Raw Orange Chocolate Pudding - Food Revolution Network

Ingredients

• 1 vanilla bean (seeds scraped out — or 1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract, or ¼ tsp pure vanilla bean powder, see note)
• 1 cup ripe avocado (peeled, pitted, and roughly chopped — about 1 large or 1 ½ medium avocado)
• 1 cup pitted dates
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder (fair trade or fair for life)
• 1 tsp organic orange zest (zest orange first and then juice)
• ½ cup organic orange juice (preferably freshly squeezed, see note)
• ⅛ tsp salt (don't omit, balances flavors)
• 2 splashes organic orange juice (or non-dairy milk — optional, if needed to thin)
• organic berries (or chopped fruit for topping — optional, see note)