Vanilla Bean Cardamom Tapioca Pudding

I’m finishing what turned out to be a week of kind-of indulgences (“kind-of” because they’re all actually pretty nutritious.  Isn’t that happy?) with a treat!

You know what is a crazy easy, not-too-guilty dessert?  Tapioca pudding.  I hope I am not the only one who likes this strange gelatinous bubbly pudding.


If you haven’t tried tapioca pudding before, please give it a try – it is really just like firmer pudding.  Though there are balls of tapioca in there, they end up having basically the same texture as the rest of your pudding, and it’s delicious 🙂

The recipe.

serves 4
1 vanilla bean
1/4 t ground cardamom
4 C almond milk
1/2 C tapioca pearls
1/4 C pure maple syrup

Add everything to a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat (scrape the vanilla beans from the pod, but throw the pod in the saucepan too cause extra vanilla beans will seep out of it.)  Simmer for a half an hour, whisking occasionally.  Remove vanilla pod.  Pour pudding into four dishes and allow to cool. 


Want to customize this dessert?  Try adding some of these:

  • orange zest + a bit of orange juice. replace some of the almond milk if you use a lot of juice.
  • chocolate.  melt some dark chocolate right in there!  or add unsweetened cocoa powder to add flavor without extra sugar. 
  • extracts.  have fun with flavored extracts! peppermint, orange, lemon, coconut, hazelnut, maple.  anything would be good. 
  • PB2.  peanut butter-y goodness. 
  • fruit.  berries would be awesome.  dried or fresh.
  • other spices.  nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, ground cloves, chai spice, pumpkin pie spice.  yum!  you could add some pumpkin puree + pumpkin pie spice.  yes, please. 


Nutrition facts per serving: Calories: 137; Calories from Fat: 27; Total Fat: 3.0g; Sodium: 182mg; Total Carbohydrates: 26.6g; Dietary Fiber: 1.0g; Sugars: 11.7g; Protein: 1.0g


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