Break ups are the worst. They make us question why we even decided to get in another relationship. And make us wonder what we could have changed to make it work. But sometimes we just have to face the fact, the relationship didn’t work and we are back on our own. I love relationships. I love loving someone and having them love me back. But I guess sometimes love isn’t enough. It still never seems to get easier.
While I tried not to completely drown in my relationship sorrows, Sergio helped me drown myself in chocolate peanut butter swirl frozen yogurt topped with chocolate sauce and chocolate sprinkles. Yeah, I got chocolate wasted. Thankfully it didn’t make me sick. But I thought chocolate wasted would be better than alcohol wasted. Alcohol leads to depression. Depression leads to text messages. Nothing good comes from texting, I know that for a fact.
In another effort to keep from constantly crying, I took on a mom roll. Meaning babysitting a couple dogs. Children aren’t that fun. Dogs are. And small dogs are pretty great, other than their love for barking. At anything. Parked cars. Grass. Fences. Really anything they can find to bark at. What they don’t seem to love to do is poop outdoors. Instead they felt the need to leave their tootsie rolls for me to step on. Twice. But they made up for it by cuddling with me constantly. I understand while people like small dogs, it’s like your own grown up style teddy bear. A socially acceptable one. I haven’t had a teddy bear in years, but having a fluffy little bear-dog sleep right next to me is even better than I remember. I kind of want a dog. I need a cuddle buddy.
Are you suddenly grossed out by tootsie rolls now? I sure am.
I pretty much took the long weekend to think about things. My last break up was covered up with alcohol and trips to sketchy dance clubs to keep from thinking about it. They didn’t seem sketchy to me at the time, but when I go downtown now, I always wonder what I was thinking when I actually liked going to those bars. Laura and I spent one night downtown, not drinking since we had to get back to our pups, and I wondered why anyone liked to spend their nights down there. Sure, you get whistled at by guys who can’t even spell their own name, but the bars are too loud to have a conversation with anyone. And conversations are usually dull. Am I just getting to that age where hiking up my skirt shorter than it falls in order to appeal to the opposite sex sounds like an awful night out? Or is it that I just like having sober conversations? I really don’t know. What I do know is that I got a parking ticket. All signs are pointing towards Juli staying out of downtown. I’m listening to the signs. And getting chocolate wasted.
Overnight Chocolate Coffee Chia Breakfast Pudding
- Yield: 2-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brewed coffee (chilled)
- 1/2 cup full fat canned coconut milk
- 1 heaping tablespoon almond butter (or other nut or seed butter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
Instructions
- Blend brewed coffee, coconut milk, almond butter, vanilla extract, maple syrup, and cocoa powder in a blender.
- Place the blended mixture into a resealable large jar (or 2 smaller jars) then add chia seeds. Seal jar and shake.
- Place in refrigerator overnight or for at least 3+ hours.
- Eat up. Breakfast is served.
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I’m really sorry about the breakup (although it’s weeks later, I am just seeing this now). I don’t know how I missed this post/recipe and I’m going to try it now. I keep forgetting I have chia seeds. I just bought these cool blue mason jars and going to make this pudding in them for brekkie for the week. Yum. You seem very cool and I love your blog because you write exactly what’s on your mind and I like that. I am sure you will meet “that guy” very soon.
I tried to make this last night (with a few half-assed subs because I couldn’t get to the supermarket for maple syrup or coconut milk so used raw sugar and almond milk) and despite leaving my pudding in the fridge for more than 12 hours my chia seeds were still small and crunchy, and not all pluffy (plump fluffy?) like I’ve seen them in pictures.
Too much liquid? Wrong sort of liquid?! We just don’t know! I used white chia seeds, don’t know if that makes a difference they were all I could find at the supermarket. My flatmate has black ones I might steal to try this with.
The taste was awesome though, so I will keep battling until I succeed and have awesome pluffy chia pudding!
hey tara! i have no idea why they wouldn’t have plumped up. i haven’t worked with white chia seeds, but I wouldn’t see that changing anything. that is so so weird, i wish i had an answer! maybe google it?
Sorry for your break-up. I always using your recipes but this is the first time leaving a comment. I decided to use your recipe since i bought chia seeds and it was my first time using them. I decided to eliminate the cocoa and coffee and instead added Chai tea. The tea has a subtle taste to the pudding but it was tasty. I served it to a non-paleo friend and he really loved it. Thank you for sharing this recipe, plus………..MASON JARS ROCK!!!!
Hi Juli!
Longtime fan of your sweet potato brownie recipe, so I’ve started exploring others!
So sorry about your breakup, but in better news, this pudding is fantastic! I made it last night and just shared it with half my office this morning. Everyone is raving about it, so kudos to you!
Chin up girl, it will get better!
Love this. Has become a comfort food. It reminds me of tapioca pudding. I am going to experiment with a different flavor, or use decaf coffee. Needing comfort food seems to happen at night!
Hi! Just made this recipe for the first time last night. I tried to sift through the other comments to answer my question… but there’s so many! How long does this mixture last? I wasn’t able to eat it all this morning… in fact, it would probably take me several days! Let me know if I should throw it out before then.
Thanks!
Lindsay
it lasts in the fridge for a while. i’ve had mine up to a week!
I am not a fan of nuts. Could I get away with leaving the nut butter out completely, or should I replace it with something else?
Thanks so much!
Absolutely. Leave it out or use sunbutter
I just made this and it was so good! I used powdered carob and dropped the coffee because I can’t do caffeine. I used one tablespoon of maple sugar instead and it was still sweet. Anyone have ideas on stevia to use because the sugar is hard on my stomach.
Maybe I’m dense, but this came out terrible. It’s all gummy and a terrible consistency and mouthfeel… should I whip it up before eating? I really want this to work but even heating it up with extra coffee to thin it out a bit makes it worse.
Help!
This is amazing, filling and so easy to make!. I love it!