If you ask someone who grew up in Southeast Asia say, me for instance how they enjoy their avocado, theyll most likely tell you that they consume it in arefreshing dessert drinkor simply drizzled with palm sugar syrup. To which, someone else might grimace and make gagging sounds.

Most people I know are used to avocado in guacamole or a salad or on a sandwich, and are shocked at my preference for eating avocado as dessert. But maybe tastes are changing. In the last few years, Ive seen recipes for avocado panna cotta, avocado chocolate pudding, and other avocado something-or-another desserts.

My favorite so far is the pudding. It capitalizes on avocados creamy texture to create a pudding-like consistency minus the double boiling and endless stirring (and if you use thisrecipe, youll have a vegan, lower-fat version). Plus it recruits avocados best friends, chocolate and coffee.

Im not vegan nor am I inclined toward low-fat when it comes to dessert so I created my own version using an ingredient that has a reliable track record with avocado sweetened condensed milk.

Here are some general avocado tips:

No cooking and using only four ingredients, the hardest part of this recipe is cleaning your appliance! Now thats my kind dessert.

Avocado chocolate pudding Makes 4 (1/2 cup) servings

For me, this avocado chocolate pudding is a wonderful update to a traditionalIndonesian avocado drink(es alpukat). Thick and creamy, it has the consistency of a true-blue chocolate pudding with the flavors of my childhood. The cocoa powder almost masks the avocado (which I think may be the point). But if you prefer more avocado flavor, use less cocoa powder. Another variation: add a teaspoon of instant coffee powder. This avocado chocolate pudding is very rich and indulgent and a little will go a long way to satisfying the sweetest of sweet tooths.

2largeripe Hass avocados, halved and pitted 1/2cup sweetened condensed milk 1/4 cup whole milk (and more as needed) 1/3cupcocoa powder

1. Scoop the avocado flesh from the peel with a spoon and pop into a blender (or a food processor, or a Vitamix). Add the condensed milk, whole milk and cocoa powder and process until completely smooth, scraping down the sides of the jug as needed. Add a little more whole milk if the mixture has trouble coming together. Keep going until you dont see any more avocado bits, a total of about 2 minutes. Taste and add more cocoa powder or condensed milk if desired, and process until smooth. If the pudding is still lumpy (or if youre a perfectionist), press it through a fine-mesh strainer.

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