Chef John’s Chia Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup chia seeds
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tiny pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon chocolate covered hemp seeds, or to taste

Directions

Whisk milk, chia seeds, cocoa powder, brown sugar, white sugar, coffee granules, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until pudding is smooth. Let sit for 5 minutes; stir. Repeat sitting and stirring process at least 2 times.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight. Spoon into bowls and top with chocolate hemp seeds.