pudding. You can add other ingredients and sweeteners to achieve just about any flavor you can imagine.

Because I've found that I feel better when I start my day with protein, I used Silk Soymilk to make this recipe--a cup of Silk has 7 grams of protein! Chia seeds and a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter up the protein in this parfait even more, for a total of 12 grams. And I mentioned it tastes like a peanut butter cup too, right? Because yeah, that.

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Recipe

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Breakfast Parfait

Breakfast that tastes like dessert--but it's good for you too!

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Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes

Setting Time: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 45 minutes minutes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons chia seeds
1 tablespoon raw cacao powder
½ cup + 2-3 tablespoons Silk Soymilk
Sweetener to taste optional
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 small banana sliced
Cacao nibs for garnish optional

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Instructions

Combine the chia seeds and cacao powder in a small resealable container. Pour in ½ cup of soymilk and stir to incorporate. If you're using unsweetened soymilk, stir in sweetener of choice, to taste.
Let the mixture sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes, then give it another good stir, put on the lid, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. The longer you refrigerate the pudding, the thicker it will be.
When you're ready to assemble your parfait, whisk together the peanut butter with 2 tablespoons of soymilk in a small bowl. If the mixture is too thick, whisk in an additional tablespoon of soymilk.
Layer the chia pudding with the peanut butter sauce and banana slices in a serving dish or jar. Top with cacao nibs, if using, and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 380kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 14gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 139mgPotassium: 867mgFiber: 14gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 552IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 336mgIron: 4mg

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Thalia @ butter and brioche says
August 28, 2014 at 2:50 am

I love making chia puddings for breakfast.. I have never made a chocolate/peanut butter version before! Looks and sounds delicious, definitely need to recreate this recipe before tomorrow mornings breakfast as I am craving some now!
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- Kiersten Frase says
  September 04, 2014 at 1:16 pm
  
  I was on a vanilla chia pudding kick for a while, but now I'm back on the chocolate train. 🙂 And peanut butter makes it even better!
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She Rocks Fitness says
August 28, 2014 at 5:14 pm

Yummy! I 100% agree that I am all for breakfasts that taste like dessert. 😉 I rarely crave savory for breakfast, but that is just how I roll. Spoonful of PB always needs to happen once or even twice daily!
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- Kiersten Frase says
  September 04, 2014 at 1:15 pm
  
  Yeah, I just need something sweet to wake me up in the morning I think. 🙂
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Sasha says
April 13, 2016 at 6:01 pm

Looks great! How much sweetner would you recommend using if I use maple syrup or agave?
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- Kiersten says
  April 24, 2016 at 4:41 pm
  
  I usually add sweetener to taste.
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Natalie R says
May 26, 2016 at 10:46 am

I made this the other day for breakfast and decided that THIS is my new favorite breakfast! I used liquid chocolate stevia to sweeten this up and diced up some super ripe, frozen bananas in the morning. By the time I got to work, they were super gooey and practically melted into the pudding. Since I used crunchy peanut butter, it was a chunky monkey breakfast parfait 🙂 Delicious!
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- Kiersten says
  June 08, 2016 at 8:40 am
  
  I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
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Jenni says
June 04, 2017 at 12:56 am

Do you have calorie content?
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