This VEGAN Chocolate Biscuit Pudding is so simple, yet incredibly rich, delicious and comes together in 10 minutes!

I’m in a very exuberant mood today – Fall is finally here! When I stepped outside yesterday in the afternoon, when the sun was shining bright, high up in the sky, I was greeted to a gust of chilly wind, and I knew it in my bones that the weather has begun to change. Summer, is finally over, and although most people would not agree with me, good riddance.

I’ve had a lifetime’s fill of summers from my early life in India, and summers there are as hot as they can get. I came to the United States a few years ago on Halloween’s day, and as my plane descended into JFK, I took one look at the brilliant colored tree tops and it was love at first sight. Fall is where my heart now truly lies, in the splash of amber-scarlet hues the trees don, in the gentle but definite chill in the air that seems to make everything smell so clean, and the clear golden light that bounces off the foliage and turns everything so magical. For a brief time, the world truly appears ethereal, and you must forgive me for hoping to find woodland fairies dancing through the tree tops.

And so, I took a longer than usual walk around my neighborhood and brought back some of the outdoors in – I wanted to relish in the greenery a little as one last goodbye, before the colors change inevitably.

A little jubilation was promptly in order, to welcome the beautiful metamorphosis in season. And no celebration, at least for me, is complete without a little chocolate! I did not have any of the seasonal ingredients at hand, so I had to content myself with chocolate and only chocolate, which isn’t really a terrible thing anyway.

I’ve been meaning to veganize the chocolate pudding for a while now, which is usually made with dairy and sometimes even gelatin. The plant-based substitutions were easy enough to figure out, but even I did not realize how easy the entire process would be. If it takes you 15 minutes, from scratch till your VEGAN Chocolate Biscuit Pudding goes into the fridge, you’ve dawdled for too long.

And while toppings for a pudding aren’t always quite necessary, go along with me on this: every bite would otherwise remain the same, but with the toppings, and a varied one at that, you get a different texture and taste in each mouthful. And believe me, it makes for a truly enjoyable experience.

Here are the toppings I used: Cacao nibs, dried cranberries, walnuts, dairy-free praline, chocolate chips, fresh berries and mint. Make sure you scoop a different topping with every spoon of pudding, and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

And join me in enjoying mother nature’s ceremonial changing of the guard to the most exciting half of the year – watch the great transformation outdoors as she pushes out a final and bountiful harvest with poise in preparation for a long and cold hibernation until Spring next year.

It is truly, the most wonderful time of the year, a ‘Goldilocks’ period, where everything is just right.

Here are a few tips to make sure your VEGAN Chocolate Biscuit Pudding comes out at its very best!

Notes:

1. I used {vegan} whole wheat graham crackers in this recipe. One graham cracker yields 1/3 c of broken bits. Use that measurement to substitute with other biscuit of your preference in this recipe.
2. This pudding tastes best with bittersweet chocolate that you love to eat plain. Use good quality chocolate for the best tasting dessert.
3. Make this pudding upto a day ahead of serving. It can be stored refrigerated for upto a week, provided you wrap each individual pudding in cling wrap.
4. While it appears to be a large serving recipe, it can easily be sized to serve just two – Dissolve 1/8 tsp agar agar powder in 2 tbsp of water over heat. Once clear, add 1/4 c + 2 tbsp canned coconut milk and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and add 1/3 c bittersweet chocolate. Stir until combined and molten, then pour over two ramekins, each with a graham cracker broken into bits. Refrigerate until chilled thoroughly and enjoy!

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